Kerry wood.
Bob Gibson with 3117 strikeouts from 1959-1975.
Frank Tanana in 1974.
The first major league pitcher to reach 1000 strike outs had to be Tim Keefe, who played for several teams from 1880 to 1893 and recorded a career total of 2,521 strike outs. Cy Young was probably the second pitcher to reach 1000 SO. Young pitched from 1890 to 1911 and had a career total of 2,803 strike outs. Young also holds the all time record for most wins (511), most losses (313), most starts (816), most complete games (750) and most innings pitched (7,357).
Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson has the most career strikeouts for a left handed pitcher with 4,875 second all time behind Nolan Ryan with 5,714.
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Ryan Howard with 199 strike outs.
Roy Halladay, with 20.
don clendenon
Justin Verlander 90 strikeouts right now
The pitcher was Bob Gibson. MLB lowered the mound in 1969. In 1968, Gibson went 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA and 268 strike outs.
Throw the ball back to the pitcher. A batter can not advance on a dropped third if first base is occupied.