Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1976 to 1980, (requiring At least 800 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Strikeouts per 9 IP: Results

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Rk Player SO/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
1 Nolan Ryan 9.54 1274.1 1976 1980 29-33 176 176 78 21 0 73 71 .507 0 948 537 471 747 1351 3.33 109 62 5395 20 26 8 58 CAL-HOU .210 .323 .296 .618 78 61 45 147 27 82 183 80 23
2 J.R. Richard 8.45 1239.1 1976 1980 26-30 166 166 66 17 0 84 55 .604 0 910 432 384 534 1163 2.79 121 59 5062 15 9 7 56 HOU .205 .290 .290 .580 72 54 25 152 24 86 132 49 13
3 Ron Guidry 7.56 956.1 1976 1980 25-29 143 119 45 19 13 76 28 .731 4 799 325 289 292 803 2.72 143 65 3854 4 2 1 27 NYY .228 .286 .340 .626 73 36 22 143 27 69 28 51 13
4 Steve Carlton 7.08 1338.0 1976 1980 31-35 178 178 68 14 0 101 50 .669 0 1126 483 429 403 1053 2.89 130 114 5429 39 15 35 41 PHI .228 .287 .360 .647 81 50 26 218 44 83 91 70 55
5 Tom Seaver 6.81 1175.0 1976 1980 31-35 162 161 54 19 0 77 45 .631 0 955 417 379 352 889 2.90 124 99 4745 35 5 2 33 NYM-TOT-CIN .221 .279 .343 .621 78 37 34 173 27 74 125 43 3
6 Bert Blyleven 6.75 1230.0 1976 1980 25-29 171 169 53 17 1 61 56 .521 0 1138 485 435 367 923 3.18 119 92 5096 25 31 5 32 TOT-TEX-PIT .247 .305 .357 .662 85 65 24 171 30 101 123 45 6
7 Frank Tanana 6.45 1063.0 1976 1980 22-26 148 146 62 14 1 70 48 .593 0 968 419 376 264 762 3.18 116 96 4381 14 40 11 27 CAL .241 .293 .369 .662 87 39 26 167 28 66 80 49 14
8 Dennis Eckersley 6.40 1159.1 1976 1980 21-25 167 161 62 11 3 76 57 .571 1 1049 471 438 306 824 3.40 120 128 4784 32 27 2 13 CLE-BOS .240 .292 .380 .672 82 45 32 174 27 49 154 20 5
9 Jerry Koosman 6.35 1216.1 1976 1980 33-37 179 166 44 6 8 68 71 .489 4 1141 520 468 383 858 3.46 112 96 5043 35 21 8 14 NYM-MIN .251 .311 .368 .679 89 71 28 190 25 106 46 61 39
10 John Montefusco 6.20 899.2 1976 1980 26-30 143 136 19 6 0 41 51 .446 0 892 407 357 278 620 3.57 101 76 3820 33 15 5 17 SFG .259 .314 .384 .698 100 45 32 162 21 48 129 32 2
11 Phil Niekro 6.19 1552.1 1976 1980 37-41 210 204 86 12 5 88 87 .503 2 1426 690 594 565 1067 3.44 117 131 6547 35 43 15 69 ATL .244 .314 .361 .675 85 66 31 221 34 104 165 75 13
12 Pete Vuckovich 6.03 912.0 1976 1980 23-27 197 100 26 6 66 53 42 .558 10 884 392 347 310 611 3.42 110 65 3827 23 16 8 31 CHW-TOR-STL .258 .320 .372 .692 95 43 32 150 22 70 59 56 4
13 Jim Bibby 5.74 853.0 1976 1980 31-35 174 116 26 9 22 64 37 .634 4 779 359 313 303 544 3.30 114 62 3566 19 17 7 30 CLE-PIT .244 .311 .352 .663 87 37 21 132 12 56 125 24 1
14 Gaylord Perry 5.68 1187.1 1976 1980 37-41 169 167 55 10 2 73 56 .566 0 1161 494 421 305 749 3.19 115 70 4893 28 19 3 23 TEX-SDP-TOT .258 .306 .362 .668 90 47 29 191 32 99 65 72 3
