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MLB Single-Season (Post-1900) Pitching Leaders

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MLB Single-Season (Post 1900) Pitching Leaders - Strikeouts
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Nolan Ryan	1973	41	39	26	4	326.0	238	104	162	383	21	16	1	2.87
2	Sandy Koufax	1965	43	41	27	8	335.2	216	76	71	382	26	8	2	2.04
3	Randy Johnson	2001	35	34	3	2	249.2	181	69	71	372	21	6	0	2.49
4	Nolan Ryan	1974	42	41	26	3	333.0	221	107	202	367	22	16	0	2.89
5	Randy Johnson	1999	35	35	12	2	271.2	207	75	70	364	17	9	0	2.48
6	Rube Waddell	1904	46	46	39	8	383.0	307	69	91	349	25	19	0	1.62
7	Bob Feller	1946	48	42	36	10	371.1	277	90	153	348	26	15	4	2.18
8	Randy Johnson	2000	35	35	8	3	248.2	202	73	76	347	19	7	0	2.64
9	Nolan Ryan	1977	37	37	22	4	299.0	198	92	204	341	19	16	0	2.77
10	Randy Johnson	2002	35	35	8	4	260.0	197	67	71	334	24	5	0	2.32
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	Nolan Ryan	1972	39	39	20	9	284.0	166	72	157	329	19	16	0	2.28
	Randy Johnson	1998	34	34	10	6	244.1	203	89	86	329	19	11	0	3.28
13	Nolan Ryan	1976	39	39	21	7	284.0	193	106	183	327	17	18	0	3.36
14	Gerrit Cole	2019	33	33	0	0	212.1	142	59	48	326	20	5	0	2.50
15	Sam McDowell	1965	42	35	14	3	273.0	178	66	132	325	17	11	4	2.18
16	Curt Schilling	1997	35	35	7	2	254.1	208	84	58	319	17	11	0	2.97
17	Sandy Koufax	1966	41	41	27	5	323.0	241	62	77	317	27	9	0	1.73
18	Curt Schilling	2002	36	35	5	1	259.1	218	93	33	316	23	7	0	3.23
19	J.R. Richard	1979	38	38	19	4	292.1	220	88	98	313	18	13	0	2.71
	Pedro Martinez	1999	31	29	5	1	213.1	160	49	37	313	23	4	0	2.07
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Walter Johnson	1910	45	42	38	8	370.0	262	56	76	313	25	17	1	1.36
22	Steve Carlton	1972	41	41	30	8	346.1	257	76	87	310	27	10	0	1.97
23	Randy Johnson	1993	35	34	10	3	255.1	185	92	99	308	19	8	1	3.24
	Mickey Lolich	1971	45	45	29	4	376.0	336	122	92	308	25	14	0	2.92
	Chris Sale	2017	32	32	1	0	214.1	165	69	43	308	17	8	0	2.90
26	Mike Scott	1986	37	37	7	5	275.1	182	68	72	306	18	10	0	2.22
	Sandy Koufax	1963	40	40	20	11	311.0	214	65	58	306	25	5	0	1.88
28	Pedro Martinez	1997	31	31	13	4	241.1	158	51	67	305	17	8	0	1.90
29	Sam McDowell	1970	39	39	19	1	305.0	236	99	131	304	20	12	0	2.92
30	J.R. Richard	1978	36	36	16	3	275.1	192	95	141	303	18	11	0	3.11
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Walter Johnson	1912	50	37	34	7	369.0	259	57	76	303	33	12	2	1.39
32	Rube Waddell	1903	39	38	34	4	324.0	274	88	85	302	21	16	0	2.44
33	Vida Blue	1971	39	39	24	8	312.0	209	63	88	301	24	8	0	1.82
	Nolan Ryan	1989	32	32	6	2	239.1	162	85	98	301	16	10	0	3.20
	Clayton Kershaw	2015	33	33	4	3	232.2	163	55	42	301	16	7	0	2.13
36	Curt Schilling	1998	35	35	15	2	268.2	236	97	61	300	15	14	0	3.25
	Justin Verlander	2019	34	34	2	1	223.0	137	64	42	300	21	6	0	2.58
	Max Scherzer	2018	33	33	2	1	220.2	150	62	51	300	18	7	0	2.53
39	Randy Johnson	1995	30	30	6	3	214.1	159	59	65	294	18	2	0	2.48
40	Curt Schilling	2001	35	35	6	1	256.2	237	85	39	293	22	6	0	2.98
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
41	Roger Clemens	1997	34	34	9	3	264.0	204	60	68	292	21	7	0	2.05
42	Roger Clemens	1988	35	35	14	8	264.0	217	86	62	291	18	12	0	2.93
	Randy Johnson	1997	30	29	5	2	213.0	147	54	77	291	20	4	0	2.28
44	Randy Johnson	2004	35	35	4	2	245.2	177	71	44	290	16	14	0	2.60
	Justin Verlander	2018	34	34	1	1	214.0	156	60	37	290	16	9	0	2.52
46	Tom Seaver	1971	36	35	21	4	286.1	210	56	61	289	20	10	0	1.76
47	Rube Waddell	1905	46	34	27	7	328.2	231	54	90	287	27	10	0	1.48
48	Steve Carlton	1982	38	38	19	6	295.2	253	102	86	286	23	11	0	3.10
	Steve Carlton	1980	38	38	13	3	304.0	243	79	90	286	24	9	0	2.34
50	Pedro Martinez	2000	29	29	7	4	217.0	128	42	32	284	18	6	0	1.74

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