most pitching strikeouts from 1944 to 1961

Between the 1944 and 1961 seasons, Warren Spahn struck out the most hitters, with 2,188 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1944 to 1961

	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	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,188	605	309	195	.613	541	2.98	325	55	24	4327.2	3,902	1,432	1,605	337	1,211	34	53	46	17,738	65	4.55	2.52	1.81	0.70	12.3	6.8	1.18	.255	3.34	80	3.36	90	8.11	167.8
2	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,051	569	261	196	.571	511	3.49	250	42	15	3834.0	3,531	1,488	1,678	299	1,528	57	53	27	16,274	42	4.81	3.59	1.34	0.70	12.6	9.4	1.32	.262	3.94	92	3.67	97	8.29	48.5
3	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,871	529	234	199	.540	472	3.46	272	35	24	3739.1	3,661	1,437	1,591	402	718	42	43	44	15,294	25	4.50	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.2	4.7	1.17	.266	3.83	89	3.49	89	8.81	175.8
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,842	483	189	152	.554	396	3.24	183	35	21	2996.1	2,696	1,079	1,195	247	1,113	26	56	31	12,581	42	5.53	3.34	1.65	0.74	14.6	8.8	1.27	.262	3.59	83	3.47	88	8.10	147.7
5	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,350	351	173	98	.638	278	2.87	178	30	20	2302.1	2,056	733	843	111	807	14	48	1	9,564	51	5.28	3.15	1.67	0.43	14.1	8.4	1.24	.267	3.30	72	3.04	77	8.04	218.4
6	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,348	365	159	108	.596	309	3.30	162	28	12	2378.2	2,122	872	988	165	949	34	28	6	9,989	23	5.10	3.59	1.42	0.62	13.5	9.5	1.29	.261	3.74	87	3.50	93	8.03	57.4
7	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	1,322	455	147	117	.557	283	3.48	106	29	28	2310.0	2,095	892	986	174	962	44	100	19	9,832	55	5.15	3.75	1.37	0.68	13.4	9.8	1.32	.262	3.84	88	3.62	92	8.16	86.8
8	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,293	303	116	96	.547	265	3.66	95	20	9	1900.1	1,842	773	863	207	493	33	28	53	7,919	40	6.12	2.33	2.62	0.98	16.3	6.2	1.23	.277	4.09	92	3.36	85	8.72	128.3
9	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,289	274	98	97	.503	216	3.55	75	17	7	1540.2	1,306	608	698	137	777	58	33	35	6,633	41	7.53	4.54	1.66	0.80	19.4	11.7	1.35	.267	4.08	91	3.58	92	7.63	49.7
10	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	1,277	460	207	128	.618	350	3.23	188	31	22	2850.0	2,559	1,024	1,185	180	1,251	57	73	13	12,099	63	4.03	3.95	1.02	0.57	10.6	10.3	1.34	.255	3.74	84	3.79	99	8.08	7.5
11	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	1,270	398	171	95	.643	288	3.34	126	33	45	2288.2	2,048	849	953	130	1,148	50	87		9,817	55	4.99	4.51	1.11	0.51	12.9	11.7	1.40	.266	3.75	90	3.71	100	8.05	-4.1
12	Bob Rush B. Rush	1,244	417	127	152	.455	321	3.65	118	16	8	2410.2	2,327	977	1,128	176	789	34	44	31	10,219	50	4.64	2.95	1.58	0.66	12.2	7.7	1.29	.270	4.21	92	3.41	86	8.69	154.4
13	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,214	378	131	124	.514	309	3.55	118	21	4	2287.1	2,217	902	1,060	160	813	30	37	36	9,686	27	4.78	3.20	1.49	0.63	12.5	8.4	1.32	.275	4.17	90	3.45	87	8.72	128.7
14	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,209	317	158	63	.715	276	2.77	113	31	8	2037.1	1,711	628	715	138	821	19	24	29	8,411	45	5.34	3.63	1.47	0.61	14.4	9.8	1.24	.253	3.16	74	3.41	91	7.56	76.4
15	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,192	421	135	158	.461	334	3.78	115	21	8	2487.2	2,620	1,044	1,202	210	675	26	42	70	10,547	37	4.31	2.44	1.77	0.76	11.3	6.4	1.32	.285	4.35	96	3.45	88	9.48	127.8
16	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	1,169	556	158	176	.473	323	3.69	145	27	21	2810.2	2,813	1,152	1,335	297	946	35	122	18	11,929	30	3.74	3.03	1.24	0.95	9.8	7.9	1.34	.265	4.27	91	4.07	100	9.01	4
17	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	1,162	377	126	110	.534	268	3.34	102	25	21	1992.1	1,870	739	860	186	687	38	61	45	8,424	27	5.25	3.10	1.69	0.84	13.8	8.2	1.28	.265	3.88	86	3.61	93	8.45	61.6
18	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	1,129	344	149	90	.623	294	3.56	136	24	7	2154.2	2,102	852	956	252	490	30	34	21	8,891	22	4.72	2.05	2.30	1.05	12.7	5.5	1.20	.265	3.99	88	3.67	90	8.78	104.5
19	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,118	256	95	71	.572	210	3.55	75	22	12	1515.0	1,185	598	639	121	942	49	29	13	6,556	35	6.64	5.60	1.19	0.72	17.1	14.4	1.40	.246	3.80	96	3.98	107	7.04	-52.8
20	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	1,117	428	142	97	.594	281	3.27	111	27	24	2174.2	2,148	789	888	122	719	33	77	23	9,237	30	4.62	2.98	1.55	0.50	12.1	7.8	1.32	.280	3.68	85	3.20	83	8.89	152.8
21	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,112	283	72	100	.419	185	3.94	62	21	10	1432.2	1,358	627	700	117	578	32	58	27	6,165	35	6.99	3.63	1.92	0.73	18.0	9.4	1.35	.287	4.40	100	3.26	82	8.53	111.3
22	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,026	224	87	64	.576	181	3.34	60	12	5	1361.0	1,185	505	565	157	421	55	18	25	5,661	18	6.78	2.78	2.44	1.04	18.1	7.4	1.18	.257	3.74	84	3.55	88	7.84	75.8
23	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,004	228	79	64	.552	179	3.30	57	17	4	1315.1	1,193	482	535	129	412	72	31	41	5,509	31	6.87	2.82	2.44	0.88	18.2	7.5	1.22	.273	3.66	80	3.36	83	8.16	95.6
24	Carl Erskine C. Erskine	981	335	122	78	.610	216	4.00	71	14	13	1718.2	1,637	763	830	199	646	16	61	13	7,270	38	5.14	3.38	1.52	1.04	13.5	8.9	1.33	.265	4.35	98	3.98	97	8.57	27.9
25	Johnny Podres J. Podres	955	259	100	71	.585	212	3.66	54	17	4	1437.2	1,410	584	641	157	492	17	19	29	6,062	40	5.98	3.08	1.94	0.98	15.8	8.1	1.32	.282	4.01	88	3.65	89	8.83	69.7

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