most pitcher strikeouts from 1947 to 1972

Between the 1947 and 1972 seasons, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,855 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	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,786	448	225	141	.615	410	2.79	232	54	4	3340.1	2,764	1,035	1,172	211	1,113	90	17	92	13,738	94	7.51	3.00	2.50	0.57	20.3	8.1	1.16	.268	3.16	75	2.75	77	7.45	303.1
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,509	722	355	240	.597	647	3.08	373	63	27	5102.1	4,698	1,747	1,955	428	1,387	41	60	60	20,954	77	4.43	2.45	1.81	0.75	12.0	6.6	1.19	.257	3.45	84	3.45	95	8.29	116.2
4	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
6	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
7	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,281	364	132	117	.530	320	3.09	101	22	11	2274.0	1,758	781	891	150	1,158	59	25	67	9,607	125	9.03	4.58	1.97	0.59	23.7	12.1	1.28	.270	3.53	88	2.97	82	6.96	167.3
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,194	424	227	125	.645	414	2.78	235	50	2	3236.1	2,850	998	1,184	293	653	37	9	73	13,070	49	6.10	1.82	3.36	0.81	16.8	5.0	1.08	.258	3.29	78	2.98	87	7.93	152.3
9	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,167	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,703	1,183	1,334	256	1,069	61	67	51	12,415	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.32	88	8.30	160.1
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,124	393	163	121	.574	344	3.29	127	32	9	2504.1	2,208	915	998	237	793	83	25	37	10,415	80	7.63	2.85	2.68	0.85	20.4	7.6	1.20	.275	3.59	94	3.08	85	7.94	147.7
11	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,070	566	253	191	.570	505	3.54	234	43	14	3742.1	3,419	1,470	1,640	305	1,499	55	49	36	15,864	39	4.98	3.60	1.38	0.73	13.0	9.4	1.31	.261	3.94	92	3.69	96	8.22	59.7
12	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,989	580	211	169	.555	433	3.27	193	38	33	3296.2	2,983	1,199	1,323	283	1,168	29	81	35	13,808	48	5.43	3.19	1.70	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.261	3.61	84	3.49	90	8.14	140.2
13	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,956	498	236	106	.690	438	2.75	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,840	408	158	125	.558	323	2.83	154	26	10	2637.0	2,314	828	971	182	663	62	31	105	10,762	92	6.28	2.26	2.78	0.62	17.1	6.2	1.13	.266	3.31	81	2.83	84	7.90	156.2
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,758	455	179	147	.549	405	3.27	126	21	5	2832.2	2,776	1,029	1,242	253	690	92	19	60	11,864	103	5.59	2.19	2.55	0.80	14.8	5.8	1.22	.278	3.95	90	3.28	87	8.82	150.9
16	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3611.0	3,772	1,438	1,652	286	894	46	56	115	15,214	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	94	3.35	89	9.40	172.2
17	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,709	558	194	183	.515	429	3.40	149	37	20	3262.2	3,206	1,233	1,405	259	824	68	73	106	13,593	56	4.71	2.27	2.07	0.71	12.6	6.1	1.24	.275	3.88	90	3.32	90	8.84	139.8
18	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,697	569	193	183	.513	462	3.54	163	36	5	3348.1	3,313	1,318	1,551	255	1,063	53	54	62	14,144	39	4.56	2.86	1.60	0.69	12.0	7.5	1.31	.276	4.17	91	3.49	90	8.91	141.8
19	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,680	490	202	152	.571	436	3.35	128	42	4	3024.0	2,854	1,126	1,249	278	818	68	32	80	12,503	92	5.00	2.43	2.05	0.83	13.4	6.5	1.21	.267	3.72	91	3.48	95	8.49	57.2
20	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,662	347	118	91	.565	255	3.05	78	20	8	1876.2	1,632	636	731	87	842	29	34	59	7,951	90	7.97	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.51	87	2.75	83	7.83	124.5
21	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,650	304	135	93	.592	246	3.02	142	25	7	2032.2	1,748	683	752	200	432	37	30	61	8,200	31	7.31	1.91	3.82	0.89	20.1	5.3	1.07	.263	3.33	80	2.84	79	7.74	171.8
22	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,610	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	20	5	228	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
23	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,605	302	134	84	.615	262	3.19	74	30	4	1849.0	1,518	655	729	138	810	36	18	39	7,745	124	7.81	3.94	1.98	0.67	20.7	10.5	1.26	.268	3.55	87	3.13	88	7.39	84.2
24	Chris Short C. Short	1,585	459	132	127	.510	301	3.38	88	24	16	2253.0	2,129	845	949	178	762	59	70	67	9,465	71	6.33	3.04	2.08	0.71	16.7	8.1	1.28	.284	3.79	95	3.24	95	8.50	44.4
25	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,575	453	136	113	.546	286	3.63	99	20	20	2235.0	2,154	901	1,012	240	601	43	84	77	9,330	58	6.34	2.42	2.62	0.97	16.9	6.4	1.23	.279	4.08	93	3.34	85	8.67	142.7