Blyleven's strike outs

#1 Nolan Ryan had 2,013 (54.3%) more career strike outs than #5 Blyleven: (5,714 - 3,701) / 3,701 = 54.3%.

Percentage greater than Blyleven:
1 Nolan Ryan 5,714 2,013 54.39%
2 Randy Johnson 4,875 1,174 31.72%
3 Roger Clemens 4,672 971 26.24%
4 Steve Carlton 4,136 435 11.75%
5 Bert Blyleven 3,701

Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1903 to 2010, (requiring At least 2200 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Strikeouts per 9 IP:

Percentage greater than Blyleven:
1 Randy Johnson 10.61 3.91 58.36%
2 Pedro Martinez 10.04 3.34 49.85%
3 Nolan Ryan 9.55 2.85 42.54%
26 Bert Blyleven 6.70

For single pitching seasons, from 1903 to 2010, (requiring SO>=250), sorted by greatest Strikeouts (107 seasons found):

Nolan Ryan had the most strike outs in a season after 1886: 125 (48.4%) more than Blyleven's best (258 in 1973): (383 - 258) / 258 = 48.4%. Blyleven's best was #90. 33 pitcher seasons had at least 300 strike outs since 1903. Blyleven's 1973 SO/9 is 7.14, the same as that for #79 knuckeballer Phil Niekro: 262 in 1977; Blyleven and Niekro are tied in SO/9 at #97 out of 107 pitching seasons since 1903 with at least 250 strike outs.

For context here is the difference between #1 Barry Bonds and #5 Ken Griffey, Jr. in career home runs: (762 - 630) / 630 = 20.9%. Bonds had 20.9% more home runs than Griffey.

Season home run record: (73 - 49) / 49 = 49%. To be out homered by 49% by the home run record a batter needs 49 homers, which would rank #43. Bonds had 49% more home runs than batters with 49 home runs.