Barry Bonds has 1,539 career strikeouts.
Through September 21, Clemens has 4672 career strikeouts
That's a tough question to answer because there is really no 'average MLB pitcher' stats. Some pitchers, like the starter, might pitch 6 or 7 innings in a game while a reliever may come in and only pitch to 1 batter. The chances are that the average starter will have more strikeouts than the average reliever. However, it is pretty easy to say how many strikeouts are in the average MLB game. In the National League for 2009, there were 1295 games played and 18205 strikeouts recorded. This averages out to 14 strikeouts per National League game. In the American League for 2009, there were 1135 games played and 15386 strikeouts recorded. This averages out to 13.6 strikeouts per American League game.
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Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters in a career that spanned 1966, 1968-1993.
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.
4869 strikeouts
1,596 career strikeouts
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.
Barry Bonds has 1,539 career strikeouts.
Roger Maris had 733 career strikeouts.
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Through September 21, Clemens has 4672 career strikeouts
In the 2011 season, he has 147 strikeouts. In his career, he has struck out 1,861 batters
Jenny Finch has thrown 1,028 strikeouts!
That's a tough question to answer because there is really no 'average MLB pitcher' stats. Some pitchers, like the starter, might pitch 6 or 7 innings in a game while a reliever may come in and only pitch to 1 batter. The chances are that the average starter will have more strikeouts than the average reliever. However, it is pretty easy to say how many strikeouts are in the average MLB game. In the National League for 2009, there were 1295 games played and 18205 strikeouts recorded. This averages out to 14 strikeouts per National League game. In the American League for 2009, there were 1135 games played and 15386 strikeouts recorded. This averages out to 13.6 strikeouts per American League game.
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