which mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts from 190 to 1979

J.R. Richard fanned the most hitters in 1979, with 313 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	J.R. Richard	313	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	223	1979	CAL	34	16	14	.533	34	3.60	17	5	0	222.2	169	89	104	15	114	6	0	3	937	9	9.01	4.61	1.96	0.61	23.8	12.2	1.27	.266	4.20	88	3.21	78	6.83	22.2
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	213	1979	PHI	35	18	11	.621	35	3.62	13	4	0	251.0	202	101	112	25	89	5	0	11	1,029	10	7.64	3.19	2.39	0.90	20.7	8.6	1.16	.254	4.02	94	3.44	90	7.24	11.3
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	208	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	44	3.39	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
5	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	201	1979	NYY	33	18	8	.692	30	2.78	15	2	2	236.1	203	73	83	20	71	0	3	0	946	9	7.65	2.70	2.83	0.76	21.2	7.5	1.16	.280	3.16	68	3.02	73	7.73	29.6
6	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	190	1979	BAL	39	23	9	.719	38	3.08	16	5	0	265.2	245	91	107	23	70	3	0	1	1,085	6	6.44	2.37	2.71	0.78	17.5	6.5	1.19	.278	3.62	77	3.24	79	8.30	25.6
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	172	1979	PIT	37	12	5	.706	37	3.60	4	0	0	237.1	238	95	102	21	92	6	0	8	1,018	9	6.52	3.49	1.87	0.80	16.9	9.0	1.39	.298	3.87	95	3.66	95	9.03	5
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	164	1979	TEX	37	16	14	.533	37	4.07	10	3	0	259.0	252	117	127	40	81	3	0	6	1,089	4	5.70	2.81	2.02	1.39	15.1	7.4	1.29	.265	4.41	98	4.43	109	8.76	-11.6
9	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	157	1979	MIN	37	20	13	.606	36	3.38	10	2	0	263.2	268	99	108	19	83	3	0	4	1,101	2	5.36	2.83	1.89	0.65	14.3	7.5	1.33	.297	3.69	78	3.44	82	9.15	21.7
10	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	150	1979	BOS	33	17	10	.630	33	2.99	17	2	0	246.2	234	82	89	29	59	6	0	4	1,018	1	5.47	2.15	2.54	1.06	14.7	5.8	1.19	.265	3.25	66	3.82	89	8.54	13.4
11	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	147	1979	CHC	42	13	14	.481	29	4.12	6	1	2	212.0	236	97	103	27	55	3	6	8	906	1	6.24	2.33	2.67	1.15	16.2	6.1	1.37	.310	4.37	100	3.81	96	10.02	3.9
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	146	1979	LAD	33	12	15	.444	32	3.82	6	1	1	226.0	201	96	109	21	61	1	1	6	927	4	5.81	2.43	2.39	0.84	15.7	6.6	1.16	.258	4.34	105	3.46	91	8.00	8.8
13	Craig Swan C. Swan	145	1979	NYM	35	14	13	.519	35	3.29	10	3	0	251.1	241	92	102	20	57	2	0	9	1,027	2	5.19	2.04	2.54	0.72	14.1	5.6	1.19	.275	3.65	90	3.30	88	8.63	12.9
14	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	145	1979	STL	34	15	10	.600	32	3.59	9	0	0	233.0	229	93	108	22	64	3	0	4	968	7	5.60	2.47	2.27	0.85	15.0	6.6	1.26	.282	4.17	96	3.57	98	8.85	2
15	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	143	1979	MON	37	13	12	.520	37	3.00	13	5	0	248.2	232	83	97	14	78	4	0	9	1,032	10	5.18	2.82	1.83	0.51	13.9	7.6	1.25	.275	3.51	82	3.29	89	8.40	11.1
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	140	1979	SDP	32	12	11	.522	32	3.06	10	0	0	232.2	225	79	90	12	67	4	0	10	963	6	5.42	2.59	2.09	0.46	14.5	7.0	1.26	.288	3.48	87	3.10	86	8.70	13.3
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	138	1979	SFG	34	14	14	.500	34	5.01	10	0	0	237.0	246	132	143	23	111	1	0	11	1,041	8	5.24	4.22	1.24	0.87	13.3	10.7	1.51	.290	5.43	139	4.23	117	9.34	-17.5
18	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	138	1979	MON	34	9	8	.529	24	3.43	5	3	1	168.0	148	64	69	16	54	3	3	4	696	2	7.39	2.89	2.56	0.86	19.8	7.8	1.20	.272	3.70	94	3.33	90	7.93	6.7
19	Jim Kern J. Kern	136	1979	TEX	71	13	5	.722	0	1.57	0	0	29	143.0	99	25	35	5	62	2	57	6	578	5	8.56	3.90	2.19	0.31	23.5	10.7	1.13	.252	2.20	38	2.61	64	6.23	23.4
20	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	132	1979	MIN	36	14	13	.519	35	4.16	12	1	0	250.2	282	116	124	22	69	1	1	3	1,061	5	4.74	2.48	1.91	0.79	12.4	6.5	1.40	.311	4.45	96	3.65	87	10.13	15
21	Ken Kravec K. Kravec	132	1979	CWS	36	15	13	.536	35	3.74	10	3	1	250.0	208	104	115	20	111	14	1	3	1,041	3	4.75	4.00	1.19	0.72	12.7	10.7	1.28	.246	4.14	89	4.20	101	7.49	-1.9
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	132	1979	BAL	40	15	16	.484	39	3.66	18	3	0	292.1	279	119	129	28	78	1	0	1	1,206	9	4.06	2.40	1.69	0.86	10.9	6.5	1.22	.260	3.97	91	3.87	94	8.59	7.2
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	131	1979	CIN	32	16	6	.727	32	3.14	9	5	0	215.0	187	75	85	16	61	0	0	6	868	4	5.48	2.55	2.15	0.67	15.1	7.0	1.15	.259	3.56	84	3.32	87	7.83	11.6
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	129	1979	LAD	29	11	10	.524	29	2.97	12	1	0	212.0	191	70	85	11	63	2	0	4	874	6	5.48	2.67	2.05	0.47	14.8	7.2	1.20	.269	3.61	81	3.10	81	8.11	16.6
25	Mike Parrott M. Parrott	127	1979	SEA	38	14	12	.538	30	3.77	13	2	0	229.1	231	96	104	17	86	6	4	16	973	1	4.98	3.38	1.48	0.67	13.1	8.8	1.38	.290	4.08	88	3.78	85	9.07	16.5

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