most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1970 to 1975

Between the 1970 and 1975 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 1,527 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	1,527	207	93	85	.522	192	3.01	90	23	2	1424.1	988	476	547	81	866	52	8	15	6,040	68	9.65	5.47	1.76	0.51	25.3	14.3	1.30	.258	3.46	88	3.05	88	6.24	63.5
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,516	212	111	64	.634	210	2.50	98	22	0	1645.1	1,290	457	500	115	448	24	2	33	6,554	35	8.29	2.45	3.38	0.63	23.1	6.8	1.06	.264	2.74	71	2.46	70	7.06	192
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,343	241	105	101	.510	240	3.45	128	18	0	1833.1	1,775	702	775	184	496	31	0	33	7,605	56	6.59	2.43	2.71	0.90	17.7	6.5	1.24	.287	3.80	93	3.22	86	8.71	103.8
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,330	228	101	85	.543	226	3.26	110	21	0	1713.0	1,530	621	707	139	647	18	0	60	7,160	57	6.99	3.40	2.06	0.73	18.6	9.0	1.27	.277	3.71	88	3.19	88	8.04	82.4
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,327	216	95	85	.528	213	2.78	97	24	0	1611.1	1,416	498	566	114	403	39	2	23	6,533	31	7.41	2.25	3.29	0.64	20.3	6.2	1.13	.280	3.16	76	2.62	71	7.91	191.3
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,293	234	121	90	.573	233	2.83	148	28	1	1923.1	1,622	605	701	151	517	40	1	50	7,750	54	6.05	2.42	2.50	0.71	16.7	6.7	1.11	.256	3.28	77	3.07	84	7.59	123.4
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,273	231	122	87	.584	230	3.30	135	23	0	1796.2	1,636	659	733	190	317	40	1	39	7,283	23	6.38	1.59	4.02	0.95	17.5	4.4	1.09	.265	3.67	85	3.08	81	8.20	137.1
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,156	217	104	66	.612	216	2.87	75	29	1	1585.0	1,307	505	566	119	394	33	1	24	6,414	44	6.56	2.24	2.93	0.68	18.0	6.1	1.07	.252	3.21	82	2.85	82	7.42	103.5
9	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,114	230	94	80	.540	218	3.74	61	12	0	1559.2	1,436	648	725	154	631	51	4	37	6,634	64	6.43	3.64	1.77	0.89	16.8	9.5	1.33	.274	4.18	102	3.69	99	8.29	3.6
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1,094	214	92	64	.590	197	2.70	72	21	8	1504.2	1,160	451	518	112	534	29	14	25	6,125	33	6.54	3.19	2.05	0.67	17.9	8.7	1.13	.241	3.10	80	3.17	91	6.94	52.3
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,002	215	113	61	.649	213	2.48	104	29	2	1659.1	1,367	458	516	109	538	14	2	24	6,744	37	5.43	2.92	1.86	0.59	14.9	8.0	1.15	.248	2.80	71	3.17	89	7.41	76.5
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	998	179	84	64	.568	171	3.20	89	14	2	1361.2	1,218	484	538	87	475	26	4	57	5,688	39	6.60	3.14	2.10	0.58	17.5	8.4	1.24	.276	3.56	87	2.99	85	8.05	83
13	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	996	304	115	102	.530	224	3.06	99	22	22	1803.1	1,710	613	721	134	435	37	65	30	7,405	39	4.97	2.17	2.29	0.67	13.5	5.9	1.19	.272	3.60	83	3.16	86	8.53	99.9
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	994	231	129	63	.672	230	2.83	105	26	0	1734.0	1,416	545	610	169	422	26	1	23	6,947	21	5.16	2.19	2.36	0.88	14.3	6.1	1.06	.234	3.17	83	3.42	97	7.35	14.1
15	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	975	236	91	82	.526	210	3.15	85	16	7	1603.2	1,472	562	657	158	440	36	16	21	6,633	56	5.47	2.47	2.22	0.89	14.7	6.6	1.19	.262	3.69	82	3.48	92	8.26	54.7
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	968	186	91	53	.632	183	2.78	69	21	1	1325.2	1,049	410	469	94	450	16	1	19	5,355	40	6.57	3.06	2.15	0.64	18.1	8.4	1.13	.250	3.18	82	3.04	86	7.12	74
17	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	912	222	92	85	.520	207	3.40	65	13	2	1490.1	1,435	563	640	132	421	18	6	50	6,195	32	5.51	2.54	2.17	0.80	14.7	6.8	1.25	.277	3.86	96	3.34	94	8.67	33.9
18	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	897	204	67	76	.469	189	3.73	40	8	0	1253.2	1,145	519	586	128	550	22	7	43	5,381	68	6.44	3.95	1.63	0.92	16.7	10.2	1.35	.269	4.21	106	3.78	109	8.22	-51.3
19	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	878	196	72	69	.511	181	3.29	49	9	3	1308.1	1,230	478	546	101	433	24	7	44	5,477	41	6.04	2.98	2.03	0.69	16.0	7.9	1.27	.279	3.76	93	3.25	92	8.46	37.5
20	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	875	226	103	81	.560	220	3.20	78	17	0	1567.0	1,481	557	647	123	435	23	1	28	6,507	49	5.03	2.50	2.01	0.71	13.4	6.7	1.22	.269	3.72	88	3.31	90	8.51	62.8
21	Rudy May R. May	870	206	59	70	.457	172	3.43	50	14	3	1160.2	972	442	503	83	487	15	13	30	4,847	28	6.75	3.78	1.79	0.64	17.9	10.0	1.26	.262	3.90	101	3.25	93	7.54	28.4
22	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	797	225	116	64	.644	225	3.20	113	24	0	1630.2	1,467	580	653	148	472	5	0	21	6,641	29	4.40	2.61	1.69	0.82	12.0	7.1	1.19	.253	3.60	92	3.61	101	8.10	-6.3
23	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	792	197	80	70	.533	192	3.74	57	15	1	1307.0	1,291	543	599	85	537	22	2	46	5,639	45	5.45	3.70	1.47	0.59	14.0	9.5	1.40	.287	4.12	106	3.44	98	8.89	11.8
24	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	790	163	52	54	.491	121	3.56	33	4	4	902.1	741	357	391	73	524	16	20	36	3,898	56	7.88	5.23	1.51	0.73	20.3	13.4	1.40	.268	3.90	97	3.62	97	7.39	13.9
25	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	756	214	73	71	.507	156	3.50	51	12	6	1264.2	1,193	492	537	122	351	32	28	39	5,242	15	5.38	2.50	2.15	0.87	14.4	6.7	1.22	.269	3.82	96	3.49	94	8.49	30.3