most strikeouts as a pitcher 1971 to 1975

Between the 1971 and 1975 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 1,402 strikeouts.

	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	1,402	180	86	74	.538	173	2.97	85	21	1	1292.2	902	426	488	71	769	48	4	13	5,470	60	9.76	5.35	1.82	0.49	25.6	14.1	1.29	.261	3.40	88	2.95	86	6.28	67.6
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,233	175	93	52	.641	174	2.43	79	20	0	1354.2	1,060	366	397	94	365	20	1	25	5,381	29	8.19	2.42	3.38	0.62	22.9	6.8	1.05	.263	2.64	70	2.44	71	7.04	151.5
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,192	189	85	76	.528	188	2.74	92	23	0	1447.1	1,273	440	500	97	356	37	1	17	5,858	29	7.41	2.21	3.35	0.60	20.3	6.1	1.13	.282	3.11	76	2.55	70	7.92	176.7
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,137	194	91	66	.580	193	3.18	97	19	0	1459.1	1,291	516	584	114	538	16	0	44	6,074	43	7.01	3.32	2.11	0.70	18.7	8.9	1.25	.276	3.60	87	3.10	86	7.96	77.5
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,113	201	91	82	.526	201	3.39	115	15	0	1560.2	1,503	587	650	157	387	26	0	30	6,424	42	6.42	2.23	2.88	0.91	17.3	6.0	1.21	.284	3.75	92	3.18	86	8.67	87.1
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,079	193	98	77	.560	192	2.75	125	23	1	1594.2	1,330	488	563	124	433	32	1	42	6,414	43	6.09	2.44	2.49	0.70	16.8	6.8	1.11	.254	3.18	76	3.04	84	7.51	102.9
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	999	191	100	71	.585	191	3.28	111	20	0	1483.2	1,371	541	605	160	257	33	0	33	6,018	14	6.06	1.56	3.89	0.97	16.6	4.3	1.10	.265	3.67	87	3.15	85	8.32	88.8
8	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	962	191	86	68	.558	189	3.77	55	11	0	1341.0	1,246	561	627	129	542	47	0	31	5,715	50	6.46	3.64	1.77	0.87	16.8	9.5	1.33	.277	4.21	102	3.64	98	8.36	8.9
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	955	179	89	53	.627	178	2.63	65	25	1	1324.2	1,056	387	439	81	316	23	1	17	5,305	35	6.49	2.15	3.02	0.55	18.0	6.0	1.04	.248	2.98	78	2.63	77	7.17	116.5
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	933	180	89	53	.627	177	2.80	67	19	1	1287.0	1,029	401	457	94	438	15	1	19	5,208	40	6.52	3.06	2.13	0.66	17.9	8.4	1.14	.251	3.20	83	3.07	87	7.20	65.4
11	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	932	177	81	54	.600	171	2.65	66	20	3	1310.0	1,016	386	443	91	456	23	6	19	5,330	31	6.40	3.13	2.04	0.63	17.5	8.6	1.12	.242	3.04	80	3.10	89	6.98	51.4
12	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	911	227	106	89	.544	224	3.08	99	22	1	1681.2	1,592	575	671	127	399	35	3	23	6,898	35	4.88	2.14	2.28	0.68	13.2	5.8	1.18	.270	3.59	84	3.18	88	8.52	84.5
13	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	816	191	111	49	.694	190	2.65	96	25	0	1471.2	1,163	434	486	137	348	17	1	20	5,831	15	4.99	2.13	2.34	0.84	14.0	6.0	1.03	.227	2.97	79	3.36	97	7.11	16.1
14	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	807	202	79	64	.552	178	2.97	75	13	7	1374.0	1,250	453	533	118	372	30	15	19	5,653	50	5.29	2.44	2.17	0.77	14.3	6.6	1.18	.262	3.49	78	3.33	89	8.19	65.4
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	803	176	93	51	.646	174	2.43	87	24	2	1354.1	1,104	366	418	88	438	13	2	20	5,487	27	5.34	2.91	1.83	0.58	14.6	8.0	1.14	.245	2.78	71	3.16	90	7.34	53.8
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	760	166	60	62	.492	152	3.32	44	8	3	1096.1	1,041	404	459	79	362	22	7	30	4,593	34	6.24	2.97	2.10	0.65	16.5	7.9	1.28	.285	3.77	96	3.12	90	8.55	41.1
17	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	747	142	58	56	.509	138	2.86	44	17	0	1017.0	901	323	377	55	319	10	2	45	4,197	27	6.61	2.82	2.34	0.49	17.8	7.6	1.20	.276	3.34	82	2.73	79	7.97	84.2
18	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	743	168	57	60	.487	155	3.56	34	7	0	1039.0	947	411	468	99	430	13	5	38	4,432	61	6.44	3.72	1.73	0.86	16.8	9.7	1.33	.269	4.05	104	3.58	105	8.20	-24.2
19	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	727	182	78	70	.527	173	3.33	57	12	1	1239.1	1,178	458	514	104	343	14	3	37	5,122	28	5.28	2.49	2.12	0.76	14.2	6.7	1.23	.273	3.73	95	3.28	93	8.55	31.7
20	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	724	145	61	57	.517	137	3.22	66	11	2	1067.2	956	382	427	74	387	22	4	48	4,475	34	6.10	3.26	1.87	0.62	16.2	8.6	1.26	.270	3.60	90	3.19	92	8.06	31.3
21	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	718	177	73	62	.541	172	3.70	52	13	1	1179.2	1,159	485	537	76	488	21	2	44	5,091	37	5.48	3.72	1.47	0.58	14.1	9.6	1.40	.286	4.10	106	3.43	98	8.84	7.4
22	Rudy May R. May	706	168	52	57	.477	138	3.30	48	12	3	952.0	782	349	401	63	406	12	12	23	3,973	20	6.67	3.84	1.74	0.60	17.8	10.2	1.25	.258	3.79	98	3.20	93	7.39	23.8
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	706	172	76	53	.589	137	3.25	79	15	3	1094.2	961	395	424	93	329	16	16	12	4,476	9	5.80	2.70	2.15	0.76	15.8	7.4	1.18	.261	3.49	84	3.29	86	7.90	63.6
24	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	673	187	86	70	.551	182	3.16	63	16	0	1279.1	1,210	449	522	93	341	20	1	22	5,299	37	4.73	2.40	1.97	0.65	12.7	6.4	1.21	.268	3.67	91	3.25	92	8.51	42.1
25	Fred Norman F. Norman	669	171	50	52	.490	133	3.50	33	11	2	957.1	857	372	397	91	404	8	14	44	4,066	47	6.29	3.80	1.66	0.86	16.5	9.9	1.32	.265	3.73	101	3.64	106	8.06	-23.7

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Wed 8/19	LAA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
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