most pitcher strikeouts from 1961 to 1962

Between the 1961 and 1962 seasons, Sandy Koufax fanned the most batters, with 485 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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	485	70	32	20	.615	61	3.11	26	4	2	440.0	346	152	178	40	153	5	4	10	1,812	15	9.92	3.13	3.17	0.82	26.8	8.4	1.13	.271	3.64	78	2.65	68	7.08	61.1
2	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	427	69	35	27	.565	66	3.39	33	13	0	510.0	441	192	214	51	159	5	2	6	2,109	13	7.54	2.81	2.69	0.90	20.2	7.5	1.18	.266	3.78	83	3.19	76	7.78	55
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	414	83	38	19	.667	78	3.21	29	5	1	558.1	508	199	233	50	161	31	4	27	2,336	15	6.67	2.60	2.57	0.81	17.7	6.9	1.20	.273	3.76	82	3.31	87	8.19	30.9
4	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	378	79	36	21	.632	72	3.39	24	6	7	526.0	494	198	225	53	145	22	7	6	2,213	6	6.47	2.48	2.61	0.91	17.1	6.6	1.21	.273	3.85	83	3.42	82	8.45	44.3
5	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	374	67	28	25	.528	57	3.03	25	7	2	445.0	360	150	175	28	214	16	5	16	1,883	19	7.56	4.33	1.75	0.57	19.9	11.4	1.29	.265	3.54	71	3.28	79	7.28	42.9
6	Whitey Ford W. Ford	369	77	42	12	.778	76	3.06	18	3	0	540.2	485	184	198	45	161	5	0	4	2,229	13	6.14	2.68	2.29	0.75	16.6	7.2	1.19	.267	3.30	81	3.23	83	8.07	39.2
7	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	361	75	26	21	.553	57	3.44	21	2	3	398.0	346	152	170	33	186	5	12	4	1,722	10	8.16	4.21	1.94	0.75	21.0	10.8	1.34	.275	3.84	88	3.30	82	7.82	31.2
8	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	348	75	35	22	.614	69	3.30	22	6	2	504.1	451	185	216	36	180	8	3	11	2,100	9	6.21	3.21	1.93	0.64	16.6	8.6	1.25	.272	3.85	82	3.26	83	8.05	38.2
9	Art Mahaffey A. Mahaffey	335	77	30	33	.476	71	4.01	32	5	0	493.1	458	220	241	63	151	19	3	10	2,054	16	6.11	2.75	2.22	1.15	16.3	7.4	1.23	.266	4.40	101	3.93	101	8.36	-2.8
10	Chuck Estrada C. Estrada	325	67	24	26	.480	64	3.76	12	1	0	435.1	358	182	203	43	253	20	1	16	1,898	17	6.72	5.23	1.28	0.89	17.1	13.3	1.40	.251	4.20	99	4.27	109	7.40	-19.9
11	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	314	67	29	27	.518	67	3.36	23	5	0	471.2	460	176	206	46	165	3	0	2	2,014	5	5.99	3.15	1.90	0.88	15.6	8.2	1.33	.279	3.93	81	3.60	85	8.78	33.7
12	Stan Williams S. Williams	313	81	29	24	.547	63	4.15	10	3	0	421.0	397	194	218	37	206	6	8	20	1,846	16	6.69	4.40	1.52	0.79	17.0	11.2	1.43	.280	4.66	106	3.76	98	8.49	2.9
13	Joey Jay J. Jay	312	73	42	24	.636	71	3.65	30	8	0	520.1	486	211	223	51	192	9	1	6	2,197	16	5.40	3.32	1.63	0.88	14.2	8.7	1.30	.266	3.86	90	3.83	97	8.41	6.9
14	Billy O'Dell B. O'Dell	305	89	26	19	.578	53	3.55	24	3	2	411.0	414	162	189	28	99	8	10	7	1,732	6	6.68	2.17	3.08	0.61	17.6	5.7	1.25	.299	4.14	92	2.79	74	9.07	44.8
15	Johnny Podres J. Podres	302	72	33	18	.647	69	3.78	14	1	0	437.2	462	184	202	47	122	7	2	16	1,855	12	6.21	2.51	2.48	0.97	16.3	6.6	1.33	.301	4.15	98	3.50	92	9.50	14
16	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	295	75	27	31	.466	64	3.47	24	6	1	469.2	431	181	211	35	157	29	5	6	1,977	23	5.65	3.01	1.88	0.67	14.9	7.9	1.25	.271	4.04	85	3.50	84	8.26	34.6
17	Turk Farrell T. Farrell	293	98	18	27	.400	29	3.65	11	2	14	340.1	327	138	155	36	104	7	40	17	1,441	19	7.75	2.75	2.82	0.95	20.3	7.2	1.27	.291	4.10	93	3.24	85	8.65	21.3
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	277	66	31	21	.596	63	3.58	27	6	1	447.2	416	178	200	58	138	5	3	10	1,870	10	5.57	2.77	2.01	1.17	14.8	7.4	1.24	.257	4.02	93	4.00	107	8.36	-13.2
19	Jack Kralick J. Kralick	276	72	25	22	.532	70	3.73	18	3	0	484.2	496	201	222	52	125	6	1	3	2,034	5	5.13	2.32	2.21	0.97	13.6	6.1	1.28	.282	4.12	92	3.66	88	9.21	27.1
20	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	270	79	21	32	.396	61	3.85	16	5	3	465.2	454	199	238	67	164	9	9	11	1,995	6	5.22	3.17	1.65	1.29	13.5	8.2	1.33	.261	4.60	95	4.42	108	8.77	-15.7
21	Ken McBride K. McBride	263	62	23	20	.535	59	3.59	17	5	1	391.0	365	156	180	37	172	16	2	7	1,678	13	6.05	3.96	1.53	0.85	15.7	10.3	1.37	.276	4.14	87	3.92	93	8.40	12.4
22	Ralph Terry R. Terry	262	74	39	15	.722	66	3.18	23	5	2	487.0	419	172	197	59	99	4	4	1	1,942	2	4.84	1.83	2.65	1.09	13.5	5.1	1.06	.237	3.64	84	3.73	96	7.74	7.2
23	Don Cardwell D. Cardwell	260	80	22	30	.423	67	4.29	19	4	4	455.0	448	217	237	49	148	19	10	7	1,954	15	5.14	2.93	1.76	0.97	13.3	7.6	1.31	.270	4.69	105	3.95	99	8.86	3.7
24	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	259	77	37	16	.698	71	3.79	19	2	0	482.2	436	203	224	45	179	8	2	11	2,023	7	4.83	3.34	1.45	0.84	12.8	8.8	1.27	.255	4.18	98	3.90	103	8.13	-8.2
25	Don Mossi D. Mossi	258	70	26	20	.565	61	3.49	20	2	2	420.2	432	163	189	53	83	1	4	4	1,755	2	5.52	1.78	3.11	1.13	14.7	4.7	1.22	.279	4.04	85	3.60	86	9.24	27.6