most pitcher strikeouts from 1929 to 1938

Between 1929 and 1938, Lefty Grove struck out the most batters, with 1,402 strikeouts.

	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	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1,402	370	204	78	.723	282	2.93	199	26	35	2483.1	2,442	808	948	93	662	24	77	10,424	24	5.08	2.40	2.12	0.34	13.4	6.4	1.25	.285	3.44	63	3.29	73	8.85	340.9
2	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1,325	393	195	106	.648	320	2.81	206	32	29	2710.2	2,560	845	985	153	510	43	61	11,075	37	4.40	1.69	2.60	0.51	12.0	4.6	1.13	.266	3.27	70	3.47	86	8.50	168.6
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,274	341	163	113	.591	302	3.78	197	24	11	2450.0	2,396	1,028	1,197	152	901	24	34	10,495	27	4.68	3.31	1.41	0.56	12.1	8.6	1.35	.276	4.40	88	4.00	94	8.80	58.2
4	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	1,235	296	153	81	.654	252	3.22	149	24	10	2036.2	1,858	729	869	111	820	12	28	8,674	27	5.46	3.62	1.51	0.49	14.2	9.5	1.31	.269	3.84	75	3.77	90	8.21	91.8
5	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	1,117	286	141	76	.650	206	2.94	144	24	31	1812.0	1,747	592	696	87	415	26	71	7,500	12	5.55	2.06	2.69	0.43	14.9	5.5	1.19	.284	3.46	74	3.17	77	8.68	186.3
6	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,078	280	133	95	.583	240	3.79	140	23	6	1885.0	1,829	793	934	127	841	23	30	8,193	37	5.15	4.02	1.28	0.61	13.2	10.3	1.42	.278	4.46	82	4.17	93	8.73	65.3
7	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	1,039	385	115	129	.471	266	4.42	97	10	18	2163.0	2,191	1,063	1,224	133	1,061	40	78	9,566	51	4.32	4.41	0.98	0.55	10.9	11.1	1.50	.282	5.09	98	4.46	100	9.12	-3.4
8	Van Mungo V. Mungo	988	261	97	94	.508	205	3.43	113	16	13	1638.0	1,523	624	735	66	652	20	45	6,978	42	5.43	3.58	1.52	0.36	14.2	9.3	1.33	.277	4.04	89	3.60	91	8.37	67.6
9	Wes Ferrell W. Ferrell	961	363	190	123	.607	315	4.03	224	17	13	2568.2	2,796	1,149	1,353	129	1,003	21	40	11,323	33	3.37	3.51	0.96	0.45	8.5	8.9	1.48	.290	4.74	87	4.22	92	9.80	103
10	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	890	337	123	130	.486	250	3.58	135	18	18	2042.2	2,263	813	968	78	446	24	67	8,703	38	3.92	1.97	2.00	0.34	10.2	5.1	1.33	.301	4.27	94	3.36	85	9.97	129.4
11	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	885	293	120	86	.583	227	4.44	108	15	11	1757.0	1,838	866	982	135	709	24	41	7,737	48	4.53	3.63	1.25	0.69	11.4	9.2	1.45	.285	5.03	101	4.40	100	9.41	-0.5
12	Charlie Root C. Root	877	385	125	87	.590	202	3.45	107	14	31	1934.0	1,967	741	849	115	515	48	120	8,165	16	4.08	2.40	1.70	0.54	10.7	6.3	1.28	.280	3.95	85	3.83	94	9.15	58.6
13	Pat Malone P. Malone	869	315	116	79	.595	194	3.87	98	13	25	1664.1	1,716	716	837	88	606	39	93	7,228	41	4.70	3.28	1.43	0.48	12.0	8.4	1.40	.289	4.53	93	3.95	94	9.28	50.4
14	Larry French L. French	852	424	148	131	.530	296	3.50	157	30	14	2410.2	2,626	938	1,134	133	622	29	76	10,329	27	3.18	2.32	1.37	0.50	8.2	6.0	1.35	.287	4.23	87	3.92	95	9.80	53.9
15	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	844	331	141	115	.551	299	4.52	150	8	5	2285.1	2,543	1,147	1,308	142	937	52	22	10,142	34	3.32	3.69	0.90	0.56	8.3	9.2	1.52	.294	5.15	100	4.47	101	10.01	-14.4
16	Bill Hallahan B. Hallahan	820	299	100	90	.526	221	4.05	90	14	7	1668.1	1,779	750	882	70	736	7	41	7,345	71	4.42	3.97	1.11	0.38	11.2	10.0	1.51	.299	4.76	99	4.01	96	9.60	33.3
17	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	818	284	131	78	.627	226	3.18	140	22	9	1859.0	1,833	657	772	112	506	19	39	7,796	43	3.96	2.45	1.62	0.54	10.5	6.5	1.26	.271	3.74	82	3.78	95	8.87	35.2
18	Ed Brandt E. Brandt	793	340	112	125	.473	246	3.73	138	17	17	2043.0	2,108	847	943	112	669	28	68	8,720	21	3.49	2.95	1.19	0.49	9.1	7.7	1.36	.280	4.15	97	4.05	103	9.29	-35.4
19	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	777	216	80	86	.482	178	4.60	105	9	11	1407.1	1,450	719	817	87	758	19	25	6,267	28	4.97	4.85	1.03	0.56	12.4	12.1	1.57	.295	5.22	96	4.43	95	9.27	35.1
20	Johnny Allen J. Allen	759	184	99	38	.723	156	3.61	85	10	4	1231.1	1,124	494	558	57	491	24	20	5,207	45	5.55	3.59	1.55	0.42	14.6	9.4	1.31	.275	4.08	81	3.66	85	8.22	91.5
21	Mel Harder M. Harder	750	367	144	114	.558	259	3.78	122	15	21	2135.2	2,368	897	1,094	88	633	41	75	9,309	21	3.16	2.67	1.18	0.37	8.1	6.8	1.41	.292	4.61	81	3.86	85	9.98	160
22	Tex Carleton T. Carleton	720	259	94	70	.573	185	3.92	87	15	6	1458.1	1,490	635	702	93	514	35	54	6,296	37	4.44	3.17	1.40	0.57	11.4	8.2	1.37	.283	4.33	101	3.99	99	9.20	5.4
23	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	689	196	64	59	.520	128	3.58	61	8	8	1111.1	1,127	442	514	63	281	22	32	4,692	15	5.58	2.28	2.45	0.51	14.7	6.0	1.27	.293	4.16	87	3.48	82	9.13	95
24	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	641	333	98	85	.536	192	4.32	94	10	19	1689.1	1,801	810	918	101	668	10	85	7,410	29	3.41	3.56	0.96	0.54	8.7	9.0	1.46	.284	4.89	95	4.34	97	9.59	26.3
25	Alvin Crowder A. Crowder	622	306	132	94	.584	230	4.13	119	12	16	1859.1	1,989	853	951	117	565	10	48	7,965	16	3.01	2.73	1.10	0.57	7.8	7.1	1.37	.281	4.60	94	4.18	96	9.63	33.7

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	ATH	@	PIT	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	ATH	@	PIT	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	ATH	@	PIT	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	ATH	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Tue 3/30	ATH	@	NYY	7:05 PM

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64 - 98

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Nuñez

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6.45

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Crow-Armstrong

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
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