most pitching strikeouts from 1979 to 1996

Between the 1979 and 1996 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 3,028 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1979 to 1996

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,028	445	173	147	.541	445	3.25	70	24	0	2917.1	2,203	1,054	1,205	187	1,263	84	0	39	12,108	161	9.34	3.90	2.40	0.58	25.0	10.4	1.19	.267	3.72	89	2.90	80	6.80	243.2
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,590	383	192	111	.634	382	3.06	100	38	0	2776.0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	70	2.93	70	7.65	386.6
3	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,402	514	250	180	.581	514	3.89	174	28	0	3672.1	3,422	1,587	1,738	377	1,318	55	0	94	15,462	200	5.89	3.23	1.82	0.92	15.5	8.5	1.29	.269	4.26	95	3.93	95	8.39	95
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,335	401	172	146	.541	398	3.85	81	18	0	2772.0	2,486	1,186	1,309	283	1,190	45	1	26	11,682	83	7.58	3.86	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.281	4.25	91	3.84	90	8.07	137
5	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,013	435	171	141	.548	406	3.50	112	31	2	2841.0	2,612	1,105	1,242	214	1,105	20	10	65	11,979	115	6.38	3.50	1.82	0.68	16.8	9.2	1.31	.278	3.93	96	3.55	95	8.27	44.8
6	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,001	334	168	92	.646	332	3.24	68	24	1	2340.1	2,067	842	924	142	739	50	1	35	9,654	56	7.70	2.84	2.71	0.55	20.7	7.7	1.20	.286	3.55	87	2.92	77	7.95	217
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,927	518	177	178	.499	439	3.87	107	13	2	3185.1	2,831	1,371	1,564	335	1,335	135	33	27	13,554	146	5.44	3.77	1.44	0.95	14.2	9.8	1.31	.254	4.42	97	4.33	108	8.00	-114.9
8	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,903	483	204	142	.590	449	3.52	57	25	5	2980.2	2,802	1,166	1,282	261	1,008	78	14	58	12,517	53	5.75	3.04	1.89	0.79	15.2	8.1	1.28	.274	3.87	95	3.73	99	8.46	-2.3
9	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	90	3.81	94	8.97	68.4
10	David Cone D. Cone	1,812	299	136	80	.630	270	3.16	51	21	1	1994.0	1,639	701	771	154	750	57	9	29	8,254	102	8.18	3.39	2.42	0.70	22.0	9.1	1.20	.271	3.48	81	3.29	83	7.40	147.9
11	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,803	544	209	162	.563	495	3.62	100	27	2	3389.0	3,286	1,364	1,521	325	952	101	20	56	14,164	67	4.79	2.53	1.89	0.86	12.7	6.7	1.25	.270	4.04	92	3.93	99	8.73	7.3
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,791	376	151	127	.543	372	3.78	101	21	0	2582.2	2,535	1,084	1,182	265	703	91	1	36	10,787	62	6.24	2.45	2.55	0.92	16.6	6.5	1.25	.286	4.12	93	3.62	90	8.83	112.9
13	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,761	649	157	161	.494	321	3.71	52	9	32	2702.0	2,583	1,115	1,244	272	779	76	167	96	11,328	47	5.87	2.59	2.26	0.91	15.5	6.9	1.24	.274	4.14	92	3.77	95	8.60	47.8
14	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,740	306	113	96	.541	299	3.36	25	9	1	1861.2	1,417	694	747	190	713	41	2	33	7,647	22	8.41	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.8	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	90	3.51	92	6.85	51.9
15	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,740	522	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2627.2	2,498	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	86	46	11,245	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	100	4.05	102	8.56	-26.5
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,709	232	104	64	.619	224	3.53	41	15	2	1521.0	1,173	596	665	126	780	68	4	9	6,438	60	10.11	4.62	2.19	0.75	26.5	12.1	1.28	.279	3.93	84	3.42	82	6.94	138.3
17	Kevin Gross K. Gross	1,707	462	140	157	.471	365	4.09	42	14	5	2462.1	2,489	1,118	1,225	226	966	78	36	75	10,670	51	6.24	3.53	1.77	0.83	16.0	9.1	1.40	.294	4.48	105	3.93	102	9.10	-22.6
18	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,699	463	156	175	.471	446	4.03	60	11	1	2867.1	2,918	1,284	1,447	329	903	84	7	92	12,248	87	5.33	2.83	1.88	1.03	13.9	7.4	1.33	.280	4.54	101	4.11	102	9.16	-20.3
19	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	96	3.72	94	9.17	59.5
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,679	402	165	117	.585	362	3.16	67	25	5	2529.1	2,323	888	1,028	168	762	71	18	96	10,525	90	5.97	2.71	2.20	0.60	16.0	7.2	1.22	.275	3.66	84	3.39	89	8.27	118.6
21	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,676	454	171	139	.552	391	4.09	72	18	6	2691.0	2,658	1,223	1,324	236	1,079	45	30	75	11,522	100	5.61	3.61	1.55	0.79	14.5	9.4	1.39	.285	4.43	104	3.93	100	8.89	3.2
22	Mike Moore M. Moore	1,667	450	161	176	.478	440	4.39	79	16	2	2831.2	2,858	1,381	1,516	291	1,156	55	6	61	12,203	135	5.30	3.67	1.44	0.92	13.7	9.5	1.42	.284	4.82	105	4.26	101	9.08	-13.9
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,666	289	122	95	.562	275	3.50	67	17	1	1983.1	1,806	771	886	160	720	17	6	61	8,300	86	7.56	3.27	2.31	0.73	20.1	8.7	1.27	.287	4.02	92	3.21	85	8.20	111.7
24	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,643	336	165	104	.613	332	2.86	75	21	0	2365.2	2,102	753	868	119	589	63	3	94	9,637	41	6.25	2.24	2.79	0.45	17.0	6.1	1.14	.275	3.30	72	3.00	76	8.00	256.2
25	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,642	424	175	135	.565	409	3.41	103	30	1	2845.0	2,514	1,079	1,194	219	1,017	124	7	35	11,844	51	5.19	3.22	1.61	0.69	13.9	8.6	1.24	.260	3.78	82	3.79	93	7.95	89.1

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