most strikeouts by pitchers from 1963 to 1992

Between the 1963 and 1992 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,668 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	5,668	794	319	287	.526	760	3.17	222	61	3	5319.2	3,869	1,875	2,131	316	2,755	157	13	78	22,284	274	9.59	4.66	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.4	1.25	.265	3.61	89	2.94	83	6.55	371.4
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,514	764	311	264	.541	683	3.09	302	53	10	5307.0	4,884	1,821	2,099	396	1,365	108	32	162	21,758	157	5.96	2.31	2.57	0.67	16.2	6.3	1.18	.274	3.56	85	3.05	85	8.28	312.2
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.40	116.1
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,657	606	233	219	.515	584	3.63	143	34	1	3985.2	3,847	1,606	1,800	420	1,200	120	10	108	16,769	112	6.00	2.71	2.21	0.95	15.8	7.2	1.27	.277	4.06	94	3.74	95	8.69	78.7
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,626	421	217	138	.611	404	2.82	226	48	4	3277.0	2,745	1,026	1,149	218	1,035	84	10	94	13,453	82	7.21	2.84	2.54	0.60	19.5	7.7	1.15	.266	3.16	78	2.80	81	7.54	240.7
12	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	3.25	90	8.52	152.5
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,378	399	138	127	.521	332	3.08	103	23	13	2398.1	1,864	820	935	155	1,237	55	34	73	10,150	135	8.92	4.64	1.92	0.58	23.4	12.2	1.29	.270	3.51	87	2.99	83	6.99	168.4
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,275	499	237	168	.585	477	3.73	170	27	0	3530.0	3,215	1,464	1,603	357	1,258	51	10	95	14,782	179	5.80	3.21	1.81	0.91	15.4	8.5	1.27	.264	4.09	93	3.89	95	8.20	91.6
16	Tommy John T. John	2,245	760	288	231	.555	700	3.34	162	46	3	4710.1	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,692	187	4.29	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	90	3.37	89	9.14	208.3
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
18	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,171	803	202	191	.514	385	3.67	106	12	61	3483.1	2,963	1,420	1,624	346	1,542	156	240	41	14,779	159	5.61	3.98	1.41	0.89	14.7	10.4	1.29	.248	4.20	93	4.24	108	7.66	-123.1
20	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,139	807	255	199	.562	550	3.41	156	25	16	4005.2	4,134	1,519	1,779	351	891	86	95	108	16,789	103	4.81	2.00	2.40	0.79	12.7	5.3	1.25	.284	4.00	94	3.36	91	9.29	142.6
21	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,118	740	181	145	.555	361	3.43	100	20	239	2971.1	2,747	1,133	1,224	307	679	63	325	80	12,213	26	6.42	2.06	3.12	0.93	17.3	5.6	1.15	.270	3.71	85	3.37	85	8.32	197.1
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
24	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,968	394	206	119	.634	383	2.79	211	45	1	2978.0	2,678	924	1,100	257	543	35	8	71	12,038	38	5.95	1.64	3.62	0.78	16.3	4.5	1.08	.262	3.32	80	2.89	85	8.09	162.5
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,700	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,582	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	100	3.45	95	9.16	68.4