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Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters during his MLB career.

Lincecum currently has (as of August 2, 2009) 606 career strikeouts with 191 strikeouts in the 2009 season. He has started 22 games in 2009 and last season started 33, therefore, he has about 11 starts left in 2009. Prorating his strikeouts for these 11 starts, he would wind up with 286 strikeouts for the 2009 season which would give him 691 strikeouts for his career.

This would mean he would have to strikeout 5,024 more batters in his career to break Ryan's record. Over 20 more seasons, he would have to average 251.2 strikeouts per season to accomplish this.

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