pitchers with most strikeouts from 1969 to 1997

Between the 1969 and 1997 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,575 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	5,575	784	318	282	.530	754	3.19	219	61	3	5249.0	3,825	1,860	2,123	308	2,717	154	12	73	21,999	269	9.56	4.66	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.266	3.64	89	2.95	82	6.56	378.6
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,760	653	299	221	.575	637	3.24	231	47	1	4715.2	4,202	1,698	1,943	388	1,684	47	6	143	19,600	164	7.18	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.71	86	3.21	87	8.02	243.3
3	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	20,491	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
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,265	585	279	180	.608	578	2.91	199	54	0	4254.0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	1,264	63	4	105	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	79	3.08	84	7.45	265.6
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,034	665	290	214	.575	660	3.27	154	51	3	4616.1	4,098	1,677	1,852	429	1,175	71	4	73	18,906	100	5.92	2.29	2.58	0.84	16.0	6.2	1.14	.258	3.61	90	3.34	91	7.99	151
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,999	702	287	247	.537	661	3.45	220	39	10	4800.1	4,516	1,840	2,116	447	1,653	105	27	72	20,217	178	5.62	3.10	1.81	0.84	14.8	8.2	1.29	.271	3.97	88	3.69	95	8.47	104.2
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,882	417	213	118	.644	416	2.97	109	41	0	3040.0	2,563	1,003	1,110	203	924	98	0	44	12,428	76	8.53	2.74	3.12	0.60	23.2	7.4	1.15	.284	3.29	67	2.87	68	7.59	452.9
8	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	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
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,536	518	236	189	.555	504	3.44	225	42	1	3706.2	3,500	1,418	1,576	402	795	74	9	89	15,215	53	6.16	1.93	3.19	0.98	16.7	5.2	1.16	.272	3.83	88	3.34	87	8.50	192.9
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,533	528	238	195	.550	524	3.12	241	42	1	3989.2	3,714	1,384	1,605	304	1,040	82	4	101	16,366	110	5.71	2.35	2.44	0.69	15.5	6.4	1.19	.275	3.62	84	3.16	85	8.38	237.5
11	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
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,379	1,021	193	170	.532	361	3.49	100	20	389	3246.0	3,030	1,257	1,361	341	730	73	564	88	13,363	28	6.60	2.02	3.26	0.95	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.77	86	3.38	84	8.40	226.2
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,367	568	203	195	.510	490	3.44	123	26	17	3553.1	3,392	1,357	1,519	271	1,110	63	42	110	14,833	81	6.00	2.81	2.13	0.69	16.0	7.5	1.27	.283	3.85	93	3.27	89	8.59	155.4
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,365	410	174	150	.537	407	3.88	81	18	0	2819.2	2,547	1,217	1,343	291	1,219	45	1	27	11,908	84	7.55	3.89	1.94	0.93	19.9	10.2	1.34	.282	4.29	91	3.87	90	8.13	130.3
15	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,665	174	240	44	16,170	179	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	95	4.28	109	7.77	-142.3
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,087	639	241	187	.563	557	3.68	121	29	6	3908.2	3,788	1,598	1,782	364	1,146	119	40	66	16,358	81	4.81	2.64	1.82	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.26	.271	4.10	94	3.91	99	8.72	10.7
18	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
19	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,067	354	177	97	.646	351	3.31	68	24	1	2446.2	2,183	900	985	156	792	57	1	36	10,126	64	7.60	2.91	2.61	0.57	20.4	7.8	1.22	.287	3.62	88	3.02	79	8.03	207.6
20	David Cone D. Cone	2,034	328	148	86	.632	299	3.13	52	21	1	2189.0	1,794	762	838	171	836	61	9	31	9,059	116	8.36	3.44	2.43	0.70	22.5	9.2	1.20	.272	3.45	80	3.30	82	7.38	172.8
21	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,000	262	124	68	.646	253	3.37	46	17	2	1734.0	1,320	650	725	146	857	78	4	11	7,288	64	10.38	4.45	2.33	0.76	27.4	11.8	1.26	.279	3.76	80	3.35	80	6.85	179.6
23	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
24	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,967	492	245	137	.641	476	2.80	203	52	3	3598.2	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,700	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,582	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	100	3.45	95	9.16	68.4