most mlb strike outs by 33 years old pitcher

Bob Gibson has fanned the most career hitters by a 33-year-old pitcher, with 269 strikeouts.

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	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	H/9
1	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	269	35	20	13	.606	35	2.18	28	4	0	314.0	251	76	84	12	95	10	0	7	1,270	4	7.71	2.72	2.83	0.34	21.2	7.5	1.10	.270	2.41	7.19
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	268	39	19	9	.679	39	2.60	15	7	0	291.0	253	84	92	23	62	12	0	10	1,191	1	8.29	1.92	4.32	0.71	22.5	5.2	1.08	.278	2.85	7.82
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	265	32	18	6	.750	32	2.63	1	1	0	202.0	137	59	62	21	57	9	0	4	794	4	11.81	2.54	4.65	0.94	33.4	7.2	0.96	.262	2.76	6.10
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	264	26	17	4	.810	26	2.32	5	2	0	190.0	126	49	53	17	73	10	0	2	759	4	12.51	3.46	3.62	0.81	34.8	9.6	1.05	.276	2.51	5.97
5	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	262	35	28	6	.824	34	2.16	30	3	0	308.0	238	74	89	11	77	9	1		1,221	4	7.66	2.25	3.40	0.32	21.5	6.3	1.02	.263	2.60	6.95
6	Kevin Brown K. Brown	257	36	18	7	.720	35	2.38	7	3	0	257.0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	7.88
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	6.76
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	237	35	11	12	.478	35	3.91	2	0	0	237.0	227	103	113	18	106	8	0	2	1,028	10	9.00	4.03	2.24	0.68	23.1	10.3	1.41	.317	4.29	8.62
9	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	233	33	20	11	.645	33	2.56	9	2	0	249.2	225	71	75	23	30	6	0	1	986	3	8.40	1.08	7.77	0.83	23.6	3.0	1.02	.291	2.70	8.11
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	229	40	22	17	.564	39	1.95	28	4	1	331.2	242	72	79	17	79	11	1	16	1,296	12	6.21	2.14	2.90	0.46	17.7	6.1	0.97	.234	2.14	6.57
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	226	36	16	14	.533	36	2.88	8	1	0	259.2	218	83	97	26	89	0	0	11	1,075	6	7.83	3.08	2.54	0.90	21.0	8.3	1.18	.262	3.36	7.56
12	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	222	34	15	11	.577	34	3.30	5	1	0	231.2	217	85	95	20	55	3	0	3	967	5	8.62	2.14	4.04	0.78	23.0	5.7	1.17	.295	3.69	8.43
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	221	33	15	5	.750	33	3.14	0	0	0	200.2	156	70	76	21	47	7	0	0	806	8	9.91	2.11	4.70	0.94	27.4	5.8	1.01	.265	3.41	7.00
14	James Shields J. Shields	216	33	13	7	.650	33	3.91	0	0	0	202.1	189	88	93	33	81	9	0	5	860	7	9.61	3.60	2.67	1.47	25.1	9.4	1.33	.299	4.14	8.41
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	215	32	17	7	.708	32	3.20	1	0	0	202.1	172	72	80	25	45	0	0	0	801	12	9.56	2.00	4.78	1.11	26.8	5.6	1.07	.285	3.56	7.65
16	Chuck Finley C. Finley	215	35	15	16	.484	35	4.16	4	1	0	238.0	241	110	124	27	94	11	0	5	1,037	17	8.13	3.55	2.29	1.02	20.7	9.1	1.41	.310	4.69	9.11
17	Bob Veale B. Veale	213	34	13	14	.481	34	3.23	9	1	0	225.2	232	81	93	8	91	3	0	4	980	5	8.49	3.63	2.34	0.32	21.7	9.3	1.43	.337	3.71	9.25
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	210	41	18	20	.474	41	3.81	26	3	0	316.2	310	134	149	33	77	3	0	12	1,290	12	5.97	2.19	2.73	0.94	16.3	6.0	1.22	.286	4.23	8.81
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	209	50	21	15	.583	35	2.83	16	4	5	270.2	232	85	99	18	109	8	12	5	1,148	5	6.95	3.62	1.92	0.60	18.2	9.5	1.26	.266	3.29	7.71
20	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	208	33	7	11	.389	33	3.93	0	0	0	181.0	170	79	88	27	68	3	0	3	773	7	10.34	3.38	3.06	1.34	26.9	8.8	1.31	.306	4.38	8.45
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	208	31	15	8	.652	31	2.82	4	1	0	217.0	159	68	69	19	47	4	0	3	843	4	8.63	1.95	4.43	0.79	24.7	5.6	0.95	.248	2.86	6.59
22	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	205	35	14	14	.500	35	4.87	1	0	0	210.2	215	114	133	31	92	8	0	3	929	6	8.76	3.93	2.23	1.32	22.1	9.9	1.46	.310	5.68	9.19
23	Cliff Lee C. Lee	203	29	6	8	.429	29	3.11	1	1	0	208.1	201	72	77	25	28	2	0	0	827	4	8.77	1.21	7.25	1.08	24.5	3.4	1.10	.309	3.33	8.68
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	200	35	11	10	.524	35	3.35	4	2	0	233.2	205	87	100	10	98	3	0	1	982	10	7.70	3.77	2.04	0.39	20.4	10.0	1.30	.291	3.85	7.90
25	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	200	34	21	10	.677	32	2.69	17	3	0	247.1	205	74	81	19	66	1	0	7	994	3	7.28	2.40	3.03	0.69	20.1	6.6	1.10	.263	2.95	7.46

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