which pitcher had the most strikeouts from 1977 to 1986

Between the 1977 and 1986 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 2,192 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	2,192	317	131	110	.544	317	3.19	87	24	0	2179.1	1,651	772	886	118	1,088	51	0	40	9,130	127	9.05	4.49	2.01	0.49	24.0	11.9	1.26	.270	3.66	90	2.96	83	6.82	153.2
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,929	323	155	103	.601	323	3.13	93	22	0	2352.0	2,078	817	946	186	781	20	0	68	9,694	85	7.38	2.99	2.47	0.71	19.9	8.1	1.22	.279	3.62	84	3.11	84	7.95	149.8
3	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,623	317	163	79	.674	295	3.23	93	26	4	2186.2	1,995	784	857	204	567	9	13	18	8,921	50	6.68	2.33	2.86	0.84	18.2	6.4	1.17	.275	3.53	82	3.22	81	8.21	181
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,594	362	149	128	.538	353	3.60	102	17	2	2503.0	2,397	1,001	1,151	228	989	52	6	36	10,647	83	5.73	3.56	1.61	0.82	15.0	9.3	1.35	.279	4.14	91	3.86	97	8.62	31.7
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,544	289	121	96	.558	286	3.34	101	24	0	2078.2	1,906	772	860	189	588	59	1	33	8,597	47	6.69	2.55	2.63	0.82	18.0	6.8	1.20	.276	3.72	84	3.33	85	8.25	136.9
6	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,405	300	101	117	.463	284	4.03	49	14	0	1832.2	1,771	820	908	215	680	31	3	25	7,832	68	6.90	3.34	2.07	1.06	17.9	8.7	1.34	.283	4.46	100	3.87	95	8.70	43.9
7	Mario Soto M. Soto	1,404	277	94	83	.531	204	3.37	69	12	4	1611.2	1,273	604	665	157	617	26	20	46	6,642	36	7.84	3.45	2.28	0.88	21.1	9.3	1.17	.251	3.71	91	3.43	93	7.11	44.5
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,357	321	134	103	.565	319	3.41	52	14	2	2191.1	2,001	830	920	218	537	24	2	31	8,998	34	5.57	2.21	2.53	0.90	15.1	6.0	1.16	.260	3.78	92	3.53	93	8.22	61.9
9	Jack Morris J. Morris	1,327	302	144	94	.605	280	3.57	110	19	0	2121.2	1,895	842	910	213	754	23	10	58	8,831	92	5.63	3.20	1.76	0.90	15.0	8.5	1.25	.258	3.86	89	3.86	94	8.04	64.5
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,306	302	129	98	.568	299	3.37	70	22	0	2064.1	1,820	774	858	193	657	28	1	54	8,530	58	5.69	2.86	1.99	0.84	15.3	7.7	1.20	.256	3.74	88	3.65	96	7.93	35.2
11	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	1,280	309	108	104	.509	299	3.83	37	10	1	1855.2	1,852	790	896	154	670	39	4	72	7,980	63	6.21	3.25	1.91	0.75	16.0	8.4	1.36	.291	4.35	102	3.55	96	8.98	35.4
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,275	306	125	109	.534	305	3.79	85	15	0	2110.0	2,099	888	958	239	456	44	0	55	8,783	14	5.44	1.95	2.80	1.02	14.5	5.2	1.21	.275	4.09	92	3.68	92	8.95	78.3
13	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,274	210	99	68	.593	200	2.94	84	26	1	1554.2	1,295	507	589	86	540	10	4	40	6,363	54	7.38	3.13	2.36	0.50	20.0	8.5	1.18	.272	3.41	84	2.86	81	7.50	116.5
14	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	1,195	334	113	116	.493	318	3.44	73	27	1	2121.0	2,083	810	935	166	635	37	6	62	8,918	42	5.07	2.69	1.88	0.70	13.4	7.1	1.28	.278	3.97	99	3.54	102	8.84	-26.4
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,193	297	108	113	.489	286	3.69	70	16	0	1919.1	1,891	786	897	200	541	61	3	48	8,107	54	5.59	2.54	2.21	0.94	14.7	6.7	1.27	.277	4.21	94	3.75	95	8.87	42.3
16	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,119	394	103	94	.523	193	3.67	65	10	31	1774.1	1,553	724	811	166	706	63	116	26	7,452	92	5.68	3.58	1.58	0.84	15.0	9.5	1.27	.257	4.11	93	3.97	101	7.88	-8.6
17	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	1,116	276	115	96	.545	271	3.10	91	26	1	1968.1	1,811	678	758	104	590	29	2	50	8,099	54	5.10	2.70	1.89	0.48	13.8	7.3	1.22	.273	3.47	86	3.20	89	8.28	91.8
18	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	1,112	306	133	97	.578	300	3.83	90	17	1	1995.1	1,998	850	921	187	617	22	3	28	8,358	66	5.02	2.78	1.80	0.84	13.3	7.4	1.31	.282	4.15	99	3.77	95	9.01	46.7
19	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1,110	349	145	115	.558	312	3.32	81	20	5	2202.0	2,019	813	934	146	794	39	15	31	9,226	128	4.54	3.25	1.40	0.60	12.0	8.6	1.28	.262	3.82	96	3.69	106	8.25	-59.5
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,109	306	93	107	.465	245	3.81	41	8	14	1756.2	1,770	744	826	137	543	34	35	48	7,405	30	5.68	2.78	2.04	0.70	15.0	7.3	1.32	.293	4.23	98	3.44	89	9.07	81.4
21	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,096	257	100	77	.565	232	3.13	41	19	8	1569.0	1,427	545	608	112	479	33	16	36	6,498	33	6.29	2.75	2.29	0.64	16.9	7.4	1.21	.275	3.49	89	3.22	91	8.19	58.4
22	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	1,069	259	102	92	.526	254	3.34	85	21	1	1859.0	1,673	690	773	151	631	75	2	26	7,734	31	5.18	3.05	1.69	0.73	13.8	8.2	1.24	.262	3.74	80	3.76	92	8.10	67
23	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	1,053	276	105	91	.536	267	3.55	49	13	1	1829.0	1,844	722	795	123	554	23	5	41	7,663	63	5.18	2.73	1.90	0.61	13.7	7.2	1.31	.291	3.91	97	3.38	92	9.07	62.7
24	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,043	300	117	76	.606	251	3.14	32	6	14	1675.1	1,608	584	641	151	381	27	35	33	6,847	15	5.60	2.05	2.74	0.81	15.2	5.6	1.19	.278	3.44	83	3.37	90	8.64	73.2
25	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	1,019	240	112	85	.569	234	3.69	79	21	1	1693.2	1,650	695	782	168	450	29	2	30	7,056	62	5.41	2.39	2.26	0.89	14.4	6.4	1.24	.275	4.16	91	3.62	92	8.77	55.8