most strikeouts by pitchers from 1975 to 1990

Between the 1975 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 3,736 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	3,736	513	211	186	.531	513	3.23	133	41	0	3536.2	2,635	1,268	1,448	211	1,749	90	0	55	14,799	192	9.51	4.45	2.14	0.54	25.2	11.8	1.24	.269	3.68	90	2.93	81	6.71	270.6
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,537	486	199	163	.550	483	3.48	164	39	0	3501.1	3,285	1,354	1,491	323	974	115	1	48	14,494	87	6.52	2.50	2.60	0.83	17.5	6.7	1.22	.281	3.83	88	3.39	86	8.44	204.7
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,412	431	196	139	.585	417	3.34	123	27	1	3021.2	2,704	1,121	1,286	258	1,048	27	6	82	12,535	105	7.18	3.12	2.30	0.77	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.83	88	3.28	88	8.05	147.2
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,257	498	191	175	.522	481	3.62	123	27	1	3286.2	3,160	1,322	1,485	343	947	103	8	86	13,796	92	6.18	2.59	2.38	0.94	16.4	6.9	1.25	.278	4.07	93	3.65	93	8.65	101.7
5	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,980	430	198	150	.569	408	3.73	154	24	0	3042.2	2,767	1,262	1,382	321	1,086	36	10	88	12,745	155	5.86	3.21	1.82	0.95	15.5	8.5	1.27	.262	4.09	93	3.91	95	8.18	75.7
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,975	465	188	167	.530	453	3.66	127	20	2	3188.0	3,094	1,295	1,481	297	1,228	75	9	47	13,601	122	5.58	3.47	1.61	0.84	14.5	9.0	1.36	.279	4.18	92	3.89	98	8.73	27.2
7	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,938	604	169	140	.547	361	3.49	100	20	145	2815.1	2,625	1,091	1,181	291	659	61	201	71	11,605	25	6.20	2.11	2.94	0.93	16.7	5.7	1.17	.270	3.78	87	3.43	86	8.39	168.1
8	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,839	645	173	163	.515	329	3.64	98	11	53	2916.0	2,496	1,179	1,354	283	1,281	127	195	35	12,361	138	5.68	3.95	1.44	0.87	14.9	10.4	1.30	.251	4.18	92	4.18	106	7.70	-76.4
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,836	442	185	143	.564	438	3.43	79	22	2	2992.1	2,724	1,140	1,250	302	752	38	3	48	12,297	54	5.52	2.26	2.44	0.91	14.9	6.1	1.16	.259	3.76	93	3.57	94	8.19	66.1
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,784	373	165	118	.583	369	3.19	98	32	0	2615.2	2,248	926	1,022	218	822	36	1	69	10,724	77	6.14	2.83	2.17	0.75	16.6	7.7	1.17	.258	3.52	85	3.38	91	7.73	101.5
11	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
12	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,759	331	141	116	.549	320	3.31	107	29	2	2348.2	2,099	864	981	152	915	16	5	58	9,857	94	6.74	3.51	1.92	0.58	17.8	9.3	1.28	.278	3.76	93	3.28	91	8.04	76.8
13	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,714	396	176	109	.618	371	3.16	54	27	8	2513.0	2,273	882	981	194	801	58	16	50	10,422	47	6.14	2.87	2.14	0.69	16.4	7.7	1.22	.272	3.51	88	3.41	94	8.14	63.8
14	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,677	379	133	142	.484	363	4.03	62	16	0	2326.0	2,256	1,041	1,150	283	815	37	3	32	9,910	80	6.49	3.15	2.06	1.10	16.9	8.2	1.32	.278	4.45	99	3.97	98	8.73	25.9
15	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,596	455	177	154	.535	436	3.34	82	17	5	2931.0	2,938	1,089	1,218	185	754	75	12	92	12,243	71	4.90	2.32	2.12	0.57	13.0	6.2	1.26	.286	3.74	88	3.29	87	9.02	163.1
16	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,595	467	174	113	.606	356	3.29	54	13	21	2447.0	2,323	895	994	239	559	36	55	57	10,028	25	5.87	2.06	2.85	0.88	15.9	5.6	1.18	.274	3.66	87	3.41	90	8.54	101.5
17	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,557	390	166	123	.574	382	3.34	101	30	1	2666.2	2,337	989	1,097	205	937	118	4	32	11,078	47	5.25	3.16	1.66	0.69	14.1	8.5	1.23	.258	3.70	80	3.76	92	7.89	93.7
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,482	376	128	130	.496	311	3.65	69	15	16	2243.2	2,209	909	1,013	175	707	39	37	61	9,417	40	5.94	2.84	2.10	0.70	15.7	7.5	1.30	.290	4.06	96	3.37	90	8.86	99.7
19	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	1,478	369	124	117	.515	355	3.90	41	10	1	2190.2	2,188	949	1,069	196	767	47	4	84	9,393	71	6.07	3.15	1.93	0.81	15.7	8.2	1.35	.288	4.39	105	3.65	98	8.99	19.5
20	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	1,473	445	146	155	.485	413	3.68	78	30	1	2708.0	2,737	1,106	1,258	228	857	47	10	78	11,488	60	4.90	2.85	1.72	0.76	12.8	7.5	1.33	.282	4.18	105	3.73	107	9.10	-85.1
21	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,469	307	137	110	.555	306	3.70	63	14	0	2107.2	2,077	866	960	233	608	32	0	22	8,817	59	6.27	2.60	2.42	0.99	16.7	6.9	1.27	.285	4.10	89	3.72	92	8.87	69.9
22	Mike Scott M. Scott	1,466	345	124	106	.539	317	3.51	45	22	3	2061.2	1,847	803	898	171	623	32	13	52	8,536	39	6.40	2.72	2.35	0.75	17.2	7.3	1.20	.268	3.92	100	3.36	96	8.06	34.1
23	Mario Soto M. Soto	1,449	297	100	92	.521	224	3.47	72	13	4	1730.1	1,395	667	732	172	657	28	20	50	7,147	37	7.54	3.42	2.21	0.89	20.3	9.2	1.19	.253	3.81	93	3.52	95	7.26	32.5
24	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,448	233	96	93	.508	230	3.88	52	14	0	1597.1	1,421	689	773	159	772	31	1	17	6,816	47	8.16	4.35	1.88	0.90	21.2	11.3	1.37	.286	4.36	94	3.76	90	8.01	72.6
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,424	206	116	51	.695	205	2.89	65	25	0	1513.0	1,281	486	535	102	425	39	0	19	6,163	39	8.47	2.53	3.35	0.61	23.1	6.9	1.13	.283	3.18	69	2.69	67	7.62	223.1