Strikeout
Pitchers
The Top 20 Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders (active players in bold) (since 1901): Nolan Ryan – 5,714 Randy Johnson – 4,875 Roger Clemens – 4,672 Steve Carlton – 4,136 Bert Blyleven – 3,701 Tom Seaver – 3,640 Don Sutton – 3,574 Gaylord Perry – 3,534 Walter Johnson – 3,509 Greg Maddux – 3,371 Phil Niekro – 3,342 Ferguson Jenkins – 3,192 Pedro Martínez – 3,154 Bob Gibson – 3,117 Curt Schilling – 3,116 John Smoltz – 3,084 CC Sabathia – 3,002 Jim Bunning – 2,855 Mickey Lolich – 2,832 Mike Mussina – 2,813 Active pitchers with over 2,000 strikeouts (at the completion of the 2018 Major League Baseball season): CC Sabathia – 2,986 Justin Verlander – 2,706 Bartolo Colón – 2,535 Félix Hernández – 2,467 Max Scherzer – 2,449 Zack Greinke – 2,435 Cole Hamels – 2,415 Clayton Kershaw – 2,275 James Shields – 2,234 Jon Lester – 2,190 The Top 10 Major League Baseball career strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1,000 IP): Chris Sale – 10.86 Randy Johnson – 10.61 Stephen Strasburg – 10.57 Max Scherzer – 10.41 Kerry Wood – 10.32 Pedro Martínez – 10.04 Corey Kluber – 9.81 Clayton Kershaw – 9.77 Chris Archer – 9.73 Nolan Ryan – 9.55 The Top 5 Major League Baseball single season strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1.0 IP per team game): Randy Johnson, 2001 – 13.41 Pedro Martínez, 1999 – 13.20 Chris Sale, 2017 – 12.93 Kerry Wood, 1998 – 12.58 Randy Johnson, 2000 – 12.56 The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (since 1900): The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (all time): Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing): 18 – Dupee Shaw, Boston Reds (UA), July 19, 1884.

Strikeout

Section Title: Pitchers
Table Section Text: The Top 20 Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders (active players in bold) (since 1901): Nolan Ryan – 5,714 Randy Johnson – 4,875 Roger Clemens – 4,672 Steve Carlton – 4,136 Bert Blyleven – 3,701 Tom Seaver – 3,640 Don Sutton – 3,574 Gaylord Perry – 3,534 Walter Johnson – 3,509 Greg Maddux – 3,371 Phil Niekro – 3,342 Ferguson Jenkins – 3,192 Pedro Martínez – 3,154 Bob Gibson – 3,117 Curt Schilling – 3,116 John Smoltz – 3,084 CC Sabathia – 3,002 Jim Bunning – 2,855 Mickey Lolich – 2,832 Mike Mussina – 2,813 Active pitchers with over 2,000 strikeouts (at the completion of the 2018 Major League Baseball season): CC Sabathia – 2,986 Justin Verlander – 2,706 Bartolo Colón – 2,535 Félix Hernández – 2,467 Max Scherzer – 2,449 Zack Greinke – 2,435 Cole Hamels – 2,415 Clayton Kershaw – 2,275 James Shields – 2,234 Jon Lester – 2,190 The Top 10 Major League Baseball career strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1,000 IP): Chris Sale – 10.86 Randy Johnson – 10.61 Stephen Strasburg – 10.57 Max Scherzer – 10.41 Kerry Wood – 10.32 Pedro Martínez – 10.04 Corey Kluber – 9.81 Clayton Kershaw – 9.77 Chris Archer – 9.73 Nolan Ryan – 9.55 The Top 5 Major League Baseball single season strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1.0 IP per team game): Randy Johnson, 2001 – 13.41 Pedro Martínez, 1999 – 13.20 Chris Sale, 2017 – 12.93 Kerry Wood, 1998 – 12.58 Randy Johnson, 2000 – 12.56 The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (since 1900): The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (all time): Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing): 18 – Dupee Shaw, Boston Reds (UA), July 19, 1884.

Pitcher	Strikeouts	Season	Team	League	Overall Rank

Nolan Ryan	383	1973	California Angels	AL	8

Sandy Koufax	382	1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	9

Randy Johnson	372	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	11

Nolan Ryan	367	1974	California Angels	AL	14

Randy Johnson	364	1999	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	15

Rube Waddell	349	1904	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	18

Bob Feller	348	1946	Cleveland Indians	AL	19

Randy Johnson	347	2000	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	20

Nolan Ryan	341	1977	California Angels	AL	25

Randy Johnson	334	2002	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	30

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The Nolan Ryan made 383 strikeouts where Sandy Koufax made 382.

final_sentence: The Nolan Ryan made 383 strikeouts where Sandy Koufax made 382.