most career strikeouts allowed through 1919

Before 1920, Cy Young struck out the most hitters, with 2,803 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most career strikeouts allowed by a player through 1919

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Cy Young C. Young	2,803	906	511	316	.618	815	2.63	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84	29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2,614	544	297	191	.609	439	1.65	388	86	22	4090.2	3,145	749	1,103	31	818	142	99	15,736	129	5.75	1.80	3.20	0.07	16.6	5.2	0.97	.257	2.43	60	1.94	70	6.92	384.9
3	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,564	600	342	225	.603	594	2.63	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7	20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
4	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,507	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73	18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
5	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,316	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54	11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
6	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2,246	623	326	194	.627	529	2.35	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77	17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
7	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1,978	531	328	178	.648	518	2.81	485	37	5	4536.1	4,295	1,417	2,384	159	1,191	80	12	19,146	182	3.92	2.36	1.66	0.32	10.3	6.2	1.21	.263	4.73	75	3.35	88	8.52	289.8
8	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,950	463	246	174	.586	427	3.07	393	30	5	3778.2	3,389	1,288	2,068	75	1,707	112	35	16,313	153	4.64	4.07	1.14	0.18	12.0	10.5	1.35	.266	4.93	78	3.71	92	8.07	124.3
9	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	1,881	621	361	208	.634	562	2.96	532	48	17	5067.1	4,929	1,664	2,480	156	1,272	129	56	21,082	169	3.34	2.26	1.48	0.28	8.9	6.0	1.22	.271	4.40	73	3.48	85	8.75	377.8
10	Mickey Welch M. Welch	1,850	565	307	210	.594	549	2.71	525	41	4	4802.0	4,588	1,447	2,556	106	1,297	52	16	20,308	274	3.47	2.43	1.43	0.20	9.1	6.4	1.23	.264	4.79	88	3.28	103	8.60	-55.7
11	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1,830	527	309	194	.614	502	2.68	488	35	3	4527.1	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24	18,918	214	3.64	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51
12	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	1,803	555	284	220	.563	504	3.05	468	30	15	4531.1	4,195	1,537	2,523	97	1,408	135	52	19,407	343	3.58	2.80	1.28	0.19	9.3	7.3	1.24	.258	5.01	85	3.54	99	8.33	25.1
13	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	1,799	697	361	308	.540	681	2.87	639	57	1	5941.1	6,352	1,895	3,315	121	744	54	18	25,160	220	2.73	1.13	2.42	0.18	7.2	3.0	1.19	.278	5.02	94	2.97	95	9.62	94.5
14	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1,736	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105	11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
15	Chief Bender C. Bender	1,711	458	212	127	.625	334	2.45	255	40	34	3016.0	2,644	821	1,106	39	711	102	111	11,890	79	5.11	2.12	2.41	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.30	88	2.29	83	7.89	147.6
16	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1,704	492	265	214	.553	485	2.43	466	33	1	4275.2	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7	17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
17	Red Ames R. Ames	1,702	533	183	167	.523	371	2.63	209	27	36	3198.0	2,896	934	1,313	41	1,034	64	118	13,080	156	4.79	2.91	1.65	0.12	13.0	7.9	1.23	.279	3.70	93	2.54	88	8.15	121.5
18	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	1,700	414	233	152	.605	396	2.96	351	30	3	3404.0	3,344	1,120	1,824	87	856	31	17	14,465	174	4.49	2.26	1.99	0.23	11.8	5.9	1.23	.276	4.82	88	3.08	88	8.84	153.5
19	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	1,667	540	264	232	.532	505	3.88	449	28	4	4337.0	4,576	1,872	2,796	120	1,570	277	34	19,188	240	3.46	3.26	1.06	0.25	8.7	8.2	1.42	.286	5.80	96	3.82	97	9.50	55.7
20	Vic Willis V. Willis	1,651	513	249	205	.548	471	2.63	388	50	11	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41	16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
21	Jack Powell J. Powell	1,621	578	245	254	.491	516	2.97	422	46	15	4389.0	4,319	1,450	1,991	110	1,021	120	57	17,896	67	3.32	2.09	1.59	0.23	9.1	5.7	1.22	.280	4.08	95	3.01	97	8.86	35
22	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	1,571	413	191	204	.484	396	2.97	377	26	2	3496.1	3,598	1,154	2,026	79	411	28	16	14,666	214	4.04	1.06	3.82	0.20	10.7	2.8	1.15	.280	5.22	96	2.75	87	9.26	148.2
23	Adonis Terry A. Terry	1,553	440	197	196	.501	406	3.74	367	17	6	3514.1	3,525	1,460	2,303	76	1,298	120	33	15,413	206	3.98	3.32	1.20	0.19	10.1	8.4	1.37	.280	5.90	98	3.72	97	9.03	28.9
24	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	1,552	378	185	139	.571	327	2.69	289	35	8	2964.2	2,631	886	1,212	30	1,059	90	49	12,175	69	4.71	3.21	1.47	0.09	12.7	8.7	1.24	.275	3.68	93	2.77	98	7.99	28.2
25	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1,539	362	208	100	.675	307	2.09	242	70	16	2753.0	2,300	638	846	49	596	55	50	10,891	20	5.03	1.95	2.58	0.16	14.1	5.5	1.05	.260	2.77	68	2.32	75	7.52	234.9

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