15 Dennis Leonard 5.67 1362.2 1976 1980 25-29 183 181 78 19 1 92 62 .597 1 1273 599 534 363 858 3.53 112 124 5614 20 31 4 53 KCR .248 .300 .378 .678 86 55 39 222 35 94 78 55 14
16 Fred Norman 5.67 872.1 1976 1980 33-37 186 128 23 4 12 52 46 .531 5 815 390 342 347 550 3.53 105 79 3710 28 12 4 23 CIN-MON .248 .320 .380 .700 97 41 23 155 21 63 46 30 9
17 Fergie Jenkins 5.66 1108.0 1976 1980 33-37 158 153 61 10 4 68 55 .553 0 1061 485 439 253 697 3.57 113 133 4553 24 15 2 16 BOS-TEX .252 .294 .405 .700 90 40 34 205 21 78 85 43 2
18 Tom Underwood 5.62 900.2 1976 1980 22-26 168 131 25 4 14 47 55 .461 5 879 448 394 386 562 3.94 101 79 3865 17 17 2 33 PHI-TOT-TOR-NYY .259 .336 .394 .730 101 46 23 148 37 84 56 47 4
19 Don Sutton 5.61 1184.2 1976 1980 31-35 167 164 46 12 3 75 49 .605 2 1030 465 418 313 739 3.18 113 115 4822 26 14 4 19 LAD .234 .285 .361 .646 84 64 29 160 27 64 115 41 2
20 Ed Halicki 5.58 829.0 1976 1980 25-29 152 123 27 11 12 45 45 .500 1 780 384 331 244 514 3.59 102 70 3490 30 19 7 9 SFG-TOT .246 .302 .369 .671 91 36 14 135 24 41 136 23 4
21 Mike Flanagan 5.55 1118.1 1976 1980 24-28 172 158 64 11 9 76 52 .594 1 1112 497 466 331 690 3.75 101 96 4642 11 10 3 33 BAL .263 .316 .387 .703 96 41 32 202 16 126 57 47 26
22 Steve Rogers 5.43 1280.1 1976 1980 26-30 177 175 63 18 2 66 66 .500 2 1149 477 422 377 772 2.97 124 68 5233 28 18 3 42 MON .243 .300 .335 .635 80 86 30 172 28 99 102 61 13
23 Jon Matlack 5.38 1020.2 1976 1980 26-30 144 141 49 12 3 54 52 .509 2 1026 427 368 214 610 3.24 114 77 4193 18 10 5 33 NYM-TEX .263 .301 .372 .673 91 43 25 148 23 89 81 46 31
24 Craig Swan 5.29 866.0 1976 1980 25-29 134 130 23 7 3 43 47 .478 0 804 363 320 245 509 3.33 107 73 3572 26 10 7 4 NYM .248 .300 .379 .679 96 40 28 153 27 50 91 38 3
25 Vida Blue 5.28 1297.0 1976 1980 26-30 175 175 65 14 0 78 66 .542 0 1233 537 483 391 761 3.35 107 81 5386 31 3 3 32 OAK-SFG .252 .306 .357 .663 91 65 40 190 39 87 81 85 15
Rk Player SO/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
26 Rudy May 5.09 885.0 1976 1980 31-35 173 116 27 9 23 66 42 .611 3 821 378 326 260 501 3.32 110 74 3650 14 16 8 17 TOT-BAL-MON-NYY .248 .304 .362 .666 89 39 20 128 15 74 67 40 6
27 Burt Hooton 5.05 1104.2 1976 1980 26-30 160 158 40 12 2 67 50 .573 2 968 416 372 308 620 3.03 118 80 4496 20 6 2 20 LAD .237 .289 .341 .631 80 62 29 141 24 63 111 43 4
28 Steve Stone 5.03 931.0 1976 1980 28-32 147 145 27 3 0 66 44 .600 0 891 455 409 359 520 3.95 100 103 3956 9 18 1 22 CHC-CHW-BAL .254 .324 .400 .724 98 42 22 155 25 58 74 56 5
29 Bob Knepper 4.99 873.2 1976 1980 22-26 136 133 36 11 2 47 50 .485 0 878 398 352 302 484 3.63 99 69 3745 32 18 2 22 SFG .261 .323 .384 .708 104 40 21 154 27 68 81 30 2
