most pitching strikeouts before turning 26

Bert Blyleven has fanned the most career hitters by a pitcher younger than 26, with 1,546 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player before turning 26 years old

	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	H/9
1	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,546	252	108	101	.517	249	2.80	115	30	0	1909.0	1,699	593	672	128	484	51	2	29	7,759	38	7.29	2.28	3.19	0.60	19.9	6.2	1.14	.283	3.17	8.01
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,399	259	146	88	.624	218	0.27	187	42	8	1961.0	1,488		543	21	400	74	39			76	6.42	1.84	3.50	0.10		5.2	0.96	.255	2.49	6.83
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,391	211	119	46	.721	209	2.82	54	20	1	1523.2	1,282	478	529	75	449	25	1	20	6,198	32	8.22	2.65	3.10	0.44	22.4	7.2	1.14	.283	3.12	7.57
4	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,370	220	70	65	.519	185	2.98	51	14	9	1287.2	975	427	494	77	677	36	18	27	5,458	70	9.58	4.73	2.02	0.54	25.1	12.4	1.28	.272	3.45	6.81
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,277	207	86	67	.562	207	3.25	18	4	0	1402.2	1,288	507	571	117	425	45	0	14	5,811	73	8.19	2.73	3.00	0.75	22.0	7.3	1.22	.297	3.66	8.26
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,274	210	99	68	.593	200	2.94	84	26	1	1554.2	1,295	507	589	86	540	10	4	40	6,363	54	7.38	3.13	2.36	0.50	20.0	8.5	1.18	.272	3.41	7.50
7	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,233	205	107	54	.665	175	3.18	117	16	10	1448.1	1,149	512	569	58	815	26	24		6,187	46	7.66	5.06	1.51	0.36	19.9	13.2	1.36	.269	3.54	7.14
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,206	184	77	46	.626	182	2.60	11	7	0	1180.0	896	341	370	73	393	20	1	25	4,740	46	9.20	3.00	3.07	0.56	25.4	8.3	1.09	.270	2.82	6.83
9	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,170	269	117	83	.585	208	2.73	122	25	11	1670.1	1,395	506	618	48	779	8	45		7,049	38	6.30	4.20	1.50	0.26	16.6	11.1	1.30	.267	3.33	7.52
10	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,145	253	96	68	.585	202	3.25	70	17	5	1498.1	1,349	541	602	144	457	77	33	45	6,252	34	6.88	2.75	2.51	0.86	18.3	7.3	1.21	.272	3.62	8.10
11	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,107	187	89	65	.578	182	2.95	84	24	0	1380.1	1,208	452	499	126	371	45	3	24	5,649	36	7.22	2.42	2.98	0.82	19.6	6.6	1.14	.271	3.25	7.88
12	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,098	213	114	57	.667	205	3.04	93	26	1	1501.2	1,221	507	554	176	422	19	2	16	6,041	22	6.58	2.53	2.60	1.05	18.2	7.0	1.09	.242	3.32	7.32
13	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	1,080	235	98	75	.566	221	3.16	78	16	1	1623.0	1,476	570	641	123	434	27	5	29	6,678	67	5.99	2.41	2.49	0.68	16.2	6.5	1.18	.270	3.55	8.18
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,061	248	94	89	.514	226	3.42	66	17	1	1586.1	1,389	603	671	176	502	28	4	36	6,554	24	6.02	2.85	2.11	1.00	16.2	7.7	1.19	.253	3.81	7.88
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,035	172	78	55	.586	169	3.10	7	3	0	1090.2	979	376	412	100	255	35	1	24	4,442	14	8.54	2.10	4.06	0.83	23.3	5.7	1.13	.291	3.40	8.08
16	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,019	222	82	73	.529	200	3.31	61	13	1	1416.0	1,250	520	586	115	504	47	6	30	5,910	59	6.48	3.20	2.02	0.73	17.2	8.5	1.24	.269	3.72	7.94
17	Joe Wood J. Wood	996	218	117	56	.676	157	0.69	121	28	8	1415.0	1,112		485	10	413	52	53			43	6.33	2.63	2.41	0.06		7.3	1.08	.262	3.08	7.07
18	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	994	165	80	47	.630	143	2.99	48	16	3	1054.1	817	350	386	81	456	17	8	16	4,365	72	8.48	3.89	2.18	0.69	22.8	10.4	1.21	.261	3.29	6.97
19	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	976	201	89	64	.582	185	3.30	68	13	3	1346.0	1,196	493	532	144	396	34	8	40	5,578	17	6.53	2.65	2.46	0.96	17.5	7.1	1.18	.261	3.56	8.00
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	970	185	65	39	.625	120	3.00	20	8	3	912.1	702	304	338	72	306	38	22	16	3,691	23	9.57	3.02	3.17	0.71	26.3	8.3	1.10	.273	3.33	6.93
21	Don Sutton D. Sutton	958	188	66	73	.475	175	3.45	45	15	2	1219.2	1,114	468	502	106	337	24	8	43	5,060	30	7.07	2.49	2.84	0.78	18.9	6.7	1.19	.277	3.70	8.22
22	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	952	216	54	53	.505	138	3.94	37	7	5	947.1	795	415	464	115	501	8	39	24	4,102	51	9.04	4.76	1.90	1.09	23.2	12.2	1.37	.269	4.41	7.55
23	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	935	149	64	46	.582	149	3.35	5	3	0	937.1	822	349	374	99	300	35	0	26	3,892	16	8.98	2.88	3.12	0.95	24.0	7.7	1.20	.287	3.59	7.89
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	935	185	84	51	.622	174	2.87	66	21	2	1281.1	1,016	409	469	101	428	15	2	20	5,174	39	6.57	3.01	2.18	0.71	18.1	8.3	1.13	.248	3.29	7.14
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	926	129	75	27	.735	128	2.91	47	17	0	960.1	802	311	337	68	251	22	0	8	3,891	22	8.68	2.35	3.69	0.64	23.8	6.5	1.10	.280	3.16	7.52

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