mlb lefty pitching strikeout leaders between 1962 to 1969

Between the 1962 and 1969 seasons, Sam McDowell struck out the most batters by a left-hander, with 1,658 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,658	261	89	80	.527	224	2.97	70	19	10	1583.2	1,204	522	608	91	783	43	19	38	6,662	84	9.42	4.45	2.12	0.52	24.9	11.8	1.25	.272	3.46	86	2.73	77	6.84	146
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,444	181	111	34	.766	176	1.95	100	33	4	1377.0	959	298	342	89	316	10	5	24	5,395	36	9.44	2.07	4.57	0.58	26.8	5.9	0.93	.246	2.24	60	2.00	63	6.27	188.4
3	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,428	265	100	76	.568	223	2.83	73	19	4	1611.1	1,372	506	587	67	714	26	16	44	6,782	77	7.98	3.99	2.00	0.37	21.1	10.5	1.29	.287	3.28	82	2.67	81	7.66	114
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,336	267	102	74	.580	219	3.46	62	21	9	1528.1	1,318	587	640	145	518	60	25	27	6,375	53	7.87	3.05	2.58	0.85	21.0	8.1	1.20	.272	3.77	100	3.13	87	7.76	80.7
5	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,288	304	132	97	.576	278	3.15	94	15	5	1973.0	1,920	691	839	184	448	65	11	38	8,229	70	5.88	2.04	2.88	0.84	15.7	5.4	1.20	.278	3.83	88	3.22	86	8.76	109.4
6	Chris Short C. Short	1,195	289	103	75	.579	213	2.92	73	20	9	1609.0	1,435	522	590	117	492	43	33	44	6,616	39	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.65	18.1	7.4	1.20	.276	3.30	86	2.98	91	8.03	56.8
7	Denny Lemaster D. Lemaster	1,161	263	81	91	.471	228	3.43	63	14	3	1546.0	1,447	590	650	156	507	20	12	57	6,504	69	6.76	2.95	2.29	0.91	17.9	7.8	1.26	.277	3.78	101	3.35	102	8.42	-15.2
8	Gary Peters G. Peters	1,087	251	91	78	.538	216	2.93	60	18	2	1545.1	1,325	503	571	102	510	46	14	40	6,379	64	6.33	2.97	2.13	0.59	17.0	8.0	1.19	.264	3.33	88	3.05	88	7.72	68.5
9	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,054	303	113	119	.487	281	3.07	80	23	1	2010.1	1,967	685	785	130	494	26	11	69	8,301	37	4.72	2.21	2.13	0.58	12.7	6.0	1.22	.278	3.51	93	3.09	95	8.81	36.8
10	Al Downing A. Downing	1,016	203	72	56	.563	174	3.19	46	12	2	1226.1	1,007	435	484	96	514	10	15	20	5,111	39	7.46	3.77	1.98	0.70	19.9	10.1	1.24	.262	3.55	95	3.17	91	7.39	41.2
11	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	965	264	76	84	.475	204	3.96	52	16	4	1397.2	1,411	615	708	142	474	21	21	41	5,974	59	6.21	3.05	2.04	0.91	16.2	7.9	1.35	.290	4.56	111	3.52	102	9.09	-10.4
12	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	923	284	95	108	.468	250	3.67	74	8	2	1716.0	1,805	700	820	154	448	36	14	57	7,280	58	4.84	2.35	2.06	0.81	12.7	6.2	1.31	.289	4.30	100	3.46	97	9.47	24.9
13	Steve Barber S. Barber	882	242	83	77	.519	202	3.26	39	12	1	1297.0	1,199	470	554	83	591	29	12	34	5,574	53	6.12	4.10	1.49	0.58	15.8	10.6	1.38	.280	3.84	96	3.43	98	8.32	9.3
14	Dave McNally D. McNally	882	229	90	55	.621	203	3.17	51	17	1	1366.1	1,208	482	534	119	424	41	6	20	5,619	33	5.81	2.79	2.08	0.78	15.7	7.5	1.19	.262	3.52	95	3.37	97	7.96	13.6
15	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	843	291	80	64	.556	145	3.21	41	10	23	1167.2	1,033	416	486	107	455	14	81	47	4,927	36	6.50	3.51	1.85	0.82	17.1	9.2	1.27	.264	3.75	92	3.49	98	7.96	10.4
16	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	795	198	65	52	.556	134	2.76	57	11	10	1063.0	926	326	399	63	293	5	29	33	4,329	18	6.73	2.48	2.71	0.53	18.4	6.8	1.15	.272	3.38	82	2.63	79	7.84	84.8
17	George Brunet G. Brunet	775	244	58	82	.414	181	3.39	37	14	4	1197.2	1,043	451	500	107	461	16	31	40	5,013	32	5.82	3.46	1.68	0.80	15.5	9.2	1.26	.256	3.76	105	3.57	107	7.84	-33.9
18	Whitey Ford W. Ford	747	181	78	43	.645	162	2.69	43	14	3	1133.0	1,055	339	392	90	265	9	11	15	4,625	30	5.93	2.11	2.82	0.71	16.2	5.7	1.17	.275	3.11	76	2.99	83	8.38	80.5
19	Pete Richert P. Richert	742	234	63	59	.516	122	3.33	22	3	20	940.0	786	348	386	99	326	12	58	23	3,885	23	7.10	3.12	2.28	0.95	19.1	8.4	1.18	.254	3.70	101	3.40	100	7.53	0.7
20	Al Jackson A. Jackson	710	292	66	99	.400	179	3.95	53	14	10	1347.2	1,399	592	701	112	395	39	37	38	5,767	34	4.74	2.64	1.80	0.75	12.3	6.8	1.33	.285	4.68	111	3.53	102	9.34	-10.7
21	Tommy John T. John	693	193	59	58	.504	164	2.81	38	16	2	1109.1	985	346	404	74	342	27	6	36	4,563	46	5.62	2.77	2.03	0.60	15.2	7.5	1.20	.266	3.28	84	3.13	91	7.99	39.1
22	Jim Merritt J. Merritt	671	164	54	50	.519	125	3.39	36	7	6	937.2	852	353	387	103	196	19	20	19	3,832	18	6.44	1.88	3.42	0.99	17.5	5.1	1.12	.263	3.71	97	3.18	90	8.18	37.2
23	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	666	252	75	70	.517	182	3.58	46	11	2	1283.1	1,207	511	567	139	413	11	27	57	5,392	36	4.67	2.90	1.61	0.97	12.4	7.7	1.26	.257	3.98	105	3.87	115	8.46	-75.4
24	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	665	168	62	54	.534	152	3.45	37	12	1	1030.0	970	395	455	75	309	15	5	27	4,306	21	5.81	2.70	2.15	0.66	15.4	7.2	1.24	.276	3.98	93	3.16	88	8.48	50.6
25	Hank Aguirre H. Aguirre	646	271	54	55	.495	129	3.17	40	7	8	1040.2	918	367	414	96	320	39	56	24	4,347	20	5.59	2.77	2.02	0.83	14.9	7.4	1.19	.253	3.58	87	3.53	95	7.94	23.3

