most career strikeouts by pitcher through 1964

Before 1965, Walter Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,509 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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
2	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
3	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
4	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
5	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
6	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,493	714	356	229	.609	635	3.05	374	63	28	5046.0	4,620	1,710	1,912	408	1,378	39	64	58	20,701	79	4.45	2.46	1.81	0.73	12.0	6.7	1.19	.257	3.41	83	3.41	93	8.24	142.4
7	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,334	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
8	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
9	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,266	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3940.2	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
10	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
11	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,206	622	271	228	.543	563	3.40	295	41	24	4386.0	4,270	1,655	1,823	472	851	52	44	65	17,928	29	4.53	1.75	2.59	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.74	88	3.50	91	8.76	180.2
12	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2,198	696	373	208	.642	600	2.56	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
13	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2,082	600	211	222	.487	483	3.98	246	31	21	3759.1	3,769	1,664	1,908	206	1,732	61	71		16,467	60	4.98	4.15	1.20	0.49	12.6	10.5	1.46	.288	4.57	95	3.81	92	9.02	144.5
14	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,045	442	197	140	.585	349	3.24	217	29	12	2966.2	2,809	1,068	1,246	132	840	77	52		12,366	37	6.20	2.55	2.43	0.40	16.5	6.8	1.23	.289	3.78	81	3.18	79	8.52	288.3
15	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,999	585	211	169	.555	433	3.27	193	38	33	3306.2	2,989	1,201	1,325	284	1,178	30	85	35	13,853	48	5.44	3.21	1.70	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.261	3.61	84	3.50	90	8.14	138.6
16	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,987	624	273	225	.548	538	3.80	335	45	18	4344.0	4,284	1,833	2,115	254	1,541	58	69		18,546	46	4.12	3.19	1.29	0.53	10.7	8.3	1.34	.274	4.38	91	3.93	95	8.88	82.3
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,796	488	207	150	.580	374	3.06	212	33	26	2993.0	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
25	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