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AL Season Records
Strikeouts

Roger Clemens

1984 Boston Red Sox

4,167

Walter Johnson

1907 Washington Senators

3,509

Nolan Ryan

1972 California Angels

3,355

Bert Blyleven

1970 Minnesota Twins

3,179

CC Sabathia

2001 Cleveland Indians

3,093

Justin Verlander

2005 Detroit Tigers

3,013

Mike Mussina

1991 Baltimore Orioles

2,813

Mickey Lolich

1963 Detroit Tigers

2,679

Frank Tanana

1973 California Angels

2,657

Chuck Finley

1986 California Angels

2,610

Bob Feller

1936 Cleveland Indians

2,581

Randy Johnson

1990 Seattle Mariners

2,557

Felix Hernandez

2005 Seattle Mariners

2,524

Jack Morris

1977 Detroit Tigers

2,478

Mark Langston

1984 Seattle Mariners

2,408

Luis Tiant

1964 Cleveland Indians

2,384

Early Wynn

1939 Washington Senators

2,334

Lefty Grove

1925 Philadelphia Athletics

2,266

Jim Palmer

1965 Baltimore Orioles

2,212

Sam McDowell

1961 Cleveland Indians

2,192

Jim Kaat

1959 Washington Senators

2,188

Camilo Pascual

1954 Washington Senators

2,159

Eddie Plank

1901 Philadelphia Athletics

2,099

Chris Sale

2010 Chicago White Sox

2,059

Dennis Eckersley

1975 Cleveland Indians

2,053

Tim Wakefield

1995 Boston Red Sox

2,046

Bartolo Colon

1997 Cleveland Indians

2,031

Andy Pettitte

1995 New York Yankees

2,020

David Wells

1987 Toronto Blue Jays

2,018

Jim 'Catfish' Hunter

1965 Kansas City Athletics

2,012

Red Ruffing

1924 Boston Red Sox

1,987

David Price

2008 Tampa Bay Rays

1,981

Kenny Rogers

1989 Texas Rangers

1,968

Rube Waddell

1902 Philadelphia Athletics

1,965

Whitey Ford

1950 New York Yankees

1,956

Bobo Newsom

1934 St. Louis Browns

1,943

James Shields

2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1,883

Billy Pierce

1945 Detroit Tigers

1,842

Kevin Appier

1989 Kansas City Royals

1,822

Ervin Santana

2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1,799

Hal Newhouser

1939 Detroit Tigers

1,796

John Lackey

2002 Anaheim Angels

1,790

Bobby Witt

1986 Texas Rangers

1,783

Ron Guidry

1975 New York Yankees

1,778

Mark Buehrle

2000 Chicago White Sox

1,745

Ed Walsh

1904 Chicago White Sox

1,732

Joe Coleman

1965 Washington Senators

1,714

Tom Gordon

1988 Kansas City Royals

1,687

Pedro Martinez

1998 Boston Red Sox

1,683

Tommy Bridges

1930 Detroit Tigers

1,674

Dave Stieb

1979 Toronto Blue Jays

1,669

Mike Moore

1982 Seattle Mariners

1,667

Jamie Moyer

1989 Texas Rangers

1,659

Rudy May

1965 California Angels

1,606

Jered Weaver

2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1,598

Tommy John

1963 Cleveland Indians

1,596

Charlie Hough

1981 Texas Rangers

1,588

Jim Perry

1959 Cleveland Indians

1,576

Gaylord Perry

1972 Cleveland Indians

1,574

Freddy Garcia

1999 Seattle Mariners

1,571

Cy Young

1901 Boston Americans

1,563

Corey Kluber

2011 Cleveland Indians

1,544

Jimmy Key

1984 Toronto Blue Jays

1,538

Chief Bender

1903 Philadelphia Athletics

1,536

Dean Chance

1961 Los Angeles Angels

1,534

Virgil Trucks

1941 Detroit Tigers

1,534

Frank Viola

1982 Minnesota Twins

1,526

Floyd Bannister

1979 Seattle Mariners

1,517

Rick Porcello

2009 Detroit Tigers

1,507

Roy Halladay

1998 Toronto Blue Jays

1,495

Mike Flanagan

1975 Baltimore Orioles

1,491

Dave McNally

1962 Baltimore Orioles

1,476

Scott Kazmir

2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1,474

Urban 'Red' Faber

1914 Chicago White Sox

1,471

Vida Blue

1969 Oakland Athletics

1,471

Lefty Gomez

1930 New York Yankees

1,468

Brad Radke

1995 Minnesota Twins

1,467

Jon Lester

2006 Boston Red Sox

1,457

Earl Wilson

1959 Boston Red Sox

1,452

David Cone

1986 Kansas City Royals

1,449

Dave Stewart

1984 Texas Rangers

1,442

Allie Reynolds

1942 Cleveland Indians

1,423

Gary Peters

1959 Chicago White Sox

1,420

Jim Bunning

1955 Detroit Tigers

1,406

George Mullin

1902 Detroit Tigers

1,394

Sonny Siebert

1964 Cleveland Indians

1,390

Wilbur Wood

1961 Boston Red Sox

1,382

Johan Santana

2000 Minnesota Twins

1,381

Gary Bell

1958 Cleveland Indians

1,378

Eddie Cicotte

1905 Detroit Tigers

1,374

Mike Witt

1981 California Angels

1,373

Mark Gubicza

1984 Kansas City Royals

1,371

Bob Shawkey

1913 Philadelphia Athletics

1,360

Mike Boddicker

1980 Baltimore Orioles

1,330

Dennis Leonard

1974 Kansas City Royals

1,323

Aaron Sele

1993 Boston Red Sox

1,321

Bullet Joe Bush

1912 Philadelphia Athletics

1,312

Jack McDowell

1987 Chicago White Sox

1,311

Kelvim Escobar

1997 Toronto Blue Jays

1,310

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Earl Whitehill

1923 Detroit Tigers

1,308

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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