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Originally Posted by randomlefty10
I could see Ryan's K record falling fairly easily with the increase in power hitters, strikeouts are on the rise across the board.
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In todays game, it is very unlikely that Ryan's record will fall. To reach 5700 strikeouts you would have to pitch at least 5000 innings. At 5000 innings you would have to have a pitcher that averages 11.4 k/9, and only one pitcher in major league history has done that. Just to get to 5000 innings, you would have to pitch 200 innings for 25 years. Possible, maybe. But not likely. Lets take a couple modern day examples:
All stats are for entering the season:
Clemens, 40, 4278 IP, 4099 K (189 per season last 5 years) he would need to play until he is 48.
Johnson, 39, 3122 IP, 3871 K (308 average last 5 years) he would need to play until he is 45.
Pedro, 31, 2079 IP, 2426 K (241 average last 5) he would need to play until he is 45.
Wood, 26, 902 IP, 1065 K (213 average last 5) he would need to play until he is 48.
Prior. 22. 328 IP, 392 K (245 in his first full season) he would need to play until he is 43
Obviously Prior has the best shot, maybe Johnson if he can hang on for 6 more years, but Prior would have to stay healthy for the next 21 years. It is possible, but very unlikely.