pitchers with most strikeouts from august 1, 1945 to april 30, 1986

Between August 1, 1945 and April 30, 1986, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,114 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	4,114	587	244	221	.525	553	3.16	203	54	3	3970.1	2,903	1,395	1,594	220	2,201	111	13	61	16,736	196	9.33	4.99	1.87	0.50	24.6	13.2	1.29	.266	3.61	6.58
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,943	678	315	218	.591	660	3.06	251	55	1	4907.0	4,325	1,670	1,906	365	1,676	48	7	143	20,280	170	7.23	3.07	2.35	0.67	19.4	8.3	1.22	.278	3.50	7.93
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,551	632	306	194	.612	623	2.82	230	61	1	4635.2	3,813	1,451	1,600	365	1,341	71	6	115	18,727	121	6.89	2.60	2.65	0.71	19.0	7.2	1.11	.257	3.11	7.40
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,378	108	33	163	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	8.31
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,327	693	295	230	.562	676	3.20	174	57	5	4814.2	4,237	1,711	1,887	404	1,230	71	12	95	19,690	99	6.22	2.30	2.70	0.76	16.9	6.2	1.14	.261	3.53	7.92
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,209	808	301	252	.544	662	3.23	238	45	29	5083.0	4,666	1,822	2,128	439	1,664	113	82	84	21,219	210	5.68	2.95	1.93	0.78	15.1	7.8	1.25	.268	3.77	8.26
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,191	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	117	18,404	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	8.28
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,903	510	214	184	.538	504	3.02	202	51	0	3756.1	3,381	1,260	1,414	272	1,028	102	3	59	15,399	81	6.96	2.46	2.82	0.65	18.9	6.7	1.17	.280	3.39	8.10
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
12	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,576	746	363	245	.597	663	3.08	381	63	28	5228.0	4,808	1,791	2,003	434	1,421	41	67		21,476	78	4.43	2.45	1.81	0.75	12.0	6.6	1.19	.257	3.45	8.28
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
14	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,462	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.0	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	117	19,026	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	9.18
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,366	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	7.94
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
20	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,117	87	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	7.63
22	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,168	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,704	1,182	1,333	256	1,069	61	67		12,418	86	6.66	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.09	8.30
23	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,109	583	261	196	.571	517	3.52	243	43	13	3849.1	3,532	1,504	1,685	314	1,532	58	54		16,321	44	4.93	3.58	1.38	0.73	12.9	9.4	1.32	.261	3.94	8.26
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,084	477	200	153	.567	448	3.27	143	37	2	3200.0	2,817	1,163	1,299	247	1,113	23	11	58	13,231	99	5.86	3.13	1.87	0.69	15.8	8.4	1.23	.263	3.65	7.92
25	Tommy John T. John	2,055	669	259	207	.556	615	3.23	158	45	3	4211.2	4,190	1,513	1,754	265	1,129	81	18	88	17,533	169	4.39	2.41	1.82	0.57	11.7	6.4	1.26	.280	3.75	8.95