pitcher with most strikeouts before turning 46

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most career batters by a pitcher younger than 46, with 5,668 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most strikeouts before turning 46 years old

	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	H/9
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	6.55
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,869	613	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4131.0	3,339	1,510	1,699	410	1,497	189	5	37	17,046	109	10.61	3.26	3.25	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.70	7.27
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	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	7.66
4	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	21,682	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	8.06
5	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	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
6	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	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
7	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	103	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	7.99
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,463	537	262	151	.634	537	3.32	26	9	0	3472.1	2,950	1,280	1,385	364	974	116	0	27	14,192	97	8.98	2.52	3.56	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.59	7.65
10	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,456	788	412	270	.604	654	1.73	520	108	34	5806.1	4,816		1,867	96	1,354	206	126			151	5.36	2.10	2.55	0.15		5.8	1.06	.261	2.89	7.46
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	7.34
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	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	8.49
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	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	7.07
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	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	8.27
17	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	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	8.56
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	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	7.97
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,048	771	284	238	.544	625	3.19	231	44	29	4835.0	4,437	1,714	2,002	407	1,528	111	82	83	20,134	203	5.67	2.84	1.99	0.76	15.1	7.6	1.23	.268	3.73	8.26
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,988	438	214	94	.695	435	2.51	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	6.88
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	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	8.52
22	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
23	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	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	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	8.74
25	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	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	8.73