most strikeouts in a mlb season from a pitcher over the age of 45

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most batters by a 45-year-old pitcher in a season, with 157 strikeouts in 1992.

NAMESOAGESEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
157
45
1992
TEX 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
2Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
136
45
1984
NYY NYY
32
16
8
.667
31
3.09
5
1
0
215.2
219
74
85
15
76
3
1
0
916
2
5.68
3.17
1.79
0.63
14.8
8.3
1.37
.297
3.55
80
3.50
89
9.14
10.3
3Charlie Hough
C. Hough
126
45
1993
FLA FLA
34
9
16
.360
34
4.27
0
0
0
204.1
202
97
109
20
71
8
0
2
876
11
5.55
3.13
1.77
0.88
14.4
8.1
1.34
.280
4.80
107
4.18
103
8.90
-2.9
4Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
123
45
2008
PHI PHI
33
16
7
.696
33
3.71
0
0
0
196.1
199
81
85
20
62
11
0
4
841
3
5.64
2.84
1.98
0.92
14.6
7.4
1.33
.286
3.90
86
4.31
99
9.12
1.1
5Satchel Paige
S. Paige
91
45
1952
SLA SLA
46
12
10
.545
6
3.07
3
2
10
138.0
116
47
51
5
57
3
35
582
2
5.93
3.72
1.60
0.33
15.6
9.8
1.25
.261
3.33
79
2.85
73
7.57
15.5
6Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
86
45
2009
SFG SFG
22
8
6
.571
17
4.88
0
0
0
96.0
97
52
55
19
31
2
2
2
412
5
8.06
2.91
2.77
1.78
20.9
7.5
1.33
.285
5.16
119
4.90
119
9.09
-8.9
7Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
81
45
2018
TEX TEX
28
7
12
.368
24
5.78
1
0
0
146.1
172
94
97
32
25
3
1
1
628
2
4.98
1.54
3.24
1.97
12.9
4.0
1.35
.287
5.97
124
5.46
124
10.58
-16.5
8Tommy John
T. John
81
45
1988
NYY NYY
35
9
8
.529
32
4.49
0
0
0
176.1
221
88
96
11
46
6
2
4
776
5
4.13
2.35
1.76
0.56
10.4
5.9
1.51
.332
4.90
113
3.54
90
11.28
7.4
9Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
67
45
1969
TOT
52
7
7
.500
0
2.19
0
0
14
78.0
50
19
22
4
22
4
42
4
303
6
7.73
2.54
3.05
0.46
22.1
7.3
0.92
.223
2.54
63
2.45
68
5.77
10.1
10Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
43
45
1928
PHA PHA
31
18
7
.720
28
2.90
18
4
1
211.1
239
68
92
3
34
7
2
898
0
1.83
1.45
1.26
0.13
4.8
3.8
1.29
.291
3.92
71
3.27
83
10.18
16.1
11Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
22
45
2002
LAD LAD
56
1
2
.333
0
3.00
0
0
1
27.0
24
9
10
4
12
0
8
1
119
2
7.33
4.00
1.83
1.33
18.5
10.1
1.33
.247
3.33
78
4.58
110
8.00
-1.3
12Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
16
45
1953
PHA PHA
17
2
1
.667
2
4.89
1
0
0
38.2
44
21
24
3
24
5
9
187
0
3.72
5.59
0.67
0.70
8.6
12.8
1.76
.295
5.59
119
5.02
121
10.24
-3.6
13Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
10
45
1946
CWS CWS
5
1
4
.200
5
2.32
5
0
0
42.2
38
11
17
2
9
0
0
174
0
2.11
1.90
1.11
0.42
5.7
5.2
1.10
.235
3.59
68
3.16
94
8.02
1
14Rich Hill
R. Hill
4
45
2025
KCR KCR
2
0
2
.000
2
5.00
0
0
0
9.0
9
5
7
2
8
0
0
0
43
0
4.00
8.00
0.50
2.00
9.3
18.6
1.89
.241
7.00
117
7.79
187
9.00
-3.6
15Fred Johnson
F. Johnson
2
45
1939
SLA SLA
5
0
1
.000
2
6.43
1
0
0
14.0
23
10
12
0
9
0
2
70
0
1.29
5.79
0.22
0.00
2.9
12.9
2.29
.390
7.71
134
4.62
100
14.79
0.1

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