what pitcher had the most strikeouts at age 30

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most career hitters by a 30-year-old pitcher, with 341 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	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	341	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	5.96
2	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	7.36
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	317	41	27	9	.750	41	1.73	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	6.72
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	301	45	25	13	.658	45	3.18	25	4	0	370.1	342	131	141	38	100	8	0	2	1,533	8	7.32	2.43	3.01	0.92	19.6	6.5	1.19	.280	3.43	8.31
5	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	265	59	30	18	.625	38	0.41	35	6	6	392.2	341		128	3	82	6	20			8	6.07	1.88	3.23	0.07		5.2	1.08	.278	2.93	7.82
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	261	32	9	13	.409	32	2.45	1	0	0	212.2	160	58	63	18	42	6	0	1	833	4	11.05	1.78	6.21	0.76	31.3	5.0	0.95	.281	2.67	6.77
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	258	28	17	6	.739	28	2.89	11	5	0	215.0	155	69	73	16	86	8	0	2	860	6	10.80	3.60	3.00	0.67	30.0	10.0	1.12	.283	3.06	6.49
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	257	32	16	10	.615	32	2.49	3	2	0	224.1	174	62	68	17	39	7	0	0	885	8	10.31	1.56	6.59	0.68	29.0	4.4	0.95	.278	2.73	6.98
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	243	36	22	9	.710	36	2.38	15	5	0	280.1	217	74	81	11	88	4	0	6	1,115	7	7.80	2.83	2.76	0.35	21.8	7.9	1.09	.268	2.60	6.97
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	241	29	17	7	.708	29	2.55	3	2	0	179.2	133	51	55	20	37	1	0	0	701	6	12.07	1.85	6.51	1.00	34.4	5.3	0.95	.281	2.76	6.66
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	239	30	20	4	.833	30	2.26	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	6.50
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	234	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	5.75
13	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	233	32	12	11	.522	32	3.88	0	0	0	197.1	163	85	89	26	66	7	0	1	817	14	10.63	3.01	3.53	1.19	28.5	8.1	1.16	.282	4.06	7.43
14	David Price D. Price	233	34	18	9	.667	34	3.74	2	0	0	221.2	213	92	97	23	51	7	0	1	916	5	9.46	2.07	4.57	0.93	25.4	5.6	1.19	.316	3.94	8.65
15	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	232	33	18	9	.667	33	3.17	3	2	0	221.2	173	78	86	25	59	7	0	1	884	4	9.42	2.40	3.93	1.02	26.2	6.7	1.05	.264	3.49	7.02
16	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	232	36	15	9	.625	36	4.17	3	1	0	244.0	248	113	125	28	95	6	0	6	1,057	12	8.56	3.50	2.44	1.03	21.9	9.0	1.41	.316	4.61	9.15
17	Bob Veale B. Veale	229	38	16	12	.571	37	3.02	12	3	0	268.1	228	90	99	18	102	5	0	6	1,111	10	7.68	3.42	2.25	0.60	20.6	9.2	1.23	.277	3.32	7.65
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	227	33	14	6	.700	33	2.81	0	0	0	192.0	150	60	66	20	50	4	0	1	775	7	10.64	2.34	4.54	0.94	29.3	6.5	1.04	.274	3.09	7.03
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	227	40	19	14	.576	38	2.52	26	4	1	318.1	290	89	114	20	87	11	2	12	1,320	12	6.42	2.46	2.61	0.57	17.2	6.6	1.18	.277	3.22	8.20
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	226	32	18	6	.750	32	3.29	1	0	0	200.0	173	73	73	21	46	10	0	2	798	10	10.17	2.07	4.91	0.95	28.3	5.8	1.10	.307	3.29	7.79
21	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	226	34	21	5	.808	34	2.57	6	3	0	248.2	205	71	77	20	52	5	0	1	978	3	8.18	1.88	4.35	0.72	23.1	5.3	1.03	.274	2.79	7.42
22	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	225	35	21	12	.636	35	2.44	20	5	0	280.1	210	76	90	20	78	5	0	5	1,119	12	7.22	2.50	2.88	0.64	20.1	7.0	1.03	.240	2.89	6.74
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	224	32	15	9	.625	32	3.00	5	1	0	231.0	200	77	85	22	63	2	0	7	935	9	8.73	2.45	3.56	0.86	24.0	6.7	1.14	.285	3.31	7.79
24	James Shields J. Shields	223	33	15	10	.600	33	3.52	3	2	0	227.2	208	89	103	25	58	11	0	2	944	7	8.82	2.29	3.84	0.99	23.6	6.1	1.17	.292	4.07	8.22
25	CC Sabathia	221	35	23	8	.742	35	2.88	2	1	0	253.1	230	81	92	13	67	8	0	5	1,043	3	7.85	2.38	3.30	0.46	21.2	6.4	1.17	.296	3.27	8.17

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