30 Rick Reuschel 4.98 1250.2 1976 1980 27-31 186 183 37 8 3 77 62 .554 2 1260 514 463 343 692 3.33 122 75 5230 42 32 4 37 CHC .265 .316 .372 .689 88 62 45 208 37 115 79 63 12
31 Dave Goltz 4.96 1194.2 1976 1980 27-31 175 165 59 11 3 70 59 .543 1 1212 529 465 377 658 3.50 112 83 5020 15 9 4 36 MIN-LAD .266 .321 .381 .702 94 42 34 197 39 126 80 69 14
32 Luis Tiant 4.95 1012.0 1976 1980 35-39 157 156 42 12 1 67 45 .598 0 998 458 427 275 557 3.80 109 109 4220 13 11 2 3 BOS-NYY .257 .307 .413 .719 93 32 25 190 42 58 82 46 8
33 John Candelaria 4.69 1080.0 1976 1980 22-26 163 157 35 6 5 73 46 .613 3 1008 421 383 250 563 3.19 118 105 4413 23 15 7 6 PIT .248 .292 .387 .679 89 48 33 186 32 90 32 44 9
34 Jerry Reuss 4.66 889.1 1976 1980 27-31 163 124 36 13 23 52 44 .542 8 902 417 349 245 460 3.53 104 48 3754 29 12 3 31 PIT-LAD .263 .313 .352 .665 88 51 15 126 17 89 62 34 7
35 Dennis Martinez 4.60 862.2 1976 1980 21-25 151 104 41 5 28 52 40 .565 5 819 388 355 287 441 3.70 102 71 3589 16 14 3 23 BAL .254 .315 .375 .690 92 30 30 127 26 94 82 34 4
36 Joe Niekro 4.59 1021.0 1976 1980 31-35 190 130 41 10 20 72 53 .576 5 941 444 381 379 521 3.36 101 64 4304 9 22 1 53 HOU .246 .315 .344 .659 94 39 33 134 26 86 134 30 7
37 Jim Palmer 4.58 1309.2 1976 1980 30-34 174 172 75 15 1 89 52 .631 0 1146 475 428 397 666 2.94 125 101 5320 7 15 1 20 BAL .238 .295 .348 .644 83 46 37 166 33 92 92 76 6
38 Dick Ruthven 4.55 968.2 1976 1980 25-29 147 145 34 12 1 60 56 .517 0 989 451 416 319 490 3.87 101 68 4107 32 15 13 19 ATL-TOT-PHI .268 .326 .386 .712 98 52 25 170 32 91 126 41 4
39 Rick Langford 4.45 915.2 1976 1980 24-28 155 118 52 6 14 46 61 .430 0 928 434 385 264 453 3.78 102 86 3847 23 10 4 29 PIT-OAK .264 .315 .387 .701 96 29 34 139 16 65 29 49 8
40 Ray Burris 4.32 910.1 1976 1980 25-29 178 140 20 6 13 44 60 .423 1 996 481 425 301 437 4.20 94 93 3942 35 24 6 28 CHC-TOT-NYM .281 .339 .430 .769 112 48 26 162 43 71 54 49 14
41 Rick Wise 4.27 950.1 1976 1980 30-34 154 146 34 9 3 55 53 .509 0 996 464 417 240 451 3.95 101 97 4007 24 10 3 7 BOS-CLE-SDP .270 .314 .406 .720 98 33 27 159 28 65 104 39 7
42 Mike Torrez 4.13 1219.1 1976 1980 29-33 182 178 63 10 1 74 67 .525 0 1248 596 532 468 559 3.93 102 95 5237 31 22 7 34 OAK-TOT-BOS .269 .336 .387 .722 97 62 40 208 27 130 105 54 4
43 Eric Rasmussen 4.10 858.0 1976 1980 24-28 199 119 23 10 32 41 64 .390 4 849 393 354 255 391 3.71 96 72 3592 33 11 14 12 STL-TOT-SDP .262 .315 .389 .704 102 50 33 152 22 76 92 37 7
44 Rick Waits 4.04 944.2 1976 1980 24-28 164 138 37 9 11 58 58 .500 2 942 465 422 377 424 4.02 99 75 4014 15 8 1 22 CLE .264 .334 .382 .716 98 40 18 154 22 118 59 39 13
45 Tommy John 4.01 1182.0 1976 1980 33-37 168 164 57 14 4 90 45 .667 1 1200 477 409 285 527 3.11 121 52 4891 16 18 3 35 LAD-NYY .265 .310 .354 .664 86 50 18 180 31 159 55 43 9
