who has the highest career strikeouts to walks since 1969 min 1000 ip

Since 1969, Nolan Ryan has struck out the most hitters when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 5,575 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	BB	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	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	5,575	2,717	5249.0	784	318	282	.530	754	3.19	219	61	3	3,825	1,860	2,123	308	154	12	73	21,999	269	9.56	4.66	2.05	0.53	25.3	12.4	1.25	.266	3.64	89	2.95	82	6.56	378.6
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	1,497	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	1,580	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,760	1,684	4715.2	653	299	221	.575	637	3.24	231	47	1	4,202	1,698	1,943	388	47	6	143	19,600	164	7.18	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.71	86	3.21	87	8.02	243.3
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	1,322	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	1,006	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	309.4
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,499	787	2981.2	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	12	5	0	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	115	2	20	12,071	80	10.56	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.26	78	7.41	294.4
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	999	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,265	1,264	4254.0	585	279	180	.608	578	2.91	199	54	0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	63	4	105	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	79	3.08	84	7.45	265.6
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	760	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	711	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
12	CC Sabathia	3,093	1,099	3577.1	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
13	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	1,010	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
14	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	713	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.6
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,034	1,175	4616.1	665	290	214	.575	660	3.27	154	51	3	4,098	1,677	1,852	429	71	4	73	18,906	100	5.92	2.29	2.58	0.84	16.0	6.2	1.14	.258	3.61	90	3.34	91	7.99	151
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,999	1,653	4800.1	702	287	247	.537	661	3.45	220	39	10	4,516	1,840	2,116	447	105	27	72	20,217	178	5.62	3.10	1.81	0.84	14.8	8.2	1.29	.271	3.97	88	3.69	95	8.47	104.2
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	762	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	785	3562.2	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
19	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	1,255	4188.1	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
20	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	1,137	2898.2	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	56	22	1	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,635	499	2133.0	401	151	90	.627	320	2.99	16	3	12	1,723	709	763	219	135	25	15	8,580	48	11.12	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.22	70	2.89	69	7.27	306.2
22	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	1,332	3197.1	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	1,500	4413.1	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
24	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	767	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	763	2840.0	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4

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Since 1969, Nolan Ryan has struck out the most hitters when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 5,575 strikeouts.

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