most strikeouts by a pitcher over 39 in a season

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most hitters by a pitcher older than 39 in a season, with 301 strikeouts in 1989.

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most strikeouts by a pitcher over 39 years old in a season

	NAME	SO	Age	SEASON	TM	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	301	42	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	40	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	270	40	1987	HOU	34	8	16	.333	34	2.76	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	232	43	1990	TEX	30	13	9	.591	30	3.44	5	2	0	204.0	137	78	86	18	74	7	0	2	818	9	10.24	3.26	3.14	0.79	28.4	9.0	1.03	.244	3.79	88	2.86	73	6.04	23.7
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	228	41	1988	HOU	33	12	11	.522	33	3.52	4	1	0	220.0	186	86	98	18	87	7	0	6	930	10	9.33	3.56	2.62	0.74	24.5	9.4	1.24	.285	4.01	105	3.03	91	7.61	7.1
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	218	41	2004	HOU	33	18	4	.818	33	2.98	0	0	0	214.1	169	71	76	15	79	6	0	5	878	5	9.15	3.32	2.76	0.63	24.8	9.0	1.16	.275	3.19	69	3.11	70	7.10	31.7
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	211	41	2005	NYY	34	17	8	.680	34	3.79	4	0	0	225.2	207	95	102	32	47	12	0	2	920	3	8.42	1.87	4.49	1.28	22.9	5.1	1.13	.283	4.07	88	3.77	87	8.26	13.8
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	208	40	1979	ATL	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
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	203	44	1991	TEX	27	12	6	.667	27	2.91	2	2	0	173.0	102	56	58	12	72	5	0	0	683	8	10.56	3.75	2.82	0.62	29.7	10.5	1.01	.230	3.02	72	2.74	68	5.31	24.4
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	197	40	2007	ATL	32	14	8	.636	32	3.11	0	0	0	205.2	196	71	78	18	47	4	0	9	853	8	8.62	2.06	4.19	0.79	23.1	5.5	1.18	.303	3.41	71	3.19	72	8.58	28.7
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	190	40	2003	NYY	33	17	9	.654	33	3.91	1	1	0	211.2	199	92	99	24	58	5	0	1	878	5	8.08	2.47	3.28	1.02	21.6	6.6	1.21	.291	4.21	87	3.60	81	8.46	20.3
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	185	42	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	32	1.87	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	176	41	1980	ATL	40	15	18	.455	38	3.63	11	3	1	275.0	256	111	119	30	85	3	2	3	1,137	9	5.76	2.78	2.07	0.98	15.5	7.5	1.24	.268	3.89	95	3.84	99	8.38	2.6
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	174	40	1988	TEX	34	15	16	.484	34	3.32	10	0	0	252.0	202	93	111	20	126	12	0	1	1,067	10	6.21	4.50	1.38	0.71	16.3	11.8	1.30	.248	3.96	83	4.05	104	7.21	-3.9
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	173	44	2008	ARI	30	11	10	.524	30	3.91	2	0	0	184.0	184	80	92	24	44	6	0	6	778	2	8.46	2.15	3.93	1.17	22.2	5.7	1.24	.301	4.50	87	3.75	85	9.00	13.1
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	172	42	2006	NYY	33	17	11	.607	33	5.00	2	0	0	205.0	194	114	125	28	60	10	0	1	860	3	7.55	2.63	2.87	1.23	20.0	7.0	1.24	.281	5.49	110	4.26	94	8.52	5.8
17	Charlie Morton C. Morton	167	40	2024	ATL	30	8	10	.444	30	4.19	0	0	0	165.1	154	77	85	23	65	18	0	1	701	2	9.09	3.54	2.57	1.25	23.8	9.3	1.32	.306	4.63	101	4.45	112	8.38	-9.1
18	Early Wynn E. Wynn	158	40	1960	CWS	36	13	12	.520	34	3.49	12	4	1	237.1	220	92	105	20	112	4	2	2	1,024	1	5.99	4.25	1.41	0.76	15.4	10.9	1.40	.274	3.98	93	3.76	97	8.34	2.8
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	157	45	1992	TEX	27	5	9	.357	27	3.72	2	0	0	157.1	138	65	75	9	69	12	0	0	675	9	8.98	3.95	2.28	0.51	23.3	10.2	1.32	.301	4.29	95	3.07	79	7.89	14.5
20	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	151	41	2014	NYM	31	15	13	.536	31	4.09	0	0	0	202.1	218	92	97	22	30	5	0	3	846	2	6.72	1.33	5.03	0.98	17.8	3.5	1.23	.307	4.31	118	3.57	97	9.70	2.7
21	Rich Hill R. Hill	150	41	2021	TOT	32	7	8	.467	31	3.86	0	0	0	158.2	137	68	70	21	55	16	0	0	661	3	8.51	3.12	2.73	1.19	22.7	8.3	1.21	.277	3.97	95	4.33	105	7.77	-3.8
22	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	150	40	1931	BKN	30	11	13	.458	29	3.38	12	2	0	218.2	221	82	99	12	53	0	1		918	1	6.17	2.18	2.83	0.49	16.3	5.8	1.25	.297	4.07	89	3.18	81	9.10	18
23	Cy Young C. Young	150	41	1908	BOS	36	21	11	.656	33	1.26	30	3	2	299.0	230	42	68	1	37	1	3		1,116	4	4.52	1.11	4.05	0.03	13.4	3.3	0.89	.247	2.05	52	1.52	67	6.92	25.4
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	149	41	2025	TOT	33	9	11	.450	27	5.83	0	0	0	142.0	152	92	94	23	72	14	1	2	654	3	9.44	4.56	2.07	1.46	22.8	11.0	1.58	.326	5.96	144	4.95	120	9.63	-12.9
25	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	149	46	1985	NYY	33	16	12	.571	33	4.09	7	1	0	220.0	203	100	110	29	120	2	0	1	955	5	6.10	4.91	1.24	1.19	15.6	12.6	1.47	.266	4.50	102	4.70	116	8.30	-16.3

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Nolan Ryan has fanned the most hitters by a pitcher older than 39 in a season, with 301 strikeouts in 1989.

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