most pitcher strikeouts from 1962 to 1971

Between 1962 and 1971, Bob Gibson struck out the most hitters, with 2,295 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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,295	339	187	107	.636	328	2.68	195	47	3	2688.2	2,178	801	902	173	819	79	8	66	10,971	69	7.68	2.74	2.80	0.58	20.9	7.5	1.11	.264	3.02	73	2.66	75	7.29	256.1
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,154	335	122	109	.528	294	3.00	97	22	11	2103.1	1,600	702	805	138	1,067	53	24	61	8,862	114	9.22	4.57	2.02	0.59	24.3	12.0	1.27	.268	3.44	85	2.93	80	6.85	169.4
3	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,940	359	202	97	.676	352	2.65	214	46	2	2805.0	2,432	826	985	249	531	32	6	60	11,274	37	6.22	1.70	3.65	0.80	17.2	4.7	1.06	.256	3.16	76	2.90	85	7.80	148.8
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,874	352	141	107	.569	303	3.41	104	28	9	2177.0	1,926	824	898	208	719	72	25	32	9,094	74	7.75	2.97	2.61	0.86	20.6	7.9	1.21	.276	3.71	97	3.13	85	7.96	129.8
5	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,829	367	137	120	.533	338	3.23	91	28	11	2399.1	2,248	861	962	215	579	105	21	73	9,957	29	6.86	2.17	3.16	0.81	18.4	5.8	1.18	.281	3.61	90	3.03	87	8.43	119.4
6	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,646	336	116	91	.560	255	3.05	78	20	6	1859.2	1,620	630	724	87	832	29	28	57	7,882	89	7.97	4.03	1.98	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.50	87	2.76	83	7.84	122.7
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,606	367	134	109	.551	283	2.96	125	21	9	2294.1	2,061	755	892	165	581	50	30	89	9,417	81	6.30	2.28	2.76	0.65	17.1	6.2	1.15	.270	3.50	85	2.88	86	8.08	124.4
8	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,545	388	159	121	.568	350	3.21	113	20	5	2463.2	2,439	878	1,053	226	553	74	14	55	10,299	89	5.64	2.02	2.79	0.83	15.0	5.4	1.21	.280	3.85	89	3.23	86	8.91	138
9	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,523	401	128	113	.531	290	2.89	83	33	23	2129.0	1,831	683	817	122	734	64	60	74	8,818	69	6.44	3.10	2.07	0.52	17.3	8.3	1.20	.268	3.45	84	2.97	83	7.74	136.2
10	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,500	264	126	71	.640	241	3.07	71	29	2	1690.2	1,371	576	640	117	714	33	14	33	7,040	117	7.99	3.80	2.10	0.62	21.3	10.1	1.23	.268	3.41	85	2.97	85	7.30	100.1
11	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,482	290	130	102	.560	286	2.73	110	32	2	2116.2	1,891	642	757	151	443	82	3	82	8,588	51	6.30	1.88	3.35	0.64	17.3	5.2	1.10	.271	3.22	85	2.80	91	8.04	66.6
12	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,466	268	115	81	.587	210	2.99	119	20	7	1743.1	1,495	580	641	168	370	30	30	54	7,024	28	7.57	1.91	3.96	0.87	20.9	5.3	1.07	.266	3.31	79	2.77	77	7.72	160.4
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,444	181	111	34	.766	176	1.95	100	33	4	1377.0	959	298	342	89	316	10	5	24	5,395	36	9.44	2.07	4.57	0.58	26.8	5.9	0.93	.246	2.24	60	2.00	63	6.27	188.4
14	Chris Short C. Short	1,423	356	119	105	.531	273	3.14	85	24	11	1981.0	1,828	691	775	152	621	52	37	49	8,224	47	6.46	2.82	2.29	0.69	17.3	7.6	1.24	.280	3.52	90	3.10	93	8.30	57.9
15	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	1,395	316	117	106	.525	297	3.63	67	13	0	1963.0	1,781	792	881	230	717	30	11	34	8,254	74	6.40	3.29	1.95	1.05	16.9	8.7	1.27	.264	4.04	100	3.78	101	8.17	-2
16	Gary Peters G. Peters	1,342	319	121	100	.548	282	3.21	79	23	3	1981.0	1,787	707	796	147	663	59	15	45	8,266	82	6.10	3.01	2.02	0.67	16.2	8.0	1.24	.271	3.62	93	3.23	90	8.12	74.7
17	Ray Culp R. Culp	1,327	296	115	87	.569	243	3.50	76	21	1	1743.0	1,527	678	771	171	667	63	21	55	7,375	68	6.85	3.44	1.99	0.88	18.0	9.0	1.26	.263	3.98	98	3.52	98	7.88	17.1
18	Denny Lemaster D. Lemaster	1,292	344	88	105	.456	249	3.54	66	14	8	1768.0	1,675	695	761	182	594	23	37	72	7,466	88	6.58	3.02	2.18	0.93	17.3	8.0	1.28	.278	3.87	103	3.45	104	8.53	-27.2
19	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,277	378	143	144	.498	356	3.19	102	31	1	2528.0	2,509	896	1,014	179	609	33	11	74	10,457	42	4.55	2.17	2.10	0.64	12.2	5.8	1.23	.279	3.61	95	3.20	97	8.93	22.6
20	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,253	260	127	84	.602	251	3.27	103	29	1	1809.2	1,554	657	720	226	522	25	3	24	7,374	26	6.23	2.60	2.40	1.12	17.0	7.1	1.15	.248	3.58	95	3.65	102	7.73	-16.6
21	Al Downing A. Downing	1,231	267	97	78	.554	232	3.14	60	17	2	1624.0	1,370	566	643	125	679	17	16	25	6,801	59	6.82	3.76	1.81	0.69	18.1	10.0	1.26	.262	3.56	93	3.30	95	7.59	29.7
22	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,190	337	132	106	.555	310	3.40	78	28	0	2092.0	2,033	791	879	213	502	41	14	65	8,647	53	5.12	2.16	2.37	0.92	13.8	5.8	1.21	.272	3.78	93	3.49	97	8.75	29.5
23	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	1,186	289	106	76	.582	218	2.98	54	14	14	1612.1	1,343	534	623	154	503	40	33	29	6,588	44	6.62	2.81	2.36	0.86	18.0	7.6	1.14	.253	3.48	84	3.30	90	7.50	66.4
24	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,174	326	91	95	.489	243	3.85	61	18	4	1699.2	1,684	728	831	170	570	25	26	55	7,230	64	6.22	3.02	2.06	0.90	16.2	7.9	1.33	.286	4.40	107	3.49	100	8.92	-4.9
25	Dave McNally D. McNally	1,158	299	135	69	.662	273	3.15	78	19	1	1886.2	1,673	660	723	172	560	53	6	25	7,736	46	5.52	2.67	2.07	0.82	15.0	7.2	1.18	.259	3.45	92	3.45	98	7.98	17.7

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Brewers	103	59	.636
Cubs	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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Thu 3/25	STL	@	CIN	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	STL	@	CIN	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	STL	@	CIN	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	STL	@	CHC	4:00 AM
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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
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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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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0