which starting pitcher had most strikeouts between 1977 to 1978

Between the 1977 and 1978 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters by a starting pitcher, with 601 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	601	68	29	29	.500	68	3.19	36	7	0	533.2	381	189	216	24	352	12	0	14	2,280	34	10.14	5.94	1.71	0.40	26.4	15.4	1.37	.277	3.64	6.43
2	J.R. Richard	517	72	36	23	.610	72	3.04	29	6	0	542.1	404	183	198	30	245	2	0	5	2,231	22	8.58	4.07	2.11	0.50	23.2	11.0	1.20	.260	3.29	6.70
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	500	85	34	38	.472	85	3.47	42	6	0	658.2	607	254	294	42	263	21	0	17	2,793	28	6.83	3.59	1.90	0.57	17.9	9.4	1.32	.287	4.02	8.29
4	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	423	77	41	29	.586	77	3.19	41	9	0	584.1	528	207	240	45	154	17	0	7	2,390	26	6.52	2.37	2.75	0.69	17.7	6.4	1.17	.276	3.70	8.13
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	422	69	37	20	.649	69	2.73	27	8	0	521.0	417	158	175	45	155	0	0	17	2,106	13	7.29	2.68	2.72	0.78	20.0	7.4	1.10	.251	3.02	7.20
6	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	411	60	40	10	.800	60	2.20	25	14	0	470.1	345	115	127	25	134	1	0	3	1,846	12	7.86	2.56	3.07	0.48	22.3	7.3	1.02	.251	2.43	6.60
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	364	64	28	22	.560	64	2.88	26	9	0	478.1	398	153	175	37	135	13	0	6	1,946	14	6.85	2.54	2.70	0.70	18.7	6.9	1.11	.258	3.29	7.49
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	359	70	39	23	.629	70	2.73	29	5	0	530.1	457	161	190	55	152	7	0	12	2,141	6	6.09	2.58	2.36	0.93	16.8	7.1	1.15	.256	3.22	7.76
9	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	353	68	34	21	.618	68	3.26	28	6	0	515.2	472	187	199	61	125	14	0	19	2,127	6	6.16	2.18	2.82	1.06	16.6	5.9	1.16	.261	3.47	8.24
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	343	64	11	35	.239	64	3.65	9	1	0	451.2	405	183	208	34	157	12	0	19	1,878	6	6.83	3.13	2.18	0.68	18.3	8.4	1.24	.279	4.14	8.07
11	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	342	64	33	21	.611	64	3.09	30	11	0	480.1	440	165	180	45	121	21	0	9	1,987	13	6.41	2.27	2.83	0.84	17.2	6.1	1.17	.271	3.37	8.24
12	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	332	69	30	26	.536	69	2.85	28	5	0	518.2	457	164	186	28	144	7	0	5	2,099	15	5.76	2.50	2.31	0.49	15.8	6.9	1.16	.270	3.23	7.93
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	331	71	36	18	.667	71	3.03	18	6	0	498.2	480	168	204	30	122	7	0	12	2,041	7	5.97	2.20	2.71	0.54	16.2	6.0	1.21	.290	3.68	8.66
14	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	331	77	41	23	.641	77	2.69	41	9	0	615.0	509	184	200	43	196	4	0	2	2,466	12	4.84	2.87	1.69	0.63	13.4	7.9	1.15	.246	2.93	7.45
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	328	73	32	29	.525	73	3.33	25	5	0	537.2	517	199	225	35	156	1	0	9	2,226	16	5.49	2.61	2.10	0.59	14.7	7.0	1.25	.283	3.77	8.65
16	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	314	73	34	24	.586	73	3.85	32	4	0	509.2	497	218	224	38	154	5	0	5	2,103	13	5.54	2.72	2.04	0.67	14.9	7.3	1.28	.288	3.96	8.78
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	304	67	29	19	.604	67	3.37	21	5	0	478.2	435	179	202	52	123	8	0	9	1,969	11	5.72	2.31	2.47	0.98	15.4	6.2	1.17	.258	3.80	8.18
18	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	302	68	35	21	.625	68	2.99	32	4	0	523.1	493	174	201	35	158	3	0	5	2,167	13	5.19	2.72	1.91	0.60	13.9	7.3	1.24	.274	3.46	8.48
19	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	284	61	18	21	.462	61	3.70	7	0	0	394.0	402	162	192	35	113	7	0	12	1,685	9	6.49	2.58	2.51	0.80	16.9	6.7	1.31	.295	4.39	9.18
20	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	281	72	33	25	.569	72	3.10	17	5	0	493.0	468	170	182	29	127	10	0	19	2,031	22	5.13	2.32	2.21	0.53	13.8	6.3	1.21	.277	3.32	8.54
21	Ken Kravec K. Kravec	279	55	22	24	.478	55	4.09	13	3	0	369.2	348	168	191	34	152	16	0	1	1,607	11	6.79	3.70	1.84	0.83	17.4	9.5	1.35	.279	4.65	8.47
22	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	274	59	22	28	.440	59	3.06	23	5	0	432.2	420	147	178	33	94	6	0	11	1,774	10	5.70	1.96	2.91	0.69	15.4	5.3	1.19	.283	3.70	8.74
23	Ed Halicki E. Halicki	273	65	25	22	.532	65	3.12	16	6	0	456.0	407	158	179	38	115	14	0	14	1,893	2	5.39	2.27	2.37	0.75	14.4	6.1	1.14	.254	3.53	8.03
24	Fred Norman F. Norman	258	65	24	22	.522	65	3.56	8	1	0	387.1	365	153	180	47	171	6	0	15	1,671	15	5.99	3.97	1.51	1.09	15.4	10.2	1.38	.267	4.18	8.48
25	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	257	58	28	17	.622	58	3.23	27	5	0	428.2	399	154	174	50	72	3	0	2	1,719	4	5.40	1.51	3.57	1.05	15.0	4.2	1.10	.261	3.65	8.38

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