most pitcher strikeouts from 1950 to 1969

Between the 1950 and 1969 seasons, Jim Bunning struck out the most hitters, with 2,650 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	2,650	528	209	157	.571	470	3.14	146	40	15	3431.1	3,074	1,199	1,344	342	907	146	31	82	14,197	45	6.95	2.38	2.92	0.90	18.7	6.4	1.16	.269	3.53	85	3.19	87	8.06	186.5
2	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
3	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
4	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,178	613	264	221	.544	558	3.40	285	42	21	4315.1	4,205	1,629	1,798	480	766	45	40	69	17,637	31	4.54	1.60	2.84	1.00	12.3	4.3	1.15	.263	3.75	89	3.49	91	8.77	169
5	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,139	510	172	168	.506	403	3.64	132	36	10	2893.1	2,674	1,171	1,321	254	1,053	59	63	50	12,259	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.4	8.6	1.29	.276	4.11	97	3.32	88	8.32	158.3
6	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,121	608	298	204	.594	539	3.10	310	49	23	4253.1	3,933	1,463	1,628	367	1,140	36	55	60	17,458	64	4.49	2.41	1.86	0.78	12.1	6.5	1.19	.259	3.44	85	3.45	96	8.32	77
7	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,119	349	167	110	.603	311	2.76	166	42	4	2522.2	2,061	774	882	170	861	76	17	61	10,380	69	7.56	3.07	2.46	0.61	20.4	8.3	1.16	.264	3.15	74	2.84	79	7.35	207.6
8	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
9	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,886	474	217	150	.591	420	3.35	191	40	14	3132.2	2,746	1,166	1,298	266	1,258	48	44	36	13,170	33	5.42	3.61	1.50	0.76	14.3	9.6	1.28	.255	3.73	88	3.63	95	7.89	67.5
10	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,858	526	201	154	.566	402	3.18	185	38	33	3069.2	2,791	1,086	1,194	267	1,005	28	68	35	12,789	42	5.45	2.95	1.85	0.78	14.5	7.9	1.24	.262	3.50	83	3.42	89	8.18	149.4
11	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,840	328	191	88	.685	320	2.57	197	45	2	2549.2	2,161	728	861	223	503	30	8	57	10,212	37	6.49	1.78	3.66	0.79	18.0	4.9	1.04	.254	3.04	74	2.84	84	7.63	148.5
12	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
13	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
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,663	262	89	80	.527	225	2.95	70	19	10	1590.0	1,207	522	608	91	788	43	19	38	6,689	84	9.41	4.46	2.11	0.52	24.9	11.8	1.25	.272	3.44	85	2.73	77	6.83	146.5
15	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,585	282	134	80	.626	255	3.08	74	30	3	1802.0	1,457	617	689	132	771	33	10	37	7,506	120	7.92	3.85	2.06	0.66	21.1	10.3	1.24	.266	3.44	84	3.05	86	7.28	98.1
16	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
17	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,519	499	181	160	.531	424	3.43	153	36	4	3038.0	3,006	1,158	1,368	240	894	50	37	62	12,798	32	4.50	2.65	1.70	0.71	11.9	7.0	1.28	.274	4.05	88	3.46	90	8.91	136
18	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,517	989	137	115	.544	52	2.46	20	5	211	2127.0	1,652	582	717	139	716	61	596	54	8,623	82	6.42	3.03	2.12	0.59	17.6	8.3	1.11	.244	3.03	67	3.02	81	6.99	167.5
19	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,437	356	142	121	.540	318	3.30	102	16	5	2228.2	2,163	816	992	205	565	83	16	41	9,351	82	5.80	2.28	2.54	0.83	15.4	6.0	1.22	.277	4.01	90	3.31	88	8.73	112.6
20	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,435	440	148	116	.561	340	3.68	77	24	10	2265.0	2,239	925	1,026	242	743	28	46	70	9,571	66	5.70	2.95	1.93	0.96	15.0	7.8	1.32	.280	4.08	96	3.65	97	8.90	33.8
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,428	265	100	76	.568	223	2.83	73	19	4	1611.1	1,372	506	587	67	714	26	16	44	6,782	77	7.98	3.99	2.00	0.37	21.1	10.5	1.29	.287	3.28	82	2.67	81	7.66	114
22	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,397	420	117	90	.565	221	3.37	72	14	26	1806.2	1,593	676	777	178	784	35	106	54	7,699	58	6.96	3.91	1.78	0.89	18.1	10.2	1.32	.267	3.87	95	3.63	102	7.94	-10.1
23	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,396	394	156	121	.563	350	3.38	97	32	4	2387.1	2,209	897	990	215	684	53	29	61	9,861	80	5.26	2.58	2.04	0.81	14.2	6.9	1.21	.265	3.73	94	3.46	96	8.33	38.9
24	Gary Bell G. Bell	1,378	519	121	117	.508	233	3.68	71	9	50	2015.0	1,794	825	932	207	842	54	163	64	8,561	70	6.15	3.76	1.64	0.92	16.1	9.8	1.31	.261	4.16	102	3.83	103	8.01	-26.4
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,376	322	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1643.1	1,403	655	752	151	822	60	45	37	7,074	45	7.54	4.50	1.67	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.12	92	3.61	93	7.68	49.1