Los Angeles Angels Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Career totals with the Angels and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season. Lahman still names the 2016-2025 club Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; shown as Los Angeles Angels

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Nolan Ryan holds the Angels career record with 9.97 strikeouts / 9. The single-season record is 11.87, by Shohei Ohtani in 2022.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 1.0 inning per team game with the club, a career 1,000+ innings pitched with the club.

All-time Angels leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	K/9	G
1	Nolan Ryan	1972–1979	9.97	291
2	Chuck Finley	1986–1999	7.24	436
3	John Lackey	2002–2009	7.20	234
4	Ervin Santana	2005–2012	7.12	236
5	Jered Weaver	2006–2016	7.10	322
6	Mark Langston	1990–1997	6.92	210
7	Frank Tanana	1973–1980	6.87	225
8	Rudy May	1965–1974	6.67	230
9	Dean Chance	1961–1966	6.24	223
10	Mike Witt	1981–1990	5.88	314
11	George Brunet	1964–1969	5.83	194
12	Jarrod Washburn	1998–2005	5.45	193
13	Kirk McCaskill	1985–1991	5.26	192
14	Jim Abbott	1989–1996	5.09	165
15	Clyde Wright	1966–1973	3.66	266

Single-season Angels records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	K/9	G
1	Shohei Ohtani	2022	11.87	28
2	Nolan Ryan	1973	10.57	41
3	Nolan Ryan	1972	10.43	39
4	Nolan Ryan	1976	10.35	39
5	Reid Detmers	2026	10.26	32
5	Nolan Ryan	1977	10.26	37
7	Nolan Ryan	1978	9.97	31
8	Nolan Ryan	1974	9.93	42
9	Dylan Bundy	2020	9.87	11
10	Andrew Heaney	2020	9.45	12
11	Frank Tanana	1975	9.41	34
12	Jered Weaver	2010	9.35	34
13	Nolan Ryan	1979	9.01	34
14	Andrew Heaney	2018	9.00	30
15	Ervin Santana	2008	8.79	32
16	Yusei Kikuchi	2025	8.78	33
17	Garrett Richards	2014	8.75	26
18	Chuck Finley	1995	8.65	32
19	John Lackey	2005	8.57	33
20	Chuck Finley	1998	8.54	34
21	Chuck Finley	1997	8.51	25
22	Nolan Ryan	1975	8.45	28
23	Chuck Finley	1999	8.44	33
24	Kelvim Escobar	2004	8.25	33
25	Mark Langston	1994	8.22	18