most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1980 to 1990

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 2,399 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	2,399	344	135	113	.544	344	3.16	49	17	0	2298.0	1,740	808	921	146	968	60	0	36	9,522	132	9.40	3.79	2.48	0.57	25.2	10.2	1.18	.268	3.61	90	2.82	80	6.81	183.2
2	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,791	368	177	137	.564	368	3.74	144	23	0	2693.1	2,443	1,120	1,229	290	955	29	0	79	11,281	140	5.98	3.19	1.88	0.97	15.9	8.5	1.26	.262	4.11	94	3.91	95	8.16	65.2
3	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,759	331	141	116	.549	320	3.31	107	29	2	2348.2	2,099	864	981	152	915	16	5	58	9,857	94	6.74	3.51	1.92	0.58	17.8	9.3	1.28	.278	3.76	93	3.28	91	8.04	76.8
4	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,584	348	164	99	.624	346	3.18	49	24	0	2320.1	2,099	821	911	181	743	54	0	44	9,634	45	6.14	2.88	2.13	0.70	16.4	7.7	1.22	.271	3.53	89	3.43	94	8.14	52.3
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,549	314	131	110	.544	311	3.74	96	21	0	2212.1	2,147	919	1,004	227	582	80	1	26	9,201	50	6.30	2.37	2.66	0.92	16.8	6.3	1.23	.284	4.08	92	3.58	88	8.73	109.8
6	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,505	372	158	115	.579	364	3.29	94	29	1	2537.1	2,198	927	1,027	194	889	114	4	29	10,515	44	5.34	3.15	1.69	0.69	14.3	8.5	1.22	.256	3.64	79	3.73	92	7.80	93
7	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,477	363	140	126	.526	314	3.70	98	11	2	2340.1	2,032	963	1,107	242	986	91	22	20	9,892	102	5.68	3.79	1.50	0.93	14.9	10.0	1.29	.252	4.26	91	4.22	105	7.81	-53.9
8	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,469	307	137	110	.555	306	3.70	63	14	0	2107.2	2,077	866	960	233	608	32	0	22	8,817	59	6.27	2.60	2.42	0.99	16.7	6.9	1.27	.285	4.10	89	3.72	92	8.87	69.9
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,453	254	104	84	.553	240	3.48	54	13	1	1732.1	1,604	670	774	135	631	12	6	50	7,271	76	7.55	3.28	2.30	0.70	20.0	8.7	1.29	.291	4.02	92	3.18	85	8.33	100.4
10	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,448	233	96	93	.508	230	3.88	52	14	0	1597.1	1,421	689	773	159	772	31	1	17	6,816	47	8.16	4.35	1.88	0.90	21.2	11.3	1.37	.286	4.36	94	3.76	90	8.01	72.6
11	Mike Scott M. Scott	1,445	327	123	103	.544	308	3.46	45	22	3	2009.1	1,788	772	863	167	603	32	13	49	8,307	38	6.47	2.70	2.40	0.75	17.4	7.3	1.19	.267	3.87	98	3.34	95	8.01	35.7
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,424	206	116	51	.695	205	2.89	65	25	0	1513.0	1,281	486	535	102	425	39	0	19	6,163	39	8.47	2.53	3.35	0.61	23.1	6.9	1.13	.283	3.18	69	2.69	67	7.62	223.1
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,391	211	119	46	.721	209	2.82	54	20	1	1523.2	1,282	478	529	75	449	25	1	20	6,198	32	8.22	2.65	3.10	0.44	22.4	7.2	1.14	.283	3.12	80	2.51	69	7.57	189
14	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,384	303	114	93	.551	283	3.91	73	19	0	1927.1	1,971	837	916	210	608	25	5	36	8,157	45	6.46	2.84	2.28	0.98	17.0	7.5	1.34	.297	4.28	95	3.73	94	9.20	53.1
15	Mario Soto M. Soto	1,360	255	94	84	.528	213	3.37	70	12	4	1614.1	1,289	604	664	157	588	24	11	41	6,633	33	7.58	3.28	2.31	0.88	20.5	8.9	1.16	.251	3.70	91	3.44	93	7.19	44.2
16	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,356	297	112	109	.507	294	3.98	50	11	0	1890.2	1,813	836	929	234	616	28	0	23	7,994	66	6.45	2.93	2.20	1.11	17.0	7.7	1.28	.274	4.42	96	3.94	96	8.63	35.4
17	Mike Witt M. Witt	1,343	330	114	113	.502	288	3.79	72	11	6	2062.0	2,019	868	979	175	690	52	22	40	8,718	71	5.86	3.01	1.95	0.76	15.4	7.9	1.31	.286	4.27	95	3.63	88	8.81	110.6
18	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,339	348	116	130	.472	333	4.00	52	8	1	2170.1	2,204	965	1,093	244	655	64	7	66	9,256	60	5.55	2.72	2.04	1.01	14.5	7.1	1.32	.282	4.53	100	3.97	99	9.14	15.8
19	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1,292	315	116	95	.550	265	3.89	59	15	6	1881.1	1,789	813	880	162	757	28	27	56	7,984	78	6.18	3.62	1.71	0.77	16.2	9.5	1.35	.283	4.21	100	3.75	96	8.56	32
20	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	1,225	233	68	96	.415	215	3.79	20	7	4	1417.0	1,142	597	654	107	636	35	10	38	5,935	48	7.78	4.04	1.93	0.68	20.6	10.7	1.25	.263	4.15	101	3.44	91	7.25	50.2
21	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,201	392	123	85	.591	218	3.52	50	8	19	1826.0	1,680	714	788	155	677	35	86	39	7,723	85	5.92	3.34	1.77	0.76	15.6	8.8	1.29	.270	3.88	92	3.72	97	8.28	23.8
22	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,199	465	106	105	.502	201	3.37	46	8	29	1826.0	1,715	683	780	156	550	42	141	64	7,641	30	5.91	2.71	2.18	0.77	15.7	7.2	1.24	.274	3.84	88	3.52	93	8.45	52
23	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	1,189	362	121	134	.475	327	4.18	61	10	2	2093.2	2,096	973	1,075	211	744	30	16	39	8,934	75	5.11	3.20	1.60	0.91	13.3	8.3	1.36	.279	4.62	103	4.03	100	9.01	0.4
24	Mike Moore M. Moore	1,182	295	98	122	.445	285	4.18	65	12	2	1898.0	1,895	882	978	174	702	34	6	34	8,081	72	5.60	3.33	1.68	0.83	14.6	8.7	1.37	.287	4.64	102	3.87	93	8.99	62.6
25	Mike Boddicker M. Boddicker	1,180	273	118	95	.554	262	3.66	61	16	0	1802.1	1,725	733	818	164	610	62	6	35	7,583	55	5.89	3.05	1.93	0.82	15.6	8.0	1.30	.280	4.08	90	3.76	92	8.61	62.5