most strikeouts by a pitcher after turning 45

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

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most strikeouts by a pitcher after turning 45 years old

	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	H/9
1	Phil 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
2	Jamie 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
3	Nolan 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
4	Charlie 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
5	Satchel 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
6	Hoyt 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
7	Jack 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
8	Randy 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
9	Tommy 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
10	Jesse 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
11	Bartolo 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
12	Tim 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
13	Bobo 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
14	Roger 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
15	Hod 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
16	Ted 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
17	Gaylord 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
18	Rich 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
19	Red 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
20	Fred 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
21	Kaiser 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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