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NL Season Records
Strikeouts

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Profile photo of Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

1965 St. Louis Cardinals

4,040

2
Profile photo of Greg Maddux

Greg Maddux

1986 Chicago Cubs

3,371

3
Profile photo of Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver

1967 New York Mets

3,272

4
Profile photo of Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson

1959 St. Louis Cardinals

3,117

5
Profile photo of John Smoltz

John Smoltz

1988 Atlanta Braves

3,011

6
Profile photo of Don Sutton

Don Sutton

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers

2,975

7
Profile photo of Phil Niekro

Phil Niekro

1964 Milwaukee Braves

2,912

8
Profile photo of Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers

2,670

9
Profile photo of Tom Glavine

Tom Glavine

1987 Atlanta Braves

2,607

10
Profile photo of Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn

1942 Boston Braves

2,583

11
Profile photo of Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson

1900 New York Giants

2,507

12
Profile photo of Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling

1991 Houston Astros

2,500

13
Profile photo of Don Drysdale

Don Drysdale

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers

2,486

14
Profile photo of Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

2,396

15
Profile photo of Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan

1966 New York Mets

2,359

16
Profile photo of Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson

1988 Montreal Expos

2,318

17
Profile photo of Juan Marichal

Juan Marichal

1960 San Francisco Giants

2,282

18
Profile photo of Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander

1911 Philadelphia Phillies

2,198

19
Profile photo of Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels

2006 Philadelphia Phillies

2,067

20
Profile photo of Fergie Jenkins

Fergie Jenkins

1965 Philadelphia Phillies

2,050

21
Profile photo of Dazzy Vance

Dazzy Vance

1915 Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees

2,045

22
Profile photo of Rick Reuschel

Rick Reuschel

1972 Chicago Cubs

2,015

23
Profile photo of Adam Wainwright

Adam Wainwright

2005 St. Louis Cardinals

2,004

24
Profile photo of Andy Benes

Andy Benes

1989 San Diego Padres

2,000

25
Profile photo of Jerry Koosman

Jerry Koosman

1967 New York Mets

1,996

26
Profile photo of Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela

1980 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,991

27
Profile photo of John Clarkson

John Clarkson

1882 Worcester Ruby Legs

1,978

28
Profile photo of Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Perry

1962 San Francisco Giants

1,960

29
Profile photo of Amos Rusie

Amos Rusie

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers

1,950

30
Profile photo of Madison Bumgarner

Madison Bumgarner

2009 San Francisco Giants

1,948

31
Profile photo of Max Scherzer

Max Scherzer

2008 Arizona Diamondbacks

1,939

32
Profile photo of Dwight Gooden

Dwight Gooden

1984 New York Mets

1,930

33
Profile photo of Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts

1948 Philadelphia Phillies

1,925

34
Profile photo of Ryan Dempster

Ryan Dempster

1998 Florida Marlins

1,918

35
Profile photo of Livan Hernandez

Livan Hernandez

1996 Florida Marlins

1,909

36
Profile photo of Kid Nichols

Kid Nichols

1890 Boston Beaneaters

1,881

37
Profile photo of Mickey Welch

Mickey Welch

1880 Troy Trojans

1,850

38
Profile photo of Jerry Reuss

Jerry Reuss

1969 St. Louis Cardinals

1,794

39
Profile photo of Roy Oswalt

Roy Oswalt

2001 Houston Astros

1,793

40
Profile photo of Randy Wolf

Randy Wolf

1999 Philadelphia Phillies

1,786

41
Profile photo of Tim Keefe

Tim Keefe

1880 Troy Trojans

1,782

42
Profile photo of Jason Schmidt

Jason Schmidt

1995 Atlanta Braves

1,758

43
Profile photo of Old Hoss Radbourn

Old Hoss Radbourn

1881 Providence Grays

1,750

44
Profile photo of Stephen Strasburg

Stephen Strasburg

2010 Washington Nationals

1,718

45
Profile photo of Johnny Cueto

Johnny Cueto

2008 Cincinnati Reds

1,710

46
Profile photo of Larry Jackson

Larry Jackson

1955 St. Louis Cardinals

1,709

47
Profile photo of Tim Lincecum

Tim Lincecum

2007 San Francisco Giants

1,704

48
Profile photo of Jim McCormick

Jim McCormick

1878 Indianapolis Blues

1,704

49
Profile photo of Leon 'Red' Ames

Leon 'Red' Ames

1903 New York Giants

