most strikeouts by a pitcher in their 16th season

Steve Carlton struck out the most hitters by a pitcher in his 16th season, with 286 strikeouts in 1980.

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1Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
286
1980
38
24
9
.727
38
2.34
13
3
0
304.0
243
79
87
15
90
2
0
12
1,228
17
8.47
2.66
3.18
0.44
23.3
7.3
1.10
.273
2.58
64
2.41
66
7.19
42.3
2Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
245
1982
35
16
12
.571
35
3.16
10
3
0
250.1
196
88
100
20
109
8
0
3
1,050
18
8.81
3.92
2.25
0.72
23.3
10.4
1.22
.263
3.60
93
3.19
95
7.05
4
3Cy Young
C. Young
210
1905
38
18
19
.486
33
1.82
31
4
0
320.2
248
65
99
3
30
8
5
1,189
6
5.89
0.84
7.00
0.08
17.7
2.5
0.87
.261
2.78
68
1.69
61
6.96
38.4
4Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
208
1979
44
21
20
.512
44
3.39
23
1
0
342.0
311
129
160
41
113
11
0
8
1,436
18
5.47
2.97
1.84
1.08
14.5
7.9
1.24
.254
4.21
84
4.15
101
8.18
0.1
5Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
206
1985
TOT
37
17
16
.515
37
3.16
24
5
0
293.2
264
103
121
23
75
9
0
1
1,203
4
6.31
2.30
2.75
0.70
17.1
6.2
1.15
.271
3.71
74
3.15
77
8.09
31.2
6Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
194
2003
24
8
9
.471
24
2.95
3
2
0
168.0
144
55
58
17
32
3
0
2
673
4
10.39
1.71
6.06
0.91
28.8
4.8
1.05
.297
3.11
66
2.66
59
7.71
33
7A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
190
2014
34
8
18
.308
34
4.59
1
0
0
213.2
205
109
122
20
96
16
0
2
935
9
8.00
4.04
1.98
0.84
20.3
10.3
1.41
.302
5.14
127
4.14
110
8.63
-8.6
8Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
187
2019
TOT
33
18
5
.783
33
2.93
0
0
0
208.2
175
68
73
21
30
4
0
2
810
2
8.07
1.29
6.23
0.91
23.1
3.7
0.98
.271
3.15
66
3.21
73
7.55
27.7
9Charlie Morton
C. Morton
183
2023
30
14
12
.538
30
3.64
0
0
0
163.1
150
66
70
14
83
12
0
2
716
4
10.08
4.57
2.20
0.77
25.6
11.6
1.43
.321
3.86
82
3.87
90
8.27
7.6
10Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
177
1977
34
15
12
.556
34
3.37
13
4
0
238.0
239
89
108
21
56
5
0
4
986
3
6.69
2.12
3.16
0.79
18.0
5.7
1.24
.300
4.08
83
3.16
79
9.04
21.9
11Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
174
2023
TOT
27
12
6
.667
27
3.77
0
0
0
152.2
126
64
65
28
45
4
0
0
621
2
10.26
2.65
3.87
1.65
28.0
7.2
1.12
.265
3.83
89
4.32
100
7.43
0.2
12Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
174
2021
32
17
7
.708
32
3.05
3
1
0
206.1
168
70
72
21
50
9
0
3
828
4
7.59
2.18
3.48
0.92
21.0
6.0
1.06
.256
3.14
75
3.66
88
7.33
11.5
13Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
173
2001
34
17
11
.607
34
3.05
3
3
0
233.0
220
79
86
20
27
7
0
10
927
2
6.68
1.04
6.41
0.77
18.7
2.9
1.06
.286
3.32
71
3.11
71
8.50
32.4
14Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
172
2006
32
15
7
.682
32
3.51
1
0
0
197.1
184
77
88
22
35
5
0
1
804
3
7.84
1.60
4.91
1.00
21.4
4.4
1.11
.284
4.01
77
3.45
77
8.39
23.3
15Al Leiter
A. Leiter
172
2002
33
13
13
.500
33
3.48
2
2
0
204.1
194
79
99
23
69
8
0
5
868
1
7.58
3.04
2.49
1.01
19.8
7.9
1.29
.287
4.36
88
3.86
95
8.54
4.4
16Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
163
1999
30
14
10
.583
30
4.60
1
1
0
187.2
185
96
101
20
90
9
0
0
822
8
7.82
4.32
1.81
0.96
19.8
10.9
1.47
.306
4.84
98
4.35
91
8.87
9.1
17Early Wynn
E. Wynn
158
1956
38
20
9
.690
35
2.72
18
4
2
277.2
233
84
93
19
91
5
2
7
1,144
5
5.12
2.95
1.74
0.62
13.8
8.0
1.17
.246
3.01
65
3.16
78
7.55
26.7
18Ryan Dempster
R. Dempster
157
2013
32
8
9
.471
29
4.57
0
0
0
171.1
170
87
97
26
79
6
1
1
754
9
8.25
4.15
1.99
1.37
20.8
10.5
1.45
.296
5.10
109
4.67
120
8.93
-15.5
19Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
154
1960
40
21
10
.677
33
3.50
18
4
2
267.2
254
104
114
24
74
4
5
9
1,110
1
5.18
2.49
2.08
0.81
13.9
6.7
1.23
.269
3.83
100
3.42
101
8.54
-2.1
20CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
152
2016
30
9
12
.429
30
3.91
0
0
0
179.2
172
78
83
22
65
9
0
1
768
2
7.61
3.26
2.34
1.10
19.8
8.5
1.32
.288
4.16
92
4.27
97
8.62
2.9
21Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
147
2002
34
13
8
.619
34
3.32
4
2
0
230.2
198
85
89
28
50
9
0
4
931
3
5.74
1.95
2.94
1.09
15.8
5.4
1.08
.244
3.47
79
4.02
94
7.73
6.3
22Jim Bunning
J. Bunning
147
1970
34
10
15
.400
33
4.11
4
0
0
219.0
233
100
111
19
56
8
0
9
937
1
6.04
2.30
2.63
0.78
15.7
6.0
1.32
.303
4.56
102
3.29
86
9.58
13.2
23Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
142
1974
42
21
13
.618
39
2.92
15
3
0
277.1
263
90
106
18
63
6
0
3
1,139
4
4.61
2.04
2.25
0.58
12.5
5.5
1.18
.269
3.44
78
3.13
87
8.53
13.9
24Charlie Hough
C. Hough
141
1985
34
14
16
.467
34
3.31
14
1
0
250.1
198
92
102
23
83
7
0
1
1,018
11
5.07
2.98
1.70
0.83
13.9
8.2
1.12
.229
3.67
78
3.83
95
7.12
6.1
25Doyle Alexander
D. Alexander
139
1986
TOT
34
11
10
.524
34
4.14
5
0
0
228.1
255
105
114
27
37
4
0
2
966
2
5.48
1.46
3.76
1.06
14.4
3.8
1.28
.300
4.49
101
3.62
90
10.05
9.3

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RBI

3

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K

10

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