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NL Season Records
Strikeout %

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Profile photo of Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

1967 St. Louis Cardinals

3.694

2
Profile photo of Greg Maddux

Greg Maddux

1988 Chicago Cubs

3.483

3
Profile photo of Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver

1967 New York Mets

3.115

4
Profile photo of John Smoltz

John Smoltz

1989 Atlanta Braves

2.985

5
Profile photo of Don Sutton

Don Sutton

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers

2.963

6
Profile photo of Tom Glavine

Tom Glavine

1988 Atlanta Braves

2.811

7
Profile photo of Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson

1961 St. Louis Cardinals

2.757

8
Profile photo of Phil Niekro

Phil Niekro

1967 Atlanta Braves

2.557

9
Profile photo of Max Scherzer

Max Scherzer

2009 Arizona Diamondbacks

2.550

10
Profile photo of Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw

2009 Los Angeles Dodgers

2.518

11
Profile photo of Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling

1992 Philadelphia Phillies

2.482

12
Profile photo of Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn

1947 Boston Braves

2.257

13
Profile photo of Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan

1980 Houston Astros

2.188

14
Profile photo of Don Drysdale

Don Drysdale

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers

2.140

15
Profile photo of Andy Benes

Andy Benes

1990 San Diego Padres

2.116

16
Profile photo of Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels

2007 Philadelphia Phillies

2.089

17
Profile photo of Juan Marichal

Juan Marichal

1961 San Francisco Giants

2.081

18
Profile photo of Adam Wainwright

Adam Wainwright

2007 St. Louis Cardinals

2.068

19
Profile photo of Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax

1958 Los Angeles Dodgers

2.040

20
Profile photo of Jerry Koosman

Jerry Koosman

1968 New York Mets

2.036

21
Profile photo of Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson

1901 New York Giants

1.962

22
Profile photo of Zack Greinke

Zack Greinke

2011 Milwaukee Brewers

1.944

23
Profile photo of Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson

1999 Arizona Diamondbacks

1.904

24
Profile photo of Rick Reuschel

Rick Reuschel

1973 Chicago Cubs

1.901

25
Profile photo of Dwight Gooden

Dwight Gooden

1984 New York Mets

1.892

26
Profile photo of Livan Hernandez

Livan Hernandez

1998 Florida Marlins

1.877

27
Profile photo of Dazzy Vance

Dazzy Vance

1922 Brooklyn Robins

1.841

28
Profile photo of Fergie Jenkins

Fergie Jenkins

1966 Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs

1.836

29
Profile photo of Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Perry

1964 San Francisco Giants

1.781

30
Profile photo of Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela

1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.775

31
Profile photo of Javier Vazquez

Javier Vazquez

1998 Montreal Expos

1.750

32
Profile photo of Madison Bumgarner

Madison Bumgarner

2011 San Francisco Giants

1.735

33
Profile photo of Steve Trachsel

Steve Trachsel

1994 Chicago Cubs

1.720

34
Profile photo of Orel Hershiser

Orel Hershiser

1984 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.704

35
Profile photo of Jason Schmidt

Jason Schmidt

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.700

36
Profile photo of Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander

1911 Philadelphia Phillies

1.695

37
Profile photo of Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang

2005 Cincinnati Reds

1.693

38
Profile photo of Bob Knepper

Bob Knepper

1977 San Francisco Giants

1.662

39
Profile photo of Pedro Astacio

Pedro Astacio

1993 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.659

40
Profile photo of Ryan Dempster

Ryan Dempster

2000 Florida Marlins

1.641

41
Profile photo of Leon 'Red' Ames

Leon 'Red' Ames

1905 New York Giants

1.638

42
Profile photo of Johnny Cueto

Johnny Cueto

2008 Cincinnati Reds

1.634

43
Profile photo of Matt Cain

Matt Cain

2006 San Francisco Giants

1.630

44
Profile photo of Larry Jackson

Larry Jackson

1955 St. Louis Cardinals

1.627

45
Profile photo of Bob Friend

Bob Friend

1952 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.612

46
Profile photo of Mike Krukow

Mike Krukow

1977 Chicago Cubs

1.606

47
Profile photo of Carl Hubbell

Carl Hubbell

1929 New York Giants

1.601

48
