As a pitcher, here's the list as of April 10, 2008:
CAREER
STRIKEOUTS SO
1 Nolan Ryan 5714
2 Roger Clemens 4672
3 Randy Johnson 4616
4 Steve Carlton 4136
5 Bert Blyleven 3701
6 Tom Seaver 3640
7 Don Sutton 3574
8 Gaylord Perry 3534
9 Walter Johnson 3509
10 Phil Niekro 3342
11 Greg Maddux 3281
12 Ferguson Jenkins 3192
13 Bob Gibson 3117
14 Curt Schilling 3116
15 Pedro Martinez 3031
16 John Smoltz 2981
17 Jim Bunning 2855
18 Mickey Lolich 2832
19 Cy Young 2802
20 Frank Tanana 2773
T21 Mike Mussina 2668
T21 David Cone 2668
23 Chuck Finley 2610
24 Warren Spahn 2583
25 Bob Feller 2581
26 Tom Glavine 2576
27 Jerry Koosman 2556
28 Tim Keefe 2521
29 Christy Mathewson 2502
30 Don Drysdale 2486
31 Jack Morris 2478
32 Mark Langston 2464
33 Jim Kaat 2461
34 Sam McDowell 2453
35 Luis Tiant 2416
36 Dennis Eckersley 2401
37 Kevin Brown 2397
38 Sandy Koufax 2396
39 Charlie Hough 2362
40 Robin Roberts 2357
41 Early Wynn 2334
42 Rube Waddell 2316
43 Juan Marichal 2303
44 Dwight Gooden 2293
45 Lefty Grove 2266
46 Eddie Plank 2246
47 Tommy John 2245
48 Jim Palmer 2212
49 David Wells 2201
50 Grover C Alexander 2198
51 Vida Blue 2175
52 Camilo Pascual 2167
53 Dennis Martinez 2149
54 Jamie Moyer 2129
55 Bobo Newsom 2082
56 Fernando Valenzuela 2074
57 Dazzy Vance 2045
58 Rick Reuschel 2015
59 Orel Hershiser 2014
60 Catfish Hunter 2012
61 Andy Benes 2000
As a batter, here's the list as of April 10, 2008:
CAREER
STRIKEOUTS SO
1 Reggie Jackson 2597
2 Sammy Sosa 2306
3 Jim Thome 2052
4 Andres Galarraga 2003
5 Jose Canseco 1942
6 Willie Stargell 1936
7 Mike Schmidt 1883
8 Fred McGriff 1882
9 Tony Perez 1867
10 Dave Kingman 1816
11 Bobby Bonds 1757
12 Craig Biggio 1753
13 Dale Murphy 1748
14 Lou Brock 1730
15 Mickey Mantle 1710
16 Harmon Killebrew 1699
17 Chili Davis 1698
18 Dwight Evans 1697
19 Rickey Henderson 1694
20 Dave Winfield 1686
21 Reggie Sanders 1614
22 Carlos Delgado 1607
23 Gary Gaetti 1602
24 Ken Griffey Jr. 1600
25 Mark McGwire 1596
26 Jim Edmonds 1595
27 Lee May 1570
28 Jeff Bagwell 1558
29 Dick Allen 1556
30 Manny Ramirez 1555
T31 Ray Lankford 1550
T31 Willie McCovey 1550
33 Barry Bonds 1539
34 Dave Parker 1537
35 Alex Rodriguez 1534
36 Frank Robinson 1532
37 Lance Parrish 1527
T38 Willie Mays 1526
T38 Devon White 1526
40 Eddie Murray 1516
T41 Rick Monday 1513
T41 Greg Vaughn 1513
43 Andre Dawson 1509
44 Mike Cameron 1500
45 Tony Phillips 1499
46 Greg Luzinski 1495
47 Eddie Mathews 1487
48 Jeff Kent 1475
49 Frank Howard 1460
50 Jay Bell 1443
51 Juan Samuel 1442
T52 Harold Baines 1441
T52 Jack Clark 1441
54 Mo Vaughn 1429
55 Jimmy Wynn 1427
56 Jim Rice 1423
57 George Foster 1419
58 George Scott 1418
59 Royce Clayton 1415
60 Ron Gant 1411
61 Darrell Evans 1410
62 Rob Deer 1409
63 Jay Buhner 1406
64 Andruw Jones 1404
65 Eric Davis 1398
66 Carl Yastrzemski 1393
67 Jose Hernandez 1391
68 Joe Carter 1387
69 Carlton Fisk 1386
70 Hank Aaron 1383
71 Jeromy Burnitz 1376
72 Travis Fryman 1369
73 Matt Williams 1363
74 Danny Tartabull 1362
75 Tim Salmon 1360
76 Larry Parrish 1359
77 Darryl Strawberry 1352
78 Robin Yount 1350
79 Frank Thomas 1349
80 Rafael Palmeiro 1348
81 Ron Santo 1343
82 Julio Franco 1341
83 Ellis Burks 1340
84 Gorman Thomas 1339
85 Dean Palmer 1332
86 Babe Ruth 1330
87 Deron Johnson 1318
88 Cecil Fielder 1316
89 Shawn Green 1315
90 Willie Horton 1313
91 Jimmie Foxx 1311
T92 Mickey Tettleton 1307
T92 Tim Wallach 1307
94 Cal Ripken 1305
95 Bobby Abreu 1303
96 Steve Finley 1299
97 Bret Boone 1295
98 Jose Valentin 1294
99 Derek Jeter 1293
100 Kirk Gibson 1285
Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts by a left handed pitcher. He also has the second most strikeouts all-time and over 300 wins.
Through September 21, Clemens has 4672 career strikeouts
Barry Bonds has 1,539 career strikeouts.
actually Charles radbourn had 441 strikeouts but they still don't count that season there for nolan Ryan holds the record with 383 strikeouts
As of March 1, 2008, Roger Clemens is 2nd on the all-time list for career stikeouts with 4,672. Randy Johnson is close behind with 4,616 strikeouts.
Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts with 5,714.
Whitey Ford has the most career World Strikeouts with 94.
1,596 career strikeouts
Nolan Ryan holds the career record with 5,714 strikeouts.
No Brewers pitcher has 1118 career strikeouts
Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts by a left handed pitcher. He also has the second most strikeouts all-time and over 300 wins.
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. == ==
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Ben Sheets with 1206.
Through September 21, Clemens has 4672 career strikeouts
Nolan Ryan with 1866.
4869 strikeouts