Nolan Ryan holds 5,714 strikeouts for his career and to this point no one else in the majors have struck out more than 5000 batters.
In 2012, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, had the most strikeouts with 239.
actually Charles radbourn had 441 strikeouts but they still don't count that season there for nolan Ryan holds the record with 383 strikeouts
No. The most strikeouts in a nine inning game is 20 by Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, and Kerry Wood. That left 7 outs to be made by something other than a strikeout.
In MLB, that was J.R. Richard of the Houston Astros with 15 strikeouts in a 5-3 complete game victory over the San Francisco Giants on September 5, 1971.
For the stat "Strikeouts per 9 Innings" for pitchers that have pitched at least 1000 innings the all time leader, through games played on September 22, 2009 is Randy Johnson with 10.61 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (4872 strikeouts in 4132 1/3 innings pitched).Second all time is Kerry Wood with 10.39 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (1466 strikeouts in 1270 1/3 innings pitched) and third is Pedro Martinez with 10.05 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (3152 strikeouts in 2823 1/3 innings pitched).
In 2012, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, had the most strikeouts with 239.
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Randy Johnson: Entering the 2008 season, he was 56 strikeouts behind Roger Clemens for second all time. Through his August 6th start against Pittsburgh, he had 114 strikeouts for the season, closing the gap to Nolan Ryan (1st all-time) to slightly under 1,000 strikeouts. http://www.enth.com/Home.aspx?q=what+pitcher+has+the+most+strikeouts
In MLB through games played on September 28, 2010 the most strikeouts in a game for Ichiro is 3 which he has done 11 times.
For the 2007 season, Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres led all MLB pitchers in strikeouts with 240.
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actually Charles radbourn had 441 strikeouts but they still don't count that season there for nolan Ryan holds the record with 383 strikeouts
Chet Ross of the Boston Bees led MLB in strikeouts in 1940 with 127.
Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators holds the MLB record for most strikeouts in a single game when he struckout 21 Baltimore Orioles batters in a 16 inning game in 1962. Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, and Roger Clemens (twice) hold the MLB record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning game with 20. == ==
Yes, and as a matter of fact, in MLB history there have been about 40-50 pitches credited with 4 strikeouts in one inning because of this. Click on the 'Four Strikeouts in One Inning' link below to see all MLB pitchers that have been credited with four strikeouts in one inning.
The most strikeouts in baseball history in one inning is four. This has happened just 72 times in baseball history.