Profile photo of Doug Drabek

Doug Drabek

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.592

49
Profile photo of Jacob deGrom

Jacob deGrom

2015 New York Mets

1.589

50
Profile photo of Curt Simmons

Curt Simmons

1948 Philadelphia Phillies

1.587

51
Profile photo of Roy Oswalt

Roy Oswalt

2002 Houston Astros

1.570

52
Profile photo of Jerry Reuss

Jerry Reuss

1971 St. Louis Cardinals

1.561

53
Profile photo of Al Leiter

Al Leiter

1996 Florida Marlins

1.560

54
Profile photo of Tim Lincecum

Tim Lincecum

2008 San Francisco Giants

1.536

55
Profile photo of Rube Marquard

Rube Marquard

1909 New York Giants

1.522

56
Profile photo of A. J. Burnett

A. J. Burnett

2001 Florida Marlins

1.522

57
Profile photo of Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers

1974 Montreal Expos

1.520

58
Profile photo of Shane Reynolds

Shane Reynolds

1994 Houston Astros

1.516

59
Profile photo of Jim Maloney

Jim Maloney

1963 Cincinnati Reds

1.501

60
Profile photo of Randy Wolf

Randy Wolf

2000 Philadelphia Phillies

1.494

61
Profile photo of Kevin Gross

Kevin Gross

1985 Philadelphia Phillies

1.487

62
Profile photo of Julio Teheran

Julio Teheran

2013 Atlanta Braves

1.478

63
Profile photo of Paul Derringer

Paul Derringer

1931 St. Louis Cardinals

1.465

64
Profile photo of Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts

1949 Philadelphia Phillies

1.460

65
Profile photo of Jake Peavy

Jake Peavy

2003 San Diego Padres

1.459

66
Profile photo of Bob Veale

Bob Veale

1964 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.458

67
Profile photo of Darryl Kile

Darryl Kile

1993 Houston Astros

1.442

68
Profile photo of Sid Fernandez

Sid Fernandez

1985 New York Mets

1.442

69
Profile photo of Aaron Nola

Aaron Nola

2017 Philadelphia Phillies

1.434

70
Profile photo of Hideo Nomo

Hideo Nomo

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.427

71
Profile photo of Denny Neagle

Denny Neagle

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.413

72
Profile photo of Carlos Zambrano

Carlos Zambrano

2003 Chicago Cubs

1.410

73
Profile photo of Patrick Corbin

Patrick Corbin

2013 Arizona Diamondbacks

1.409

74
Profile photo of Don Wilson

Don Wilson

1967 Houston Astros

1.398

75
Profile photo of Chris Short

Chris Short

1963 Philadelphia Phillies

1.394

76
Profile photo of Burt Hooton

Burt Hooton

1972 Chicago Cubs

1.378

77
Profile photo of Bob Welch

Bob Welch

1980 Los Angeles Dodgers

1.359

78
Profile photo of Gio Gonzalez

Gio Gonzalez

2012 Washington Nationals

1.358

79
Profile photo of Joe Niekro

Joe Niekro

1967 Chicago Cubs

1.354

80
Profile photo of Yovani Gallardo

Yovani Gallardo

2009 Milwaukee Brewers

1.348

81
Profile photo of Jeff Samardzija

Jeff Samardzija

2012 Chicago Cubs

1.346

82
Profile photo of Brett Myers

Brett Myers

2003 Philadelphia Phillies

1.341

83
Profile photo of Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy

2010 Arizona Diamondbacks

1.329

84
Profile photo of Mario Soto

Mario Soto

1980 Cincinnati Reds

1.321

85
Profile photo of Charlie Root

Charlie Root

1926 Chicago Cubs

1.311

86
Profile photo of Mike Scott

Mike Scott

1981 New York Mets

1.307

87
Profile photo of Harvey Haddix

Harvey Haddix

1953 St. Louis Cardinals

1.305

88
Profile photo of Jon Lester

Jon Lester

2015 Chicago Cubs

1.304

89
Profile photo of Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown

1996 Florida Marlins

1.302

90
Profile photo of Jose Rijo

Jose Rijo

1988 Cincinnati Reds

1.302

91
Profile photo of Eppa Rixey

Eppa Rixey

1912 Philadelphia Phillies

1.300

92
Profile photo of Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

1.293

93
Profile photo of Mike Hampton

Mike Hampton

1995 Houston Astros

1.291

94
Profile photo of Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates

1.288

95
Profile photo of Bob Buhl

Bob Buhl

1953 Milwaukee Braves

1.286

96
Profile photo of Vic Willis

Vic Willis

1898 Boston Beaneaters

1.286

97
Profile photo of Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez

1994 Montreal Expos

1.280

98
Profile photo of Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki

1960 St. Louis Cardinals

1.276

99
Profile photo of Matt Morris

Matt Morris

1997 St. Louis Cardinals

1.274

100
Profile photo of Fred Norman

Fred Norman

1972 San Diego Padres

1.270

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  1. I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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