most strikeouts by pitcher from 1970 to 1980

Between the 1970 and 1980 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 2,878 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,878	383	166	156	.516	368	3.16	168	44	2	2698.2	1,936	947	1,084	143	1,613	78	8	35	11,435	126	9.60	5.38	1.78	0.48	25.2	14.1	1.32	.267	3.62	90	3.03	85	6.46	165.6
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,405	374	188	109	.633	371	2.67	152	41	0	2820.1	2,245	836	917	214	800	29	2	68	11,299	68	7.67	2.55	3.01	0.68	21.3	7.1	1.08	.259	2.93	74	2.75	77	7.16	256.8
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,383	406	202	135	.599	404	3.10	178	35	0	3051.0	2,656	1,050	1,190	253	1,050	33	0	99	12,589	98	7.03	3.10	2.27	0.75	18.9	8.3	1.21	.271	3.51	83	3.17	86	7.83	167.8
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,250	387	156	141	.525	382	2.96	150	41	0	2841.1	2,554	933	1,051	206	770	70	3	48	11,629	63	7.13	2.44	2.92	0.65	19.3	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	80	2.83	77	8.09	272
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,042	446	179	169	.514	414	3.30	171	28	9	3156.0	2,898	1,156	1,347	289	1,005	79	21	56	13,180	125	5.82	2.87	2.03	0.82	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	84	3.53	91	8.26	123.2
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,042	403	194	146	.571	400	2.97	203	38	1	3110.2	2,783	1,026	1,195	221	822	59	3	78	12,643	77	5.91	2.38	2.48	0.64	16.2	6.5	1.16	.270	3.46	81	3.05	83	8.05	212.5
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,970	389	190	142	.572	383	3.40	196	33	0	2904.2	2,697	1,098	1,218	323	570	55	5	63	11,836	39	6.10	1.77	3.46	1.00	16.6	4.8	1.12	.266	3.77	87	3.32	86	8.36	162.4
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,895	384	179	115	.609	380	3.00	121	41	3	2769.2	2,337	923	1,031	234	707	47	4	50	11,236	63	6.16	2.30	2.68	0.76	16.9	6.3	1.10	.252	3.35	85	3.14	88	7.59	124.9
9	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,736	375	140	140	.500	347	3.37	93	15	7	2524.2	2,371	946	1,066	197	816	45	15	79	10,520	55	6.19	2.91	2.13	0.70	16.5	7.8	1.26	.281	3.80	92	3.27	90	8.45	106.1
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,729	361	169	119	.587	358	3.06	134	35	1	2622.2	2,282	893	1,006	175	841	19	1	50	10,741	72	5.93	2.89	2.06	0.60	16.1	7.8	1.19	.264	3.45	88	3.13	87	7.83	129.8
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,668	389	202	113	.641	385	2.69	179	44	2	2969.0	2,513	886	991	210	935	29	3	31	12,064	57	5.06	2.83	1.78	0.64	13.8	7.8	1.16	.250	3.00	75	3.36	92	7.62	101.1
12	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,496	319	115	117	.496	277	3.43	133	20	1	2110.0	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	3.23	87	8.74	107.8
13	J.R. Richard	1,493	238	107	71	.601	221	3.15	76	19	0	1606.0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
14	Rudy May R. May	1,371	379	125	112	.527	288	3.38	77	23	6	2045.2	1,793	768	881	157	747	31	36	44	8,497	45	6.03	3.29	1.84	0.69	16.1	8.8	1.24	.264	3.88	97	3.39	95	7.89	40.8
15	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	1,357	286	112	108	.509	279	3.05	93	29	2	2037.2	1,927	691	804	132	533	20	5	63	8,390	60	5.99	2.35	2.55	0.58	16.2	6.4	1.21	.283	3.55	85	2.92	81	8.51	155.4
16	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1,340	276	110	86	.561	257	2.93	86	24	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
17	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,319	380	107	97	.525	246	3.76	64	12	6	1937.2	1,813	810	919	183	795	63	68	51	8,277	89	6.13	3.69	1.66	0.85	15.9	9.6	1.35	.275	4.27	102	3.74	100	8.42	-0.8
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,313	347	150	101	.598	310	3.51	123	28	3	2199.1	2,043	857	918	214	645	29	18	25	9,086	14	5.37	2.64	2.04	0.88	14.5	7.1	1.22	.266	3.76	89	3.59	92	8.36	74.9
19	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,309	329	169	102	.624	327	3.17	140	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
20	Fred Norman F. Norman	1,266	388	104	98	.515	261	3.57	56	15	8	1892.2	1,738	750	827	178	784	22	37	73	8,062	80	6.02	3.73	1.61	0.85	15.7	9.7	1.33	.268	3.93	100	3.75	105	8.26	-43.2
21	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,262	322	125	114	.523	312	3.43	63	17	3	2091.1	2,137	796	901	128	584	52	7	74	8,828	59	5.43	2.51	2.16	0.55	14.3	6.6	1.30	.295	3.88	87	3.12	81	9.20	164
22	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,252	360	132	114	.537	316	3.66	93	28	9	2196.1	2,193	892	1,016	133	782	34	25	75	9,393	76	5.13	3.20	1.60	0.54	13.3	8.3	1.35	.286	4.16	102	3.36	94	8.99	57.9
23	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,233	225	102	78	.567	218	3.08	92	24	0	1615.1	1,461	553	614	146	422	55	4	24	6,645	41	6.87	2.35	2.92	0.81	18.6	6.4	1.17	.275	3.42	84	3.17	85	8.14	98.3
24	Steve Renko S. Renko	1,202	355	103	118	.466	295	3.97	48	9	4	2011.1	1,944	887	998	201	831	18	23	78	8,634	62	5.38	3.72	1.45	0.90	13.9	9.6	1.38	.273	4.47	103	3.96	105	8.70	-35.4
25	Rick Wise R. Wise	1,171	341	139	125	.527	330	3.67	108	22	0	2275.1	2,328	929	1,049	202	593	26	4	63	9,563	32	4.63	2.35	1.97	0.80	12.2	6.2	1.28	.281	4.15	96	3.52	94	9.21	58.1