Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2016, Younger than 30, (requiring SO≥2000), sorted by greatest Strikeouts: Results
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2,000 K's before 30
Rk | Player | SO | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
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1 | Walter Johnson | 2467 | 1907 | 1918 | 19-30 | 505 | 410 | 361 | 79 | 89 | 277 | 177 | .610 | 20 | 3800.1 | 2910 | 1030 | 701 | 767 | 1.66 | 1.93 | 169 | 31 | 14605 | 135 | 2 | 125 | WSH | |
2 | Nolan Ryan | 2426 | 1966 | 1977 | 19-30 | 331 | 297 | 138 | 34 | 13 | 141 | 132 | .516 | 3 | 2234.0 | 1537 | 867 | 760 | 1384 | 3.06 | 3.06 | 113 | 122 | 9459 | 32 | 71 | 9 | 103 | NYM-CAL |
3 | Sandy Koufax | 2396 | 1955 | 1966 | 19-30 | 397 | 314 | 137 | 40 | 44 | 165 | 87 | .655 | 9 | 2324.1 | 1754 | 806 | 713 | 817 | 2.76 | 2.69 | 131 | 204 | 9497 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 87 | BRO-LAD |
4 | Sam McDowell | 2391 | 1961 | 1973 | 18-30 | 398 | 338 | 103 | 23 | 32 | 138 | 127 | .521 | 14 | 2409.2 | 1876 | 961 | 843 | 1251 | 3.15 | 3.02 | 113 | 158 | 10214 | 69 | 59 | 5 | 136 | CLE-SFG-NYY |
5 | Bert Blyleven | 2357 | 1970 | 1981 | 19-30 | 407 | 402 | 159 | 42 | 3 | 167 | 148 | .530 | 0 | 3000.2 | 2699 | 1103 | 984 | 810 | 2.95 | 2.84 | 127 | 215 | 12273 | 49 | 75 | 13 | 66 | MIN-TEX-PIT-CLE |
6 | Don Drysdale | 2307 | 1956 | 1967 | 19-30 | 475 | 422 | 154 | 40 | 34 | 190 | 150 | .559 | 6 | 3130.1 | 2812 | 1190 | 1036 | 786 | 2.98 | 3.03 | 122 | 260 | 12876 | 113 | 140 | 10 | 77 | BRO-LAD |
7 | Pedro Martinez | 2220 | 1992 | 2002 | 20-30 | 326 | 259 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 152 | 63 | .707 | 3 | 1892.1 | 1406 | 615 | 551 | 507 | 2.62 | 2.67 | 172 | 142 | 7537 | 21 | 90 | 4 | 46 | LAD-MON-BOS |
8 | Felix Hernandez | 2214 | 2005 | 2016 | 19-30 | 348 | 348 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 149 | 105 | .587 | 0 | 2351.0 | 2094 | 911 | 818 | 667 | 3.13 | 3.25 | 127 | 195 | 9629 | 16 | 78 | 7 | 128 | SEA |
9 | Christy Mathewson | 2124 | 1900 | 1911 | 19-30 | 472 | 417 | 338 | 68 | 48 | 289 | 134 | .683 | 19 | 3600.0 | 3030 | 1154 | 789 | 742 | 1.97 | 2.13 | 145 | 47 | 14137 | 54 | 8 | 100 | NYG | |
10 | Bob Feller | 2108 | 1936 | 1949 | 17-30 | 384 | 329 | 213 | 34 | 42 | 192 | 112 | .632 | 20 | 2682.0 | 2159 | 1015 | 910 | 1330 | 3.05 | 3.28 | 132 | 126 | 11301 | 38 | 10 | 62 | CLE | |
11 | Tom Seaver | 2099 | 1967 | 1975 | 22-30 | 319 | 314 | 148 | 34 | 5 | 168 | 96 | .636 | 1 | 2447.2 | 1940 | 733 | 669 | 656 | 2.46 | 2.58 | 143 | 173 | 9760 | 53 | 44 | 6 | 56 | NYM |
12 | Roger Clemens | 2033 | 1984 | 1993 | 21-30 | 302 | 301 | 91 | 35 | 0 | 163 | 86 | .655 | 0 | 2222.2 | 1878 | 807 | 726 | 619 | 2.94 | 2.75 | 145 | 145 | 9037 | 40 | 64 | 17 | 51 | BOS |
13 | CC Sabathia | 2017 | 2001 | 2011 | 20-30 | 355 | 355 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 176 | 96 | .647 | 0 | 2364.1 | 2177 | 1006 | 923 | 725 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 125 | 205 | 9789 | 32 | 73 | 13 | 46 | CLE-MIL-NYY |
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