who has the most strikeouts in mlb history
Nolan Ryan
title: Strikeout text: first base unless the defense tags him out or throws him out. Therefore, a pitcher can achieve more than three strikeouts in one standard half-inning. Prior to 1960, the event occurred only eight times. The first Major League player to be credited with the feat was Ed "Cannonball" Crane of the New York Giants on October 4, 1888. It has occurred in Major League Baseball 76 times. Chuck Finley accomplished the feat on May 12 and August 15, 1999, with the Anaheim Angels and again on April 16, 2000, with the Cleveland Indians. Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers title: Strikeout text: Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (since 1900): The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (all time): Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing): Modern era: Note: Tom Cheney struck out 21 batters overall, in a 16-inning game, September 12, 1962. He had 13 strikeouts through the first nine innings. Progression of strikeout record for one game, World Series: Progression of major league strikeout record for a relief pitcher, regular season (partial listing): The top 15 Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders (as of completion of the 2017 Major title: Mickey Welch text: League and two in the American League have come close to matching Mickey Welch's record nine strikeouts: In the NL: German Marquez (Colorado Rockies) on September 26, 2018, Jacob deGrom (New York Mets) in 2014, and Jim Deshaies (Houston Astros) in 1986 struck out the first eight batters faced; and in the AL: Carlos Rodon (Chicago White Sox) in 2016 and Joe Cowley (Chicago White Sox) in 1986 struck out the first seven batters faced. Tom Seaver struck out 10 consecutive batters in 1970, though not at the beginning of the game. In , he went 44-11 with 258 strikeouts title: Strikeout text: single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching was permitted. His record, however, is limited to its era since the pitcher's mound was only from the batter during that season. It was moved to its current distance of 60'6" in 1893. The modern record (1901–present) is 383 strikeouts, held by Nolan Ryan, one better than Sandy Koufax's 382. For 55 years, Walter Johnson held the career strikeout record, at 3,508. That record fell in 1982 to Nolan Ryan, who was then passed by Steve Carlton, before Ryan took the career strikeout record for good at title: Steve Carlton text: eventually fell to third and then fourth place on the all-time strikeout list after Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson passed him. A ten-time All-Star, Carlton led the league in many pitching categories. He struck out 4,136 batters in his career, setting a record for a left-handed pitcher (since surpassed by Randy Johnson), and holds many other records for both left-handed and Phillies pitchers. His 329 career wins are the eleventh most in baseball history, behind Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, and Warren Spahn among pitchers of the live-ball era (post-). He is also second (behind Bob Gibson) in major league history