most pitcher strikeouts from 1968 to 1971

Between the 1968 and 1971 seasons, Fergie Jenkins fanned the most hitters, with 1,070 strikeouts.

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	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	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,070	162	87	59	.596	160	3.00	97	16	1	1257.1	1,108	419	460	112	233	23	2	34	5,070	25	7.66	1.67	4.59	0.80	21.1	4.6	1.07	.274	3.29	78	2.56	70	7.93	149.5
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,058	151	66	57	.537	145	2.74	56	10	2	1073.2	799	327	386	73	496	27	6	41	4,464	51	8.87	4.16	2.13	0.61	23.7	11.1	1.21	.258	3.24	76	2.87	77	6.70	101.1
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,006	161	75	53	.586	152	3.23	65	12	2	1149.1	1,000	413	453	108	388	37	5	19	4,796	38	7.88	3.04	2.59	0.85	21.0	8.1	1.21	.274	3.55	92	3.07	84	7.83	78.2
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	996	134	81	42	.659	134	2.32	99	25	0	1158.1	926	299	340	50	321	28	0	33	4,670	23	7.74	2.49	3.10	0.39	21.3	6.9	1.08	.267	2.64	64	2.24	67	7.19	145.3
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	985	145	79	41	.658	141	2.25	72	16	1	1128.1	866	282	312	78	274	23	4	24	4,453	27	7.86	2.19	3.59	0.62	22.1	6.2	1.01	.255	2.49	65	2.44	73	6.91	113.2
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	778	157	74	54	.578	155	2.73	82	13	1	1224.2	1,077	372	462	80	301	28	2	38	4,989	37	5.72	2.21	2.58	0.59	15.6	6.0	1.13	.262	3.40	78	2.88	86	7.91	64.4
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	774	152	60	58	.508	143	3.21	40	14	2	1026.2	930	366	399	79	283	20	7	32	4,241	27	6.79	2.48	2.73	0.69	18.3	6.7	1.18	.276	3.50	96	2.88	89	8.15	33.8
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	737	136	60	50	.545	133	3.14	53	13	0	995.1	913	347	396	74	361	14	1	37	4,179	39	6.66	3.26	2.04	0.67	17.6	8.6	1.28	.280	3.58	89	3.11	92	8.26	30.5
9	Bill Singer B. Singer	711	125	51	51	.500	123	3.01	41	12	1	881.2	745	295	335	65	255	21	1	18	3,615	25	7.26	2.60	2.79	0.66	19.7	7.1	1.13	.265	3.42	95	2.76	90	7.60	30.7
10	Ray Culp R. Culp	710	135	64	44	.593	130	3.34	47	12	0	937.0	808	348	394	86	319	31	2	26	3,913	34	6.82	3.06	2.23	0.83	18.1	8.2	1.20	.261	3.78	91	3.29	86	7.76	57.3
11	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	709	151	52	50	.510	136	3.30	46	10	1	975.1	865	358	404	86	336	29	6	19	4,063	42	6.54	3.10	2.11	0.79	17.5	8.3	1.23	.268	3.73	98	3.30	93	7.98	24.1
12	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	705	146	77	41	.653	144	2.82	89	18	0	1147.0	1,052	360	437	91	204	16	1	25	4,642	23	5.53	1.60	3.46	0.71	15.2	4.4	1.10	.265	3.43	81	2.86	86	8.25	56.2
13	Don Wilson D. Wilson	684	131	56	44	.560	125	3.34	43	7	0	886.0	780	329	376	55	312	27	4	20	3,736	45	6.95	3.17	2.19	0.56	18.3	8.4	1.23	.273	3.82	98	2.90	87	7.92	38.9
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	681	151	64	53	.547	146	3.36	46	10	1	1017.0	898	380	425	122	308	22	2	21	4,195	16	6.03	2.73	2.21	1.08	16.2	7.3	1.19	.253	3.76	102	3.69	107	7.95	-31.3
15	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	675	132	60	46	.566	128	3.06	53	9	1	967.2	859	329	366	71	276	17	1	23	3,967	43	6.28	2.57	2.45	0.66	17.0	7.0	1.17	.269	3.40	89	2.97	90	7.99	38.3
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	674	153	64	57	.529	137	3.06	64	16	5	1039.1	933	353	412	104	240	19	12	18	4,243	45	5.84	2.08	2.81	0.90	15.9	5.7	1.13	.259	3.57	84	3.24	93	8.08	28.7
17	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	672	142	54	53	.505	138	3.65	42	13	1	959.0	933	389	439	83	327	16	2	28	4,075	36	6.31	3.07	2.06	0.78	16.5	8.0	1.31	.286	4.12	95	3.30	89	8.76	46
18	Dave McNally D. McNally	644	146	87	31	.737	145	2.82	56	11	0	1062.0	872	333	359	98	275	27	0	12	4,248	22	5.46	2.33	2.34	0.83	15.2	6.5	1.08	.242	3.04	82	3.34	94	7.39	26.1
19	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	630	139	35	51	.407	104	4.01	32	11	0	767.1	720	342	382	78	392	32	10	24	3,348	25	7.39	4.60	1.61	0.91	18.8	11.7	1.45	.290	4.48	108	3.85	108	8.44	-21.7
20	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	629	145	75	39	.658	141	2.94	71	15	1	1051.1	888	344	391	90	271	4	3	20	4,217	14	5.38	2.32	2.32	0.77	14.9	6.4	1.10	.248	3.35	85	3.21	90	7.60	41.4
21	Bill Hands B. Hands	627	154	66	57	.537	148	3.10	55	10	1	1066.0	1,015	367	426	94	235	18	2	22	4,379	23	5.29	1.98	2.67	0.79	14.3	5.4	1.17	.270	3.60	81	3.18	87	8.57	60.2
22	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	626	143	51	36	.586	102	2.77	32	8	10	802.2	581	247	289	57	334	19	22	23	3,294	30	7.02	3.75	1.87	0.64	19.0	10.1	1.14	.232	3.24	82	3.19	91	6.51	27.3
23	Denny McLain D. McLain	616	130	68	42	.618	128	3.01	61	18	0	969.0	862	324	357	106	230	16	1	17	3,925	12	5.72	2.14	2.68	0.98	15.7	5.9	1.13	.256	3.32	88	3.37	95	8.01	17
24	Bob Veale B. Veale	602	141	42	43	.494	99	3.27	27	6	2	719.1	667	261	297	41	303	8	14	22	3,077	26	7.53	3.79	1.99	0.51	19.6	9.8	1.35	.295	3.72	94	2.86	88	8.35	33.6
25	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	572	123	54	39	.581	119	2.57	42	14	0	882.1	757	252	291	64	259	15	0	36	3,593	29	5.83	2.64	2.21	0.65	15.9	7.2	1.15	.258	2.97	74	3.07	93	7.72	22.6

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