pitchers with most strikeouts from august 1, 1945 to august 31, 1985

Between August 1, 1945 and August 31, 1985, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 4,060 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	4,060	575	240	217	.525	541	3.13	202	54	3	3903.2	2,835	1,359	1,554	214	2,170	108	13	59	16,441	192	9.36	5.00	1.87	0.49	24.7	13.2	1.28	.265	3.58	6.54
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,908	670	314	214	.595	652	3.03	251	55	1	4865.1	4,275	1,636	1,866	358	1,645	48	7	141	20,076	169	7.23	3.04	2.38	0.66	19.5	8.2	1.22	.277	3.45	7.91
3	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
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,511	622	300	190	.612	613	2.82	228	61	1	4567.0	3,748	1,430	1,575	359	1,325	68	6	114	18,443	121	6.92	2.61	2.65	0.71	19.0	7.2	1.11	.257	3.10	7.39
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,298	683	293	225	.566	666	3.16	174	57	5	4759.2	4,175	1,672	1,848	388	1,213	71	12	95	19,455	99	6.24	2.29	2.72	0.73	17.0	6.2	1.13	.261	3.49	7.89
6	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
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,162	797	297	247	.546	651	3.22	235	44	29	5003.2	4,589	1,790	2,084	430	1,616	112	82	83	20,858	207	5.69	2.91	1.96	0.77	15.2	7.7	1.24	.268	3.75	8.25
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	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
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,835	498	208	180	.536	492	3.00	196	51	0	3661.2	3,290	1,222	1,374	262	999	98	3	58	15,002	79	6.97	2.46	2.84	0.64	18.9	6.7	1.17	.280	3.38	8.09
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	Tommy John T. John	2,051	664	259	202	.562	610	3.20	158	45	3	4191.0	4,158	1,492	1,730	262	1,122	81	18	88	17,435	168	4.40	2.41	1.83	0.56	11.8	6.4	1.26	.280	3.72	8.93
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,043	466	196	149	.568	437	3.25	142	37	2	3140.0	2,767	1,135	1,268	235	1,082	22	11	58	12,977	95	5.86	3.10	1.89	0.67	15.7	8.3	1.23	.264	3.63	7.93