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Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters. The American League record is held by Roger Clemens (4,167 strikeouts), while in the National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton.
Seven different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in an extra-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game to date. Only Nolan Ryan accomplished the feat more than once in his career and no player has ever struck out more than 21 batters in a game.
Nolan Ryan has 5,714 career strikeouts, the most in Major League history. His 11 seasons as a strikeout leader – second only to the 12 of Walter Johnson – includes nine seasons, between 1972 and 1990, as the American League strikeout leader. [179]
On July 25, 1913, Walter Johnson was called-in from the bullpen during the fourth inning of a game at Griffith Stadium then preceded to strike out fifteen batters across eleven-and-a third innings, the most strikeouts in baseball history by a relief pitcher during an extra inning game!
Reggie Jackson has the most career strikeouts, with 2,597 strikeouts. Interpreted as: most strike outs by a player in MLB history.
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