most pitching strikeouts from 1939 to 1956

Between the 1939 and 1956 seasons, Bob Feller fanned the most hitters, with 2,115 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1939 to 1956

	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 Feller B. Feller	2,115	491	235	141	.625	421	3.18	245	42	19	3338.2	2,878	1,179	1,324	206	1,403	47	40	6	14,002	51	5.70	3.78	1.51	0.56	15.1	10.0	1.28	.261	3.57	82	3.42	89	7.76	146.9
2	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,796	488	207	150	.580	374	3.06	212	33	26	2993.0	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,522	414	203	135	.601	369	2.96	225	37	18	2960.0	2,657	974	1,104	216	860	21	37	16	12,153	54	4.63	2.61	1.77	0.66	12.5	7.1	1.19	.256	3.36	79	3.29	87	8.08	163.1
4	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,450	474	221	170	.565	422	3.44	222	32	11	3235.0	3,076	1,238	1,425	211	1,218	36	48	10	13,756	39	4.03	3.39	1.19	0.59	10.5	8.9	1.33	.264	3.96	92	3.59	97	8.56	43.6
5	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	1,438	428	166	126	.568	321	3.40	124	33	19	2504.2	2,252	945	1,048	173	987	43	65	10	10,593	54	5.17	3.55	1.46	0.62	13.6	9.3	1.29	.261	3.77	87	3.45	88	8.09	126.7
6	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	1,423	434	182	107	.630	309	3.30	137	36	48	2492.1	2,193	915	1,026	133	1,261	57	97		10,660	59	5.14	4.55	1.13	0.48	13.3	11.8	1.39	.265	3.70	90	3.64	99	7.92	2.9
7	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,305	384	131	136	.491	305	3.62	141	22	10	2352.0	2,319	945	1,091	119	974	42	46		10,200	32	4.99	3.73	1.34	0.46	12.8	9.5	1.40	.284	4.17	94	3.44	90	8.87	109.5
8	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,300	359	179	120	.599	320	3.18	203	28	21	2608.1	2,468	923	1,022	248	532	30	33	6	10,576	21	4.49	1.84	2.44	0.86	12.3	5.0	1.15	.262	3.53	82	3.36	85	8.52	172.4
9	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	1,256	519	170	161	.514	322	3.22	158	28	38	2725.1	2,637	976	1,163	112	1,046	34	133		11,610	50	4.15	3.45	1.20	0.37	10.8	9.0	1.35	.276	3.84	81	3.34	85	8.71	179
10	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	1,224	428	201	116	.634	332	3.15	186	31	22	2707.1	2,389	949	1,100	168	1,171	49	67	5	11,431	59	4.07	3.89	1.05	0.56	10.7	10.2	1.31	.252	3.66	81	3.74	98	7.94	21.5
11	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,199	306	114	98	.538	238	3.17	123	24	14	1894.0	1,656	668	750	129	814	20	45	12	8,025	32	5.70	3.87	1.47	0.61	14.9	10.1	1.30	.260	3.56	79	3.41	86	7.87	115
12	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	1,161	540	155	170	.477	314	3.61	143	26	21	2788.0	2,740	1,118	1,285	269	963	33	126	13	11,770	29	3.75	3.11	1.21	0.87	9.9	8.2	1.33	.264	4.15	90	3.97	98	8.85	22.8
13	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	1,117	295	101	106	.488	247	3.46	111	26	2	1795.0	1,559	691	785	88	960	16	25		7,706	31	5.60	4.81	1.16	0.44	14.5	12.5	1.40	.266	3.94	95	3.57	97	7.82	18.6
14	Joe Dobson J. Dobson	992	414	137	103	.571	273	3.62	112	22	15	2170.0	2,048	874	981	137	851	10	84		9,159	55	4.11	3.53	1.17	0.57	10.8	9.3	1.34	.267	4.07	89	3.64	90	8.49	93.2
15	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	989	494	161	143	.530	309	3.20	160	25	31	2601.2	2,645	924	1,131	122	607	44	122		10,881	70	3.42	2.10	1.63	0.42	9.1	5.6	1.25	.277	3.91	84	3.21	85	9.15	170.2
16	Bob Rush B. Rush	973	308	104	124	.456	263	3.63	107	13	7	1927.1	1,832	778	900	136	659	30	24	12	8,171	44	4.54	3.08	1.48	0.64	11.9	8.1	1.29	.266	4.20	90	3.45	85	8.55	132.2
17	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	965	415	117	101	.537	236	3.67	98	11	24	1937.1	1,749	791	900	114	972	35	103		8,404	60	4.48	4.52	0.99	0.53	11.5	11.6	1.40	.259	4.18	97	3.94	102	8.13	-20.5
18	Preacher Roe P. Roe	955	332	127	84	.602	261	3.42	101	17	10	1911.2	1,901	726	795	199	502	17	42		7,888	15	4.50	2.36	1.90	0.94	12.1	6.4	1.26	.274	3.74	85	3.69	91	8.95	73.9
19	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	944	269	132	66	.667	255	3.72	106	26	3	1819.0	1,666	752	828	138	727	26	5	5	7,675	44	4.67	3.60	1.30	0.68	12.3	9.5	1.32	.262	4.10	93	3.70	94	8.24	47
20	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	934	324	126	82	.606	245	3.13	101	26	21	1846.2	1,794	642	718	99	585	25	51	11	7,787	22	4.55	2.85	1.60	0.48	12.0	7.5	1.29	.276	3.50	81	3.14	82	8.74	143.8
21	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	934	403	131	116	.530	277	3.51	116	25	18	2107.1	2,096	821	957	146	745	23	54	4	8,981	34	3.99	3.18	1.25	0.62	10.4	8.3	1.35	.273	4.09	88	3.59	91	8.95	88.5
22	Johnny Sain J. Sain	910	412	139	116	.545	245	3.49	140	16	53	2125.2	2,145	824	947	179	619	30	125	4	8,998	20	3.85	2.62	1.47	0.76	10.1	6.9	1.30	.271	4.01	93	3.66	97	9.08	22.9
23	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	902	291	126	74	.630	236	2.97	127	33	14	1817.0	1,649	599	692	83	559	27	38		7,546	28	4.47	2.77	1.61	0.41	12.0	7.4	1.22	.262	3.43	79	3.14	84	8.17	118.7
24	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	901	318	133	92	.591	240	2.92	125	25	18	1907.2	1,731	618	701	116	536	37	53		7,821	18	4.25	2.53	1.68	0.55	11.5	6.9	1.19	.259	3.31	75	3.26	84	8.17	135.3
25	Steve Gromek S. Gromek	893	432	123	107	.535	224	3.38	92	17	22	2041.0	1,908	766	877	183	617	67	104	12	8,563	17	3.94	2.72	1.45	0.81	10.4	7.2	1.24	.254	3.87	91	3.78	102	8.41	-27.8