most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1976 to 1987

Between the 1976 and 1987 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 2,789 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	2,789	390	156	144	.520	390	3.17	108	31	0	2675.1	1,998	943	1,078	145	1,358	60	0	44	11,199	142	9.38	4.57	2.05	0.49	24.9	12.1	1.25	.271	3.63	89	2.92	81	6.72	204.2
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,215	390	181	124	.593	379	3.27	109	24	1	2756.2	2,467	1,002	1,151	229	939	25	5	76	11,418	100	7.23	3.07	2.36	0.75	19.4	8.2	1.24	.279	3.76	87	3.23	86	8.05	149.9
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,959	362	149	124	.546	359	3.36	127	31	0	2643.1	2,438	986	1,098	249	770	80	1	43	10,944	67	6.67	2.62	2.54	0.85	17.9	7.0	1.21	.278	3.74	84	3.42	86	8.30	150.7
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,831	426	173	152	.532	416	3.70	114	19	2	2912.1	2,809	1,197	1,366	268	1,156	64	7	44	12,441	107	5.66	3.57	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.279	4.22	93	3.90	98	8.68	25
5	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,731	346	168	87	.659	312	3.27	95	26	4	2320.1	2,126	842	919	219	609	10	16	21	9,486	53	6.71	2.36	2.84	0.85	18.2	6.4	1.18	.276	3.56	83	3.24	81	8.25	191.5
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,617	391	166	124	.572	387	3.47	68	18	2	2650.2	2,431	1,021	1,119	278	660	34	3	37	10,886	45	5.49	2.24	2.45	0.94	14.9	6.1	1.17	.259	3.80	93	3.64	95	8.25	49.4
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,600	365	142	133	.516	354	3.56	98	21	0	2426.1	2,319	959	1,091	251	670	75	3	58	10,173	65	5.93	2.49	2.39	0.93	15.7	6.6	1.23	.273	4.05	91	3.65	93	8.60	78.1
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,588	396	144	129	.527	337	3.72	94	18	17	2425.0	2,353	1,003	1,081	263	551	52	36	60	10,064	21	5.89	2.04	2.88	0.98	15.8	5.5	1.20	.275	4.01	92	3.55	89	8.73	119.6
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,541	337	143	109	.567	333	3.28	83	27	0	2335.1	2,031	852	941	207	734	32	1	63	9,609	70	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.80	16.0	7.6	1.18	.257	3.63	87	3.51	93	7.83	64.2
10	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,535	336	162	105	.607	314	3.55	123	19	0	2387.2	2,122	942	1,021	252	847	24	10	65	9,932	116	5.79	3.19	1.81	0.95	15.5	8.5	1.24	.257	3.85	88	3.91	94	8.00	73.1
11	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,529	334	117	128	.478	318	3.98	60	16	0	2061.1	1,987	911	1,008	253	729	31	3	25	8,771	73	6.68	3.18	2.10	1.10	17.4	8.3	1.32	.278	4.40	98	3.95	96	8.68	38.2
12	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,464	244	113	82	.579	234	3.08	96	27	1	1805.2	1,549	618	709	111	664	14	4	44	7,479	68	7.30	3.31	2.20	0.55	19.6	8.9	1.23	.275	3.53	87	3.04	84	7.72	108.6
13	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,423	511	133	115	.536	233	3.59	78	10	49	2202.1	1,893	879	1,013	208	907	90	171	30	9,283	113	5.82	3.71	1.57	0.85	15.3	9.8	1.27	.253	4.14	90	4.02	101	7.74	-11.9
14	Mario Soto M. Soto	1,415	283	97	85	.533	210	3.41	69	12	4	1643.1	1,307	622	683	164	629	26	20	47	6,780	37	7.75	3.44	2.25	0.90	20.9	9.3	1.18	.251	3.74	91	3.49	94	7.16	37.6
15	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	1,385	341	113	110	.507	327	3.92	40	10	1	2023.0	2,040	881	998	178	718	41	4	78	8,699	66	6.16	3.19	1.93	0.79	15.9	8.3	1.36	.292	4.44	104	3.62	97	9.08	29.1
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,309	340	114	117	.494	277	3.67	58	11	14	2004.0	1,975	818	907	156	609	35	35	55	8,399	33	5.88	2.74	2.15	0.70	15.6	7.3	1.29	.289	4.07	96	3.36	89	8.87	97.8
17	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,292	292	115	86	.572	267	3.14	47	23	8	1820.2	1,631	635	702	133	565	37	16	42	7,525	37	6.39	2.79	2.29	0.66	17.2	7.5	1.21	.272	3.47	88	3.25	90	8.06	71.2
18	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	1,282	371	122	135	.475	353	3.57	74	27	1	2323.2	2,335	923	1,062	192	696	41	7	66	9,814	48	4.97	2.70	1.84	0.74	13.1	7.1	1.30	.282	4.11	101	3.64	104	9.04	-45.6
19	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1,271	412	156	136	.534	351	3.44	82	20	5	2467.0	2,281	944	1,095	169	914	50	20	32	10,396	149	4.64	3.33	1.39	0.62	12.2	8.8	1.30	.264	3.99	98	3.74	106	8.32	-65.5
20	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	1,266	309	122	113	.519	303	3.11	99	30	2	2198.1	2,023	760	851	114	659	33	3	57	9,043	64	5.18	2.70	1.92	0.47	14.0	7.3	1.22	.274	3.48	86	3.16	88	8.28	109.2
21	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,265	355	143	89	.616	305	3.25	43	10	15	2024.1	1,925	730	806	191	464	30	36	38	8,272	15	5.62	2.06	2.73	0.85	15.3	5.6	1.18	.274	3.58	86	3.42	91	8.56	79.9
22	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	1,261	349	142	110	.563	333	3.86	98	17	1	2224.1	2,229	954	1,034	206	701	22	10	32	9,335	71	5.10	2.84	1.80	0.83	13.5	7.5	1.32	.283	4.18	100	3.76	94	9.02	57.6
23	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	1,237	333	133	104	.561	322	3.53	63	16	1	2191.2	2,193	860	945	162	668	27	6	48	9,171	75	5.08	2.74	1.85	0.67	13.5	7.3	1.31	.287	3.88	95	3.50	94	9.01	57.4
24	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,189	334	127	112	.531	318	3.34	67	15	3	2156.2	2,155	801	899	131	560	59	10	63	8,986	61	4.96	2.34	2.12	0.55	13.2	6.2	1.26	.287	3.75	86	3.25	85	8.99	140.9
25	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,184	292	115	101	.532	285	3.41	88	22	1	2044.0	1,837	774	865	167	718	82	3	30	8,523	35	5.21	3.16	1.65	0.74	13.9	8.4	1.25	.262	3.81	81	3.81	92	8.09	70

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Mariners	64	73	.467	5.0
Athletics	53	84	.387	16.0
Angels	52	85	.380	17.0

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Mon 8/31	CWS	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 9/1	CWS	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 9/2	CWS	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 9/3	CWS	@	HOU	2:10 PM
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Mets	61	76	.445	21.0
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Brewers	85	52	.620
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