Pitchers: 300 Strike Outs 2026-1903. Most recent were teammates.

38 times.

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/ZnCI8

For single seasons, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, Strikeouts >= 300 sorted by descending Season.

Rk	Player	SO	IP	BB	SO9	ERA+	Season	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO
1	Gerrit Cole	326	212.1	48	13.8	185	2019	28	HOU	AL	20	5	.800	2.50	33	33	0	0
2	Justin Verlander	300	223.0	42	12.1	179	2019	36	HOU	AL	21	6	.778	2.58	34	34	2	1
3	Max Scherzer	300	220.2	51	12.2	168	2018	33	WSN	NL	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	2	1
4	Chris Sale	308	214.1	43	12.9	157	2017	28	BOS	AL	17	8	.680	2.90	32	32	1	0
5	Clayton Kershaw	301	232.2	42	11.6	173	2015	27	LAD	NL	16	7	.696	2.13	33	33	4	3
6	Randy Johnson	334	260.0	71	11.6	195	2002	38	ARI	NL	24	5	.828	2.32	35	35	8	4
7	Curt Schilling	316	259.1	33	11.0	140	2002	35	ARI	NL	23	7	.767	3.23	36	35	5	1
8	Randy Johnson	372	249.2	71	13.4	188	2001	37	ARI	NL	21	6	.778	2.49	35	34	3	2
9	Randy Johnson	347	248.2	76	12.6	181	2000	36	ARI	NL	19	7	.731	2.64	35	35	8	3
10	Randy Johnson	364	271.2	70	12.1	184	1999	35	ARI	NL	17	9	.654	2.48	35	35	12	2
11	Pedro Martínez	313	213.1	37	13.2	243	1999	27	BOS	AL	23	4	.852	2.07	31	29	5	1
12	Randy Johnson	329	244.1	86	12.1	135	1998	34	HOU,SEA	AL,NL	19	11	.633	3.28	34	34	10	6
13	Curt Schilling	300	268.2	61	10.0	134	1998	31	PHI	NL	15	14	.517	3.25	35	35	15	2
14	Pedro Martínez	305	241.1	67	11.4	219	1997	25	MON	NL	17	8	.680	1.90	31	31	13	4
15	Curt Schilling	319	254.1	58	11.3	143	1997	30	PHI	NL	17	11	.607	2.97	35	35	7	2
16	Randy Johnson	308	255.1	99	10.9	135	1993	29	SEA	AL	19	8	.704	3.24	35	34	10	3
17	Nolan Ryan	301	239.1	98	11.3	124	1989	42	TEX	AL	16	10	.615	3.20	32	32	6	2
18	Mike Scott	306	275.1	72	10.0	161	1986	31	HOU	NL	18	10	.643	2.22	37	37	7	5
19	J.R. Richard	313	292.1	98	9.6	130	1979	29	HOU	NL	18	13	.581	2.71	38	38	19	4
20	J.R. Richard	303	275.1	141	9.9	106	1978	28	HOU	NL	18	11	.621	3.11	36	36	16	3
Rk	Player	SO	IP	BB	SO9	ERA+	Season	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO
21	Nolan Ryan	341	299.0	204	10.3	141	1977	30	CAL	AL	19	16	.543	2.77	37	37	22	4
22	Nolan Ryan	327	284.1	183	10.4	99	1976	29	CAL	AL	17	18	.486	3.36	39	39	21	7
23	Nolan Ryan	367	332.2	202	9.9	118	1974	27	CAL	AL	22	16	.579	2.89	42	41	26	3
24	Nolan Ryan	383	326.0	162	10.6	123	1973	26	CAL	AL	21	16	.568	2.87	41	39	26	4
25	Steve Carlton	310	346.1	87	8.1	182	1972	27	PHI	NL	27	10	.730	1.97	41	41	30	8
26	Nolan Ryan	329	284.0	157	10.4	128	1972	25	CAL	AL	19	16	.543	2.28	39	39	20	9
27	Vida Blue	301	312.0	88	8.7	183	1971	21	OAK	AL	24	8	.750	1.82	39	39	24	8
28	Mickey Lolich	308	376.0	92	7.4	124	1971	30	DET	AL	25	14	.641	2.92	45	45	29	4
29	Sam McDowell	304	305.0	131	9.0	134	1970	27	CLE	AL	20	12	.625	2.92	39	39	19	1
30	Sandy Koufax	317	323.0	77	8.8	190	1966	30	LAD	NL	27	9	.750	1.73	41	41	27	5
31	Sandy Koufax	382	335.2	71	10.2	160	1965	29	LAD	NL	26	8	.765	2.04	43	41	27	8
32	Sam McDowell	325	273.0	132	10.7	161	1965	22	CLE	AL	17	11	.607	2.18	42	35	14	3
33	Sandy Koufax	306	311.0	58	8.9	159	1963	27	LAD	NL	25	5	.833	1.88	40	40	20	11
34	Bob Feller	348	371.1	153	8.4	151	1946	27	CLE	AL	26	15	.634	2.18	48	42	36	10
35	Walter Johnson	303	369.0	76	7.4	243	1912	24	WSH	AL	33	12	.733	1.39	50	37	34	7
36	Walter Johnson	313	370.0	76	7.6	183	1910	22	WSH	AL	25	17	.595	1.36	45	42	38	8
37	Rube Waddell	349	383.0	91	8.2	167	1904	27	PHA	AL	25	19	.568	1.62	46	46	39	8
38	Rube Waddell	302	324.0	85	8.4	125	1903	26	PHA	AL	21	16	.568	2.44	39	38	34	4

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