most strikeouts in mlb since 1920 with at least 1500 innings pitched

Since 1920, Nolan Ryan has struck out the most batters when pitching at least 1500 innings, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in MLB since 1920 with at least 1500 innings pitched

	NAME	SO	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	5,714	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	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
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	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
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	5282.1	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	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
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,503	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	5404.0	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	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
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	4500.2	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	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
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
17	CC Sabathia	3,093	3577.1	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
20	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
21	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	3760.1	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
22	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	3638.1	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	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
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	3562.2	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	4188.1	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
25	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,702	2189.0	411	155	94	.622	330	2.96	16	3	12	1,778	721	779	221	512	139	25	15	8,815	48	11.11	2.11	5.28	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.20	70	2.87	68	7.31	320.3

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Since 1920, Nolan Ryan has struck out the most batters when pitching at least 1500 innings, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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