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Strikeouts (Career)
5000    
  08/22/1989 Nolan Ryan
4000    
  07/11/1985 Nolan Ryan
  08/05/1986 Steve Carlton
  06/13/2003 Roger Clemens
  06/29/2004 Randy Johnson
3000    
  07/08/1923 Walter Johnson
  07/17/1974 Bob Gibson
  10/01/1978 Gaylord Perry
  07/04/1980 Nolan Ryan
  04/18/1981 Tom Seaver
  04/29/1981 Steve Carlton
  05/25/1982 Fergie Jenkins
  06/24/1983 Don Sutton
  07/04/1984 Phil Niekro
  08/01/1986 Bert Blyleven
  07/05/1998 Roger Clemens
  09/10/2000 Randy Johnson
  07/26/2005 Greg Maddux
  08/30/2006 Curt Schilling
  09/03/2007 Pedro Martinez
  04/22/2008 John Smoltz
  04/30/2019 CC Sabathia
  09/28/2019 Justin Verlander
  09/12/2021 Max Scherzer

Strikeouts (Season, after 1900)
300    
  08/21/1903 Rube Waddell
  09/06/1904 Rube Waddell
  09/28/1910 Walter Johnson
  09/27/1912 Walter Johnson
  09/08/1946 Bob Feller
  09/25/1963 Sandy Koufax
  08/26/1965 Sandy Koufax
  09/24/1965 Sam McDowell
  09/29/1966 Sandy Koufax
  09/27/1970 Sam McDowell
  09/26/1971 Mickey Lolich
  09/26/1971 Vida Blue
  09/25/1972 Nolan Ryan
  09/28/1972 Steve Carlton
  08/25/1973 Nolan Ryan
  08/30/1974 Nolan Ryan
  09/25/1976 Nolan Ryan
  08/29/1977 Nolan Ryan
  09/28/1978 J.R. Richard
  09/25/1979 J.R. Richard
  10/02/1986 Mike Scott
  09/30/1989 Nolan Ryan
  09/26/1993 Randy Johnson
  09/16/1997 Curt Schilling
  09/25/1997 Pedro Martinez
  09/12/1998 Randy Johnson
  09/26/1998 Curt Schilling
  08/26/1999 Randy Johnson
  09/21/1999 Pedro Martinez
  09/10/2000 Randy Johnson
  08/23/2001 Randy Johnson
  09/09/2002 Randy Johnson
  09/15/2002 Curt Schilling
  10/04/2015 Clayton Kershaw
  09/20/2017 Chris Sale
  09/25/2018 Max Scherzer
  09/18/2019 Gerrit Cole
  09/28/2019 Justin Verlander

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