most strikeouts by a pitcher before age 35

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most career hitters by a pitcher younger than 35, with 3,249 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	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,249	452	189	174	.521	418	3.11	178	47	3	3074.0	2,193	1,061	1,211	161	1,812	84	13	44	12,991	151	9.51	5.31	1.79	0.47	25.0	13.9	1.30	.264	3.55	6.42
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,998	442	206	92	.691	375	2.81	46	17	3	2645.2	2,013	825	907	213	701	129	23	26	10,582	59	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	6.85
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,887	455	235	133	.639	449	2.55	197	52	1	3454.2	2,755	980	1,076	248	949	48	5	86	13,813	84	7.52	2.47	3.04	0.65	20.9	6.9	1.07	.259	2.80	7.18
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2,882	627	332	222	.599	505	1.32	437	93	30	4670.2	3,732		1,373	50	1,023	157	115			141	5.55	1.97	2.82	0.10		5.5	1.02	.257	2.65	7.19
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,875	505	212	183	.537	499	3.01	200	51	0	3716.0	3,343	1,244	1,398	267	1,014	100	3	58	15,230	81	6.96	2.46	2.84	0.65	18.9	6.7	1.17	.280	3.39	8.10
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,807	401	197	87	.694	398	2.48	25	15	0	2581.0	1,955	711	777	206	629	39	1	27	10,160	95	9.79	2.19	4.46	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	6.82
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,782	406	208	115	.644	405	2.98	106	39	0	2953.1	2,489	978	1,081	202	902	94	0	43	12,073	74	8.48	2.75	3.08	0.62	23.0	7.5	1.15	.283	3.29	7.58
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,683	487	225	160	.584	469	3.08	200	42	1	3485.1	3,068	1,194	1,356	279	1,202	41	7	100	14,411	107	6.93	3.10	2.23	0.72	18.6	8.3	1.23	.273	3.50	7.92
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,672	506	206	174	.542	457	3.45	189	39	9	3344.2	3,079	1,281	1,407	327	1,009	90	25	60	13,912	108	7.19	2.72	2.65	0.88	19.2	7.3	1.22	.280	3.79	8.29
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,638	358	168	87	.659	349	3.17	10	5	0	2252.0	1,847	793	856	246	610	85	2	19	9,120	65	10.54	2.44	4.32	0.98	28.9	6.7	1.09	.289	3.42	7.38
11	CC Sabathia	2,528	441	212	127	.625	441	3.69	38	12	0	2927.2	2,771	1,199	1,312	284	865	91	0	40	12,198	63	7.77	2.66	2.92	0.87	20.7	7.1	1.24	.295	4.03	8.52
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	8.20
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,524	502	217	170	.561	486	3.12	152	50	4	3516.2	3,037	1,221	1,350	282	919	59	11	81	14,354	84	6.46	2.35	2.75	0.72	17.6	6.4	1.12	.261	3.45	7.77
14	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
15	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,479	507	249	151	.623	450	3.23	266	42	20	3546.0	3,010	1,273	1,427	196	1,671	56	43		14,999	69	6.29	4.24	1.48	0.50	16.5	11.1	1.32	.266	3.62	7.64
16	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,456	438	158	158	.500	431	4.30	26	7	0	2755.0	2,729	1,316	1,413	367	750	86	5	56	11,615	74	8.02	2.45	3.27	1.20	21.1	6.5	1.26	.297	4.62	8.92
17	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,448	478	213	160	.571	419	3.20	223	40	7	3304.0	2,953	1,176	1,308	349	669	63	31	90	13,394	44	6.67	1.82	3.66	0.95	18.3	5.0	1.10	.264	3.56	8.04
19	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,435	455	187	118	.613	414	3.39	16	5	1	2663.1	2,486	1,002	1,078	271	637	65	8	23	10,919	84	8.23	2.15	3.82	0.92	22.3	5.8	1.17	.295	3.64	8.40
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,416	385	188	114	.623	385	3.46	23	7	0	2545.0	2,242	979	1,061	244	771	84	0	27	10,513	78	8.54	2.73	3.13	0.86	23.0	7.3	1.18	.286	3.75	7.93
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,415	395	156	114	.578	394	3.40	17	7	0	2553.0	2,280	964	1,036	293	710	93	0	42	10,484	56	8.51	2.50	3.40	1.03	23.0	6.8	1.17	.285	3.65	8.04
22	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,393	383	190	117	.619	345	2.80	189	45	4	2816.2	2,323	876	993	183	949	80	17	70	11,592	75	7.65	3.03	2.52	0.58	20.6	8.2	1.16	.268	3.17	7.42
24	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,359	473	242	135	.642	469	2.82	99	31	0	3330.0	2,990	1,042	1,195	176	733	90	3	130	13,509	47	6.38	1.98	3.22	0.48	17.5	5.4	1.12	.277	3.23	8.08
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,298	293	140	79	.639	284	3.38	56	23	2	1957.0	1,507	734	822	168	932	91	4	12	8,214	71	10.57	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.0	11.3	1.25	.283	3.78	6.93

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