1,702

50
Profile photo of Curt Simmons

Curt Simmons

1947 Philadelphia Phillies

1,697

51
Profile photo of Matt Cain

Matt Cain

2005 San Francisco Giants

1,694

52
Profile photo of Pud Galvin

Pud Galvin

1879 Buffalo Bisons

1,692

53
Profile photo of Zack Greinke

Zack Greinke

2011 Milwaukee Brewers

1,691

54
Profile photo of Bob Friend

Bob Friend

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates

1,682

55
Profile photo of Carl Hubbell

Carl Hubbell

1928 New York Giants

1,677

56
Profile photo of Orel Hershiser

Orel Hershiser

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,671

57
Profile photo of Darryl Kile

Darryl Kile

1991 Houston Astros

1,668

58
Profile photo of Javier Vazquez

Javier Vazquez

1998 Montreal Expos

1,668

59
Profile photo of Bob Veale

Bob Veale

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates

1,662

60
Profile photo of Vic Willis

Vic Willis

1898 Boston Beaneaters

1,651

61
Profile photo of Carlos Zambrano

Carlos Zambrano

2001 Chicago Cubs

1,637

62
Profile photo of Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang

2004 Cincinnati Reds

1,623

63
Profile photo of Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers

1973 Montreal Expos

1,621

64
Profile photo of Rube Marquard

Rube Marquard

1908 New York Giants

1,593

65
Profile photo of Jim Maloney

Jim Maloney

1960 Cincinnati Reds

1,592

66
Profile photo of Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki

1960 St. Louis Cardinals

1,586

67
Profile photo of Chris Short

Chris Short

1959 Philadelphia Phillies

1,585

68
Profile photo of Pedro Astacio

Pedro Astacio

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,580

69
Profile photo of Jim Whitney

Jim Whitney

1881 Boston Red Caps

1,565

70
Profile photo of Jake Peavy

Jake Peavy

2002 San Diego Padres

1,546

71
Profile photo of Sid Fernandez

Sid Fernandez

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,538

72
Profile photo of Al Leiter

Al Leiter

1996 Florida Marlins

1,535

73
Profile photo of Kevin Gross

Kevin Gross

1983 Philadelphia Phillies

1,523

74
Profile photo of Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates

1,512

75
Profile photo of Paul Derringer

Paul Derringer

1931 St. Louis Cardinals

1,507

76
Profile photo of Jacob deGrom

Jacob deGrom

2014 New York Mets

1,505

77
Profile photo of J. R. Richard

J. R. Richard

1971 Houston Astros

1,493

78
Profile photo of Larry Dierker

Larry Dierker

1964 Houston Colt .45's

1,493

79
Profile photo of Mike Krukow

Mike Krukow

1976 Chicago Cubs

1,478

80
Profile photo of A. J. Burnett

A. J. Burnett

1999 Florida Marlins

1,475

81
Profile photo of Bob Knepper

Bob Knepper

1976 San Francisco Giants

1,473

82
Profile photo of Pedro Martinez

Pedro Martinez

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,471

83
Profile photo of Kerry Wood

Kerry Wood

1998 Chicago Cubs

1,470

84
Profile photo of Mike Scott

Mike Scott

1979 New York Mets

1,469

85
Profile photo of Harvey Haddix

Harvey Haddix

1952 St. Louis Cardinals

1,464

86
Profile photo of Hideo Nomo

Hideo Nomo

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers

1,455

87
Profile photo of Charlie Buffinton

Charlie Buffinton

1882 Boston Red Caps

1,453

88
Profile photo of Jon Lieber

Jon Lieber

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates

1,451

89
Profile photo of Mario Soto

Mario Soto

1977 Cincinnati Reds

1,449

90
Profile photo of Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning

1964 Philadelphia Phillies

1,449

91
Profile photo of Charlie Root

Charlie Root

1926 Chicago Cubs

1,432

92
Profile photo of Joe Niekro

Joe Niekro

1967 Chicago Cubs

1,429

93
Profile photo of Burt Hooton

Burt Hooton

1971 Chicago Cubs

1,429

94
Profile photo of Ron Reed

Ron Reed

1966 Atlanta Braves

1,424

95
Profile photo of Steve Trachsel

Steve Trachsel

1993 Chicago Cubs

1,409

96
Profile photo of Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown

1996 Florida Marlins

1,405

97
Profile photo of Shane Reynolds

Shane Reynolds

1992 Houston Astros

1,403

98
Profile photo of Denny Neagle

Denny Neagle

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates

1,401

99
Profile photo of Johnny Podres

Johnny Podres

1953 Brooklyn Dodgers

1,401

100
Profile photo of Mike Hampton

Mike Hampton

1994 Houston Astros

1,379

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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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