Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters in a career that spanned 1966, 1968-1993.
Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters in a career that spanned 1966, 1968-1993.
Nolan Ryan had 5,714 career strikeouts.
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Nolan Ryan is the all time strikeout leader with 5,714 career strikeouts. Randy Johnson is second with 4,875, and just announced his retirement after the 2009 season.
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Career 1) Most strikeouts - 5714 2) Most walks - 2795 3) Most no hitters thrown - 7 4) Most wild pitches - 274 Single Season 1) Most strikeouts - 383
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.
Many pitchers have more than 600 strikeouts with two teams, including Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, and Nolan Ryan.
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3. Nolan Ryan's first game in MLB was September 11, 1966 against the Atlanta Braves. He pitched 2 innings and had 3 strikeouts. His first ever MLB strikeout was of Braves' pitcher Pat Jarvis.
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Nolan Ryan allowed 2,795 career walks.