46 Doc Medich 3.95 880.1 1976 1980 27-31 150 128 21 3 6 53 44 .546 2 932 441 388 259 386 3.97 97 62 3769 18 17 3 22 PIT-TOT-TEX .272 .324 .390 .714 99 41 29 156 31 74 71 31 2
47 John Denny 3.93 905.1 1976 1980 23-27 136 136 31 9 0 49 45 .521 0 876 407 374 357 395 3.72 101 61 3825 16 27 7 29 STL-CLE .259 .333 .366 .699 98 41 17 144 18 119 46 37 10
48 Bob Forsch 3.87 1078.1 1976 1980 26-30 166 164 32 6 0 61 55 .526 0 1064 523 448 322 464 3.74 99 80 4512 26 18 4 39 STL .260 .314 .381 .695 97 36 40 183 37 116 89 42 11
49 Jim Slaton 3.85 976.2 1976 1980 26-30 140 137 42 8 1 57 50 .533 0 991 452 401 315 418 3.70 105 84 4142 19 27 3 28 MIL-DET .266 .325 .390 .714 99 35 38 148 31 82 64 45 7
50 Bill Travers 3.80 879.0 1976 1980 23-27 140 133 41 10 3 57 53 .518 0 878 425 380 302 371 3.89 99 107 3759 13 30 0 32 MIL .260 .324 .408 .732 104 28 25 129 24 68 57 33 1
Rk Player SO/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
51 Geoff Zahn 3.68 860.1 1976 1980 30-34 136 128 36 7 1 53 54 .495 0 964 439 379 256 352 3.96 104 68 3664 10 12 2 16 CHC-MIN .290 .340 .415 .755 104 42 33 154 28 131 31 42 14
52 Mike Caldwell 3.66 980.0 1976 1980 27-31 186 118 52 12 31 57 41 .582 5 1029 441 381 213 398 3.50 112 73 4085 17 17 5 28 SFG-TOT-MIL .271 .311 .376 .687 90 38 24 149 14 111 41 30 5
53 Ed Figueroa 3.61 951.1 1976 1980 27-31 140 134 42 9 4 62 46 .574 1 959 424 384 317 382 3.63 103 72 4017 8 10 2 20 NYY-TOT .265 .323 .385 .708 99 36 34 167 26 82 77 43 12
54 Doyle Alexander 3.56 974.0 1976 1980 25-29 153 140 33 6 10 58 48 .547 0 932 453 417 359 385 3.85 99 77 4118 13 11 2 20 TOT-TEX-ATL .254 .319 .378 .697 95 41 33 166 29 73 85 43 10
55 Larry Gura 3.44 907.2 1976 1980 28-32 182 103 33 9 33 59 31 .656 11 836 380 329 257 347 3.26 123 74 3750 20 18 3 14 KCR .247 .300 .373 .673 83 47 44 161 22 73 50 36 15
56 Jim Barr 3.02 914.2 1976 1980 28-32 167 132 24 7 13 46 55 .455 2 1033 446 403 229 307 3.97 95 68 3894 24 11 7 9 SFG-CAL .288 .330 .408 .738 108 33 33 163 32 87 81 31 18
57 Paul Splittorff 3.00 1093.2 1976 1980 29-33 172 166 39 5 1 75 55 .577 0 1140 534 470 322 364 3.87 103 86 4622 6 14 1 14 KCR .272 .323 .399 .722 97 54 39 199 38 106 78 34 14
58 Randy Jones 2.96 1133.0 1976 1980 26-30 167 164 43 10 1 57 65 .467 0 1132 489 425 243 373 3.38 101 64 4677 54 7 6 8 SDP .262 .300 .368 .668 97 73 30 193 37 123 75 42 23
59 Lary Sorensen 2.66 854.0 1977 1980 21-24 129 119 50 7 6 52 46 .531 2 916 387 353 173 252 3.72 107 67 3550 17 12 5 11 MIL .277 .313 .387 .700 92 35 27 125 18 86 31 26 12
60 Ross Grimsley 2.53 885.1 1976 1980 26-30 155 134 36 5 9 58 46 .558 0 973 470 420 253 249 4.27 85 83 3785 13 9 4 13 BAL-MON-TOT .283 .331 .424 .755 114 52 35 183 26 97 36 22 4
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