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∙ 2009-02-11 23:41:23Nolan Ryan set the single season MLB record for strikeouts in 1973 with 383.
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∙ 2009-02-11 23:41:23actually Charles radbourn had 441 strikeouts but they still don't count that season there for nolan Ryan holds the record with 383 strikeouts
Nolan Ryan had career regular season stats of 5386 innings pitched and 5714 strikeouts for an average of 1.06 strikeouts per inning.
In the modern era, the leader is Nolan Ryan, who had 383 strikeouts with the California Angels in 1973.
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 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.
Matt Kilroy holds the record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single season with 513 in 1886. Nolan Ryan holds the modern day record with 383 in 1973.
Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts with 5,714.
Nolan Ryan threw a major-league record 5,714 strikeouts during his career.
Nolan Ryan with 383 (modern record - in the 1800s teams only had one pitcher and some of those guys had 500+ strikeouts per season)
Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts with 5,714.
Nolan Ryan of the 1989 Texas Rangers with 301 strikeouts at the age of 42.
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.