what pitcher has most strikeouts after turning 40

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career batters by a pitcher 40 or older, with 1,437 strikeouts.

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What pitcher has most strikeouts after turning 40 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	1,437	196	71	66	.518	196	3.33	19	7	0	1271.2	933	471	535	93	527	45	0	13	5,258	68	10.17	3.73	2.73	0.66	27.3	10.0	1.15	.266	3.79	6.60
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,148	300	121	103	.540	294	3.84	62	11	1	1977.0	1,950	843	955	208	789	35	4	20	8,467	65	5.23	3.59	1.46	0.95	13.6	9.3	1.39	.277	4.35	8.88
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,030	167	75	52	.591	162	3.83	13	3	0	1034.0	929	440	492	130	242	45	2	15	4,249	17	8.97	2.11	4.26	1.13	24.2	5.7	1.13	.285	4.28	8.09
4	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	913	257	105	84	.556	251	4.44	8	2	0	1551.1	1,645	766	817	227	441	66	2	23	6,668	13	5.30	2.56	2.07	1.32	13.7	6.6	1.34	.282	4.74	9.54
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	829	145	66	36	.647	144	3.12	2	1	0	911.0	774	316	349	74	281	26	0	14	3,736	32	8.19	2.78	2.95	0.73	22.2	7.5	1.16	.277	3.45	7.65
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	756	209	67	88	.432	207	4.06	29	3	0	1346.1	1,207	608	685	149	623	65	1	10	5,812	56	5.05	4.16	1.21	1.00	13.0	10.7	1.36	.251	4.58	8.07
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	672	175	72	64	.529	168	4.28	5	3	0	1014.0	1,136	482	515	138	171	16	2	11	4,282	6	5.96	1.52	3.93	1.22	15.7	4.0	1.29	.304	4.57	10.08
8	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	610	459	52	41	.559	2	2.11	0	0	118	794.0	551	186	226	46	231	16	312	30	3,131	35	6.91	2.62	2.64	0.52	19.5	7.4	0.98	.227	2.56	6.25
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	558	155	50	59	.459	153	3.82	29	3	0	1025.2	1,113	435	497	86	261	24	2	22	4,348	36	4.90	2.29	2.14	0.75	12.8	6.0	1.34	.300	4.36	9.77
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	501	178	75	62	.547	155	3.45	76	12	4	1153.0	1,133	442	490	120	274	11	17	15	4,756	18	3.91	2.14	1.83	0.94	10.5	5.8	1.22	.263	3.82	8.84
11	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	486	151	49	49	.500	128	4.83	4	0	0	814.2	826	437	480	108	265	42	16	5	3,510	53	5.37	2.93	1.83	1.19	13.8	7.5	1.34	.275	5.30	9.13
12	Rich Hill R. Hill	428	104	25	34	.424	94	4.40	0	0	0	480.2	465	235	257	65	178	29	4	0	2,061	6	8.01	3.33	2.40	1.22	20.8	8.6	1.34	.294	4.81	8.71
13	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	420	368	104	90	.536	169	3.58	78	12	47	1566.0	1,805	623	777	52	343	44	129		6,751	20	2.41	1.97	1.22	0.30	6.2	5.1	1.37	.298	4.47	10.37
14	David Wells D. Wells	392	125	48	35	.578	124	4.50	4	0	0	758.0	895	379	396	94	112	18	0	6	3,214	9	4.65	1.33	3.50	1.12	12.2	3.5	1.33	.308	4.70	10.63
15	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	390	130	33	31	.516	70	3.87	24	3	7	621.1	642	267	307	33	179	8	26		2,653	8	5.65	2.59	2.18	0.48	14.7	6.7	1.32	.298	4.45	9.30
16	R.A. Dickey	388	94	31	36	.463	93	4.19	2	0	0	574.0	557	267	293	79	191	27	1	4	2,427	27	6.08	2.99	2.03	1.24	16.0	7.9	1.30	.274	4.59	8.73
17	Cy Young C. Young	383	110	54	45	.545	105	0.01	86	9	2	882.0	782		315	11	147	18	4		3,465	23	3.91	1.50	2.61	0.11	11.1	4.2	1.05	.265	3.21	7.98
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	366	119	44	38	.537	118	4.06	5	2	0	712.0	703	321	339	101	179	11	0	8	2,971	19	4.63	2.26	2.04	1.28	12.3	6.0	1.24	.260	4.29	8.89
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	356	74	22	26	.458	74	4.03	0	0	0	408.1	398	183	198	50	126	17	0	1	1,746	10	7.85	2.78	2.83	1.10	20.4	7.2	1.28	.291	4.36	8.77
20	Early Wynn E. Wynn	343	100	29	31	.483	81	3.64	29	7	2	570.2	529	231	252	48	230	8	11	11	2,415	4	5.41	3.63	1.49	0.76	14.2	9.5	1.33	.269	3.97	8.34
21	Tommy John T. John	317	172	48	58	.453	157	4.43	14	2	0	950.2	1,163	468	517	77	255	25	7	23	4,151	46	3.00	2.41	1.24	0.73	7.6	6.1	1.49	.312	4.89	11.01
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	316	63	17	21	.447	57	4.95	0	0	0	307.1	306	169	179	46	137	32	1	3	1,355	5	9.25	4.01	2.31	1.35	23.3	10.1	1.44	.316	5.24	8.96
23	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	311	99	35	38	.479	99	4.24	1	0	0	589.2	637	278	304	54	88	12	0	15	2,450	7	4.75	1.34	3.53	0.82	12.7	3.6	1.23	.294	4.64	9.72
24	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	304	105	43	33	.566	104	4.29	1	1	0	636.0	677	303	337	68	211	27	1	6	2,734	10	4.30	2.99	1.44	0.96	11.1	7.7	1.40	.287	4.77	9.58
25	Johnny Niggeling J. Niggeling	293	79	27	34	.443	76	2.86	36	7	0	576.0	488	183	223	19	236	12	2		2,420	15	4.58	3.69	1.24	0.30	12.1	9.8	1.26	.252	3.48	7.62

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Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career batters by a pitcher 40 or older, with 1,437 strikeouts.

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