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ERA

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	65	.529
Guardians	70	68	.507	3.0
Twins	67	72	.482	6.5
Tigers	63	75	.457	10.0
Royals	62	77	.446	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	TOR	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	2:10 PM
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	7:15 PM
Sat 9/5	DET	@	CLE	6:10 PM
Sun 9/6	DET	@	CLE	1:40 PM

Last Game

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Final

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HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

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Caminero

RBI Leaders

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Stewart

100

Burleson

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Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

166

Arraez

165

Lopez

159

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

100

Crow-Armstrong

94

Olson

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

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Harper

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

.550

García

SB Leaders

44

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

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16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Williams

217

Cease

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Sale

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WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

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0.93

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K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.98

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

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Martinez

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Rasmussen

28

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2,246.6

Ohtani

1,991.5

Crow-Armstrong

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Alvarez

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Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

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81-61

79-61

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Worst Record ATS

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55-83

59-81

61-79

63-76

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	70	69	.504	12.5
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	62	77	.446	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	86	53	.619
Cubs	78	61	.561	8.0
Cardinals	69	70	.496	17.0
Pirates	68	71	.489	18.0
Reds	67	73	.479	19.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	56	.594
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Padres	73	67	.521	10.0
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Rockies	54	86	.386	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	83	55	.601
Yankees	79	60	.568	4.5
Red Sox	75	65	.536	9.0
Orioles	69	71	.493	15.0
Blue Jays	68	71	.489	15.5
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White Sox	73	65	.529
Guardians	70	68	.507	3.0
Twins	67	72	.482	6.5
Tigers	63	75	.457	10.0
Royals	62	77	.446	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	70	69	.504
Rangers	69	71	.493	1.5
Mariners	66	74	.471	4.5
Athletics	54	86	.386	16.5
Angels	53	86	.381	17.0

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Tue 8/18	STL	@	CIN	3-0
Tue 8/18	MIA	@	PHI	4-6
Tue 8/18	SDP	@	NYM	5-2
Tue 8/18	LAA	@	HOU	3-1
Tue 8/18	LAD	@	COL	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/2	CWS	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 9/2	NYY	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Wed 9/2	STL	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Thu 9/3	SFG	@	PIT	12:35 PM
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Between the 1962 and 1969 seasons, Sam McDowell struck out the most batters by a left-hander, with 1,658 strikeouts.

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