How many strikeouts (pitching) did Nolan Ryan have in 1973?
3831973 Regular Season
Nolan Ryan recorded 383 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1973 regular season, 1st in the MLB.
- Nolan Ryan's best regular season for strikeouts (pitching) in 27 seasons on file.
- Up 54 from 329 in 1972.
- 39% of the Los Angeles Angels' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Best of 27 regular seasons, 1966 through 1993. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  NYM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.67 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3.09 | 134.0 | 133 | 75 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3.54 | 89.0 | 92 | 53 | 1.27 | 1 |
| 1970 | NYM | 27 | 7 | 11 | 3.41 | 132.0 | 125 | 97 | 1.39 | 1 |
| 1971 | NYM | 30 | 10 | 14 | 3.97 | 152.0 | 137 | 116 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 1972 |  LAA | 39 | 19 | 16 | 2.28 | 284.0 | 329 | 157 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAA | 41 | 21 | 16 | 2.87 | 326.0 | 383 | 162 | 1.23 | 1 |
| 1974 | LAA | 42 | 22 | 16 | 2.89 | 333.0 | 367 | 202 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1975 | LAA | 28 | 14 | 12 | 3.45 | 198.0 | 186 | 132 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1976 | LAA | 39 | 17 | 18 | 3.36 | 284.0 | 327 | 183 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1977 | LAA | 37 | 19 | 16 | 2.77 | 299.0 | 341 | 204 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 1978 | LAA | 31 | 10 | 13 | 3.71 | 235.0 | 260 | 148 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1979 | LAA | 34 | 16 | 14 | 3.59 | 223.0 | 223 | 114 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1980 |  HOU | 35 | 11 | 10 | 3.35 | 234.0 | 200 | 98 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1.69 | 149.0 | 140 | 68 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 35 | 16 | 12 | 3.16 | 250.1 | 245 | 109 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2.98 | 196.1 | 183 | 101 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 30 | 12 | 11 | 3.04 | 183.2 | 197 | 69 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | 35 | 10 | 12 | 3.80 | 232.0 | 209 | 95 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1986 | HOU | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3.34 | 178.0 | 194 | 82 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1987 | HOU | 34 | 8 | 16 | 2.76 | 211.2 | 270 | 87 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1988 | HOU | 33 | 12 | 11 | 3.52 | 220.0 | 228 | 87 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1989 |  TEX | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3.20 | 239.1 | 301 | 98 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX | 30 | 13 | 9 | 3.44 | 204.0 | 232 | 74 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 1991 | TEX | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2.91 | 173.0 | 203 | 72 | 1.01 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEX | 27 | 5 | 9 | 3.72 | 157.1 | 157 | 69 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1993 | TEX | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4.88 | 66.1 | 46 | 40 | 1.42 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV