most strikeouts by pitchers from 1975 to 1999

Between the 1975 and 1999 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 4,142 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	4,142	580	233	206	.531	580	3.26	137	43	0	3933.1	2,929	1,425	1,628	237	1,930	108	0	55	16,448	212	9.48	4.42	2.15	0.54	25.2	11.7	1.24	.268	3.73	90	2.96	81	6.70	308.4
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,316	480	247	134	.648	479	3.04	115	45	0	3462.1	2,917	1,168	1,289	234	1,102	114	0	44	14,211	90	8.62	2.86	3.01	0.61	23.3	7.8	1.16	.284	3.35	68	2.94	69	7.58	511.3
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,693	331	160	88	.645	322	3.26	68	25	2	2250.0	1,730	814	913	199	1,013	101	4	15	9,381	75	10.77	4.05	2.66	0.80	28.7	10.8	1.22	.285	3.65	76	3.23	76	6.92	279.1
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,607	511	207	175	.542	507	3.53	165	39	0	3634.1	3,435	1,424	1,567	340	1,003	120	1	50	15,062	90	6.46	2.48	2.60	0.84	17.3	6.7	1.22	.282	3.88	89	3.42	87	8.51	202.8
5	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,571	595	224	215	.510	577	3.70	129	29	1	3893.1	3,781	1,602	1,795	419	1,170	121	8	112	16,406	113	5.94	2.70	2.20	0.97	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.15	95	3.81	96	8.74	63.6
6	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
7	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	93	3.93	91	8.27	120.6
8	David Cone D. Cone	2,420	390	180	102	.638	361	3.19	56	22	1	2590.0	2,144	918	1,011	212	985	87	9	34	10,752	129	8.41	3.42	2.46	0.74	22.5	9.2	1.21	.274	3.51	79	3.38	82	7.45	209.1
9	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
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,238	403	188	107	.637	396	3.46	68	24	1	2695.2	2,445	1,036	1,134	187	910	75	1	39	11,238	71	7.47	3.04	2.46	0.62	19.9	8.1	1.24	.288	3.79	90	3.20	81	8.16	198.9
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,213	758	203	210	.492	440	3.76	107	13	53	3609.2	3,143	1,507	1,723	360	1,564	163	196	40	15,361	173	5.52	3.90	1.41	0.90	14.4	10.2	1.30	.252	4.30	95	4.28	108	7.84	-124.9
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,160	436	221	126	.637	432	2.81	93	28	0	3068.2	2,761	959	1,104	157	691	80	3	118	12,457	46	6.33	2.03	3.13	0.46	17.3	5.5	1.12	.278	3.24	70	2.97	74	8.10	372.2
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,151	436	165	140	.541	379	3.72	57	14	0	2675.0	2,544	1,107	1,234	254	1,118	71	24	27	11,398	117	7.24	3.76	1.92	0.85	18.9	9.8	1.37	.293	4.15	85	3.92	89	8.56	144.6
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	71	16,754	83	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	94	3.91	99	8.77	17
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	83	3.30	82	7.80	209.1
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	96	3.60	96	8.35	34.5
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,001	500	203	145	.583	460	3.41	68	25	5	3105.2	2,897	1,175	1,330	230	993	106	18	107	13,014	119	5.80	2.88	2.02	0.67	15.4	7.6	1.25	.275	3.85	87	3.64	92	8.40	93.4
19	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
20	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	94	3.70	99	8.42	6.9
21	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,431	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	95	3.89	97	8.80	25.3
22	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,918	409	138	155	.471	388	4.82	47	11	0	2406.1	2,429	1,288	1,413	242	1,344	36	11	35	10,733	124	7.17	5.03	1.43	0.91	17.9	12.5	1.57	.304	5.28	111	4.38	101	9.08	-18.6
23	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	90	3.81	94	8.97	68.4
24	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
25	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