most pitcher strikeouts from 1937 to 1946

Between the 1937 and 1946 seasons, Bob Feller fanned the most hitters, with 1,564 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	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,564	248	133	69	.658	218	2.95	155	27	13	1829.2	1,424	599	662	70	956	27	24	7,724	42	7.69	4.70	1.64	0.34	20.2	12.4	1.30	.265	3.26	72	3.15	78	7.00	171.6
2	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,563	386	150	146	.507	343	3.91	180	21	8	2633.0	2,581	1,145	1,311	149	1,197	43	29	11,492	37	5.34	4.09	1.31	0.51	13.6	10.4	1.43	.285	4.48	96	3.66	90	8.82	120.4
3	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,120	261	114	79	.591	200	2.72	117	23	11	1609.0	1,336	486	598	46	752	7	45	6,792	36	6.26	4.21	1.49	0.26	16.5	11.1	1.30	.265	3.34	70	2.92	77	7.47	149.4
4	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	992	375	149	128	.538	303	3.22	179	23	16	2436.0	2,505	871	1,028	91	647	34	54	10,362	18	3.67	2.39	1.53	0.34	9.6	6.2	1.29	.281	3.80	87	3.21	86	9.25	148.6
5	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	976	222	85	78	.521	193	3.12	101	20	1	1450.1	1,169	502	570	52	776	13	9	6,158	24	6.06	4.82	1.26	0.32	15.8	12.6	1.34	.257	3.54	89	3.38	95	7.25	25.8
6	Bucky Walters B. Walters	932	334	170	119	.588	317	3.02	213	34	4	2527.2	2,346	848	998	112	867	35	11	10,559	50	3.32	3.09	1.07	0.40	8.8	8.2	1.27	.259	3.55	83	3.61	97	8.35	29.2
7	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	886	276	125	65	.658	224	2.84	124	33	15	1757.1	1,565	554	642	75	544	26	38	7,276	27	4.54	2.79	1.63	0.38	12.2	7.5	1.20	.259	3.29	77	3.11	83	8.01	119.2
8	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	843	326	131	110	.544	258	3.33	154	19	15	2132.0	2,204	788	906	107	419	8	47	8,914	13	3.56	1.77	2.01	0.45	9.5	4.7	1.23	.278	3.82	92	3.20	87	9.30	116.5
9	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	835	203	89	64	.582	173	3.48	91	13	5	1337.2	1,284	517	599	83	500	17	23	5,713	28	5.62	3.36	1.67	0.56	14.6	8.8	1.33	.281	4.03	79	3.48	81	8.64	122.2
10	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	818	310	115	98	.540	212	2.93	118	23	17	1759.0	1,665	572	696	65	661	20	63	7,444	35	4.19	3.38	1.24	0.33	11.0	8.9	1.32	.272	3.56	75	3.26	85	8.52	109.1
11	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	716	250	95	72	.569	193	3.58	85	10	7	1423.1	1,267	566	632	68	691	27	38	6,149	39	4.53	4.37	1.04	0.43	11.6	11.2	1.38	.258	4.00	98	3.76	101	8.01	-5.6
12	Denny Galehouse D. Galehouse	685	274	80	93	.462	202	3.84	77	13	8	1521.0	1,621	649	739	77	558	13	42	6,582	23	4.05	3.30	1.23	0.46	10.4	8.5	1.43	.294	4.37	94	3.55	88	9.59	77.1
13	Thornton Lee T. Lee	685	240	101	97	.510	221	3.28	140	12	5	1801.1	1,765	656	793	97	577	31	17	7,613	18	3.42	2.88	1.19	0.48	9.0	7.6	1.30	.268	3.96	81	3.70	92	8.82	66.9
14	Bill Lee B. Lee	683	331	118	124	.488	283	3.64	128	18	10	2115.0	2,230	856	985	101	628	13	29	9,021	32	2.91	2.67	1.09	0.43	7.6	7.0	1.35	.280	4.19	100	3.61	96	9.49	34.6
15	Cliff Melton C. Melton	660	272	86	80	.518	179	3.42	65	13	16	1453.2	1,446	552	672	79	431	22	54	6,159	17	4.09	2.67	1.53	0.49	10.7	7.0	1.29	.275	4.16	91	3.51	92	8.95	52.9
16	Eddie Smith E. Smith	660	257	70	106	.398	187	3.73	89	8	12	1526.1	1,474	633	756	101	689	33	51	6,633	32	3.89	4.06	0.96	0.60	10.0	10.4	1.42	.267	4.46	92	4.12	103	8.69	-21.4
17	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	657	262	118	101	.539	251	3.27	130	23	2	1899.1	1,951	690	852	84	403	30	6	7,956	55	3.11	1.91	1.63	0.40	8.3	5.1	1.24	.275	4.04	86	3.25	86	9.24	109.1
18	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	633	186	118	50	.702	186	3.13	127	24	0	1490.2	1,399	519	595	99	439	11	0	6,185	7	3.82	2.65	1.44	0.60	10.2	7.1	1.23	.260	3.59	76	3.72	92	8.45	50.6
19	Johnny Niggeling J. Niggeling	620	184	64	69	.481	161	3.22	81	12	0	1250.2	1,111	447	534	60	516	34	13	5,329	34	4.46	3.71	1.20	0.43	11.6	9.7	1.30	.256	3.84	87	3.51	96	7.99	22.4
20	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	602	196	82	55	.599	162	3.06	79	17	1	1196.2	1,058	407	478	53	359	18	20	4,964	6	4.53	2.70	1.68	0.40	12.1	7.2	1.18	.256	3.59	82	3.17	84	7.96	80.4
21	Johnny Rigney J. Rigney	586	186	61	61	.500	125	3.66	64	10	4	1135.2	1,059	462	535	87	435	14	42	4,851	26	4.64	3.45	1.35	0.69	12.1	9.0	1.32	.261	4.24	85	3.95	94	8.39	32.5
22	Ken Chase K. Chase	581	187	53	84	.387	160	4.26	62	4	1	1162.2	1,186	550	644	55	690	15	18	5,271	53	4.50	5.34	0.84	0.43	11.0	13.1	1.61	.288	4.99	104	4.21	105	9.18	-27.5
23	Max Lanier M. Lanier	579	204	74	47	.612	122	2.63	62	15	11	1021.1	916	299	372	19	371	13	43	4,226	9	5.10	3.27	1.56	0.17	13.7	8.8	1.26	.277	3.28	73	2.80	76	8.07	97.9
24	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	578	185	83	60	.580	153	3.45	77	8	8	1196.1	1,216	458	524	101	282	12	24	5,038	23	4.35	2.12	2.05	0.76	11.5	5.6	1.25	.274	3.94	93	3.68	95	9.15	25.9
25	Mel Harder M. Harder	576	253	105	88	.544	217	3.78	83	11	8	1635.1	1,709	687	779	91	574	26	20	7,028	15	3.17	3.16	1.00	0.50	8.2	8.2	1.40	.281	4.29	97	3.85	101	9.41	-2.7