Sunday, February 23, 2020

List of baseball pitchers with 3,000 career strikeouts

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This post is a list of baseball pitchers with at least 3,000 career strikeouts in the MLB as of February 23rd, 2020. There are 18 players listed below. The photo above is Nolan Ryan in 1990. Source: Wikipedia

1. Nolan Ryan - 5,714
2. Randy Johnson - 4,875
3. Roger Clemens - 4,672
4. Steve Carlton - 4,136
5. Bert Blyleven - 3,701
6. Tom Seaver - 3,640
7. Don Sutton - 3,574
8. Gaylord Perry - 3,534
9. Walter Johnson - 3,509
10. Greg Maddux - 3,371
11. Phil Niekro - 3,342
12. Fergie Jenkins - 3,192
13. Pedro Martinez - 3,154
14. Bob Gibson - 3,117
15. Curt Schilling - 3,116
16. CC Sabathia - 3,093
17. John Smoltz - 3,084
18. Justin Verlander - 3,006