most strikeouts by a pitcher after turning 45

Phil Niekro has fanned the most career batters by a pitcher 45 or older, with 430 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a pitcher after turning 45 years old
NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
430
125
50
44
.532
122
4.27
19
2
0
784.2
826
372
420
90
357
15
2
3
3,459
26
4.93
4.09
1.20
1.03
12.4
10.3
1.51
.287
4.82
9.47
2Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
316
92
39
31
.557
87
4.54
2
1
0
523.2
554
264
280
78
143
29
1
7
2,254
4
5.43
2.46
2.21
1.34
14.0
6.3
1.33
.282
4.81
9.52
3Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
203
40
10
14
.417
40
4.06
2
0
0
223.2
192
101
122
14
109
13
0
0
966
12
8.17
4.39
1.86
0.56
21.0
11.3
1.35
.284
4.91
7.73
4Charlie Hough
C. Hough
191
55
14
25
.359
55
4.58
1
1
0
318.0
320
162
183
37
123
18
0
3
1,391
20
5.41
3.48
1.55
1.05
13.7
8.8
1.39
.277
5.18
9.06
5Satchel Paige
S. Paige
191
127
18
23
.439
14
3.57
3
2
27
320.1
298
127
142
23
125
5
85
0
1,359
5
5.37
3.51
1.53
0.65
14.1
9.2
1.32
.271
3.99
8.37
6Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
186
162
15
15
.500
0
2.87
0
0
36
241.2
187
77
88
15
95
5
113
14
995
14
6.93
3.54
1.96
0.56
18.7
9.5
1.17
.248
3.28
6.96
7Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
147
182
37
31
.544
40
3.56
15
2
31
529.0
596
209
260
16
136
7
97
2,274
12
2.50
2.31
1.08
0.27
6.5
6.0
1.38
.295
4.42
10.14
8Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
103
26
9
7
.563
21
4.28
1
0
0
124.0
119
59
63
20
37
3
2
3
522
6
7.48
2.69
2.78
1.45
19.7
7.1
1.26
.276
4.57
8.64
9Tommy John
T. John
81
36
9
14
.391
34
4.94
0
0
0
196.2
253
108
120
12
58
8
2
6
876
7
3.71
2.65
1.40
0.55
9.2
6.6
1.58
.336
5.49
11.58
10Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
51
114
3
4
.429
0
5.88
0
0
3
56.2
61
37
40
8
33
3
20
4
268
8
8.10
5.24
1.55
1.27
19.0
12.3
1.66
.306
6.35
9.69
11Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
45
18
5
10
.333
16
7.20
1
0
0
90.0
125
72
74
19
20
1
0
1
408
2
4.50
2.00
2.25
1.90
11.0
4.9
1.61
.328
7.40
12.50
12Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
41
10
1
4
.200
9
5.24
1
0
0
55.0
62
32
46
9
17
4
1
0
251
6
6.71
2.78
2.41
1.47
16.3
6.8
1.44
.294
7.53
10.15
13Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
28
24
4
2
.667
4
4.05
1
0
1
66.2
59
30
33
4
37
7
10
302
2
3.78
5.00
0.76
0.54
9.3
12.3
1.44
.243
4.45
7.97
14Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
25
6
3
1
.750
6
4.09
0
0
0
33.0
30
15
16
4
13
4
0
0
141
1
6.82
3.55
1.92
1.09
17.7
9.2
1.30
.274
4.36
8.18
15Hod Lisenbee
H. Lisenbee
14
31
1
3
.250
3
5.49
0
0
1
80.1
97
49
56
12
16
2
17
350
1
1.57
1.79
0.88
1.34
4.0
4.6
1.41
.278
6.27
10.87
16Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
10
5
1
4
.200
5
2.32
5
0
0
42.2
38
11
17
2
9
0
0
174
0
2.11
1.90
1.11
0.42
5.7
5.2
1.10
.235
3.59
8.02
17Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
9
2
0
1
.000
2
4.09
0
0
0
11.0
18
5
8
0
4
0
0
0
56
0
7.36
3.27
2.25
0.00
16.1
7.1
2.00
.419
6.55
14.73
18Rich Hill
R. Hill
4
2
0
2
.000
2
5.00
0
0
0
9.0
9
5
7
2
8
0
0
0
43
0
4.00
8.00
0.50
2.00
9.3
18.6
1.89
.241
7.00
9.00
19Red Faber
R. Faber
3
5
0
3
.000
2
1.89
0
0
0
19.0
18
4
8
0
9
1
2
87
0
1.42
4.26
0.33
0.00
3.4
10.3
1.42
.243
3.79
8.53
20Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
2
5
0
1
.000
2
6.43
1
0
0
14.0
23
10
12
0
9
0
2
71
0
1.29
5.79
0.22
0.00
2.8
12.7
2.29
.383
7.71
14.79
21Kaiser Wilhelm
K. Wilhelm
1
4
0
0
0
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
11
3
3
0
3
0
2
35
0
1.13
3.38
0.33
0.00
2.9
8.6
1.75
.355
3.38
12.38
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