nolan ryan has the most strikeouts in a career.
nolan ryan has the most strikeouts in a career.
who has the most strikeouts in a career?
nolan ryan
by now richard was among the best pitchers in baseball. when asked in 2012 who was the "toughest pitcher to get a hit off of" during his career, dale murphy answered "anybody that played in the late 70's or early 80's will probably give you the same answer: jr richard". in 1980, richard was now teamed with seven-time american league strikeout champion nolan ryan, who had joined the astros as a free agent. during the first half of the season, richard was virtually unhittable, starting the year with five straight wins, 48 strikeouts (including two starts with 12 and 13 strikeouts), and a sub-2.00 era. he was named national league pitcher of the month for april. at one point, richard threw three straight complete-game shutouts, two against the giants and one against the cubs. on july 3, he broke dierker's team record of 1487 career strikeouts in a 5–3 win over the braves; it was to be richard's last major league victory. after finishing the first half of the season with a 10–4 record, 115 strikeouts and a 1.96 era, richard was selected to be the national league's starting pitcher in the all-star game on july 8, but he pitched just two innings due to various back and shoulder problems. as the season progressed, richard began to complain of a "dead arm", citing discomfort in his shoulder and forearm. his concerns fell on deaf ears. some in the media even interpreted these complaints as whining or malingering, citing richard's reputation for moodiness. others hypothesized that richard was egotistical and could not handle the pressure of pitching for the astros, while others suggested he was jealous of ryan's $4.5 million contract.
j. r. richard
finally, along with lawrie in 2009 with 49 strikeouts at the wcws and andaya in 1987 also with 49 at the wcws, jennie finch (279 & 26 strikeouts at wcws in 2001), jocelyn forest (379 & 33 strikeouts at wcws in 2002), keira goerl (342 & 44 strikeouts at wcws in 2003; 276 & 22 strikeouts at wcws in 2004), jennie ritter (417 & 60 strikeouts at wcws in 2005), hollowell (420 & 64 strikeouts at wcws in 2006), taryne mowatt (250 strikeouts in 2006 and 522 & 76 at wcws in 2007), katie burkhart (513 & 54 strikeouts at wcws in 2008), dallas escobedo (326 & 38 strikeouts at wcws in 2011) and keilani ricketts (350 & 39 strikeouts at the wcws in 2013) all won national championships those years; mowatt set the women's college world series strikeout record in 2007. for their careers abbott (sec), osterman (big 12), tincher (acc), lawrie (pac-12), plourde (a-10), galati (caa), myers (a-sun), pauly (big south in three seasons), jamie southern (wac), mitchell (sun belt), toni paisley (usa), sarah dawson (southland), kylie reynolds (mac), nicole newman (mvc), jordan taylor (big 10), santos (maac), samantha iuli (horizon), caira (big east) and bonnie bynum (ovc) all own the strikeouts crown for these conferences.
ncaa division i softball career strikeouts list