most pitching strikeouts from 1945 to 1962

Between the 1945 and 1962 seasons, Warren Spahn struck out the most batters, with 2,306 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1945 to 1962

	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	2,306	639	327	209	.610	575	2.98	347	55	24	4597.0	4,150	1,523	1,702	362	1,266	37	53	50	18,826	69	4.51	2.48	1.82	0.71	12.2	6.7	1.18	.255	3.33	80	3.37	91	8.12	170
2	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,077	563	260	194	.573	512	3.54	242	43	13	3794.0	3,481	1,493	1,671	311	1,517	58	47	33	16,101	42	4.93	3.60	1.37	0.74	12.9	9.4	1.32	.261	3.96	92	3.70	97	8.26	49
3	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,973	556	244	208	.540	497	3.43	278	35	24	3930.2	3,837	1,496	1,654	419	759	46	44	51	16,068	27	4.52	1.74	2.60	0.96	12.3	4.7	1.17	.266	3.79	88	3.49	89	8.79	186.3
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,918	513	205	158	.565	419	3.25	190	37	22	3158.2	2,843	1,142	1,262	266	1,148	29	58	33	13,238	44	5.46	3.27	1.67	0.76	14.5	8.7	1.26	.261	3.60	83	3.49	89	8.10	144
5	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,394	331	125	102	.551	285	3.70	99	20	9	2041.2	1,988	839	937	224	535	35	31	59	8,523	45	6.14	2.36	2.61	0.99	16.4	6.3	1.24	.278	4.13	93	3.38	86	8.76	130
6	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,369	355	175	71	.711	313	2.79	120	31	8	2295.0	1,954	711	805	160	890	23	24	30	9,481	50	5.37	3.49	1.54	0.63	14.4	9.4	1.24	.255	3.16	74	3.41	90	7.66	92.9
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,362	304	100	101	.498	222	3.56	76	17	8	1622.0	1,383	641	737	150	812	60	36	36	6,984	44	7.56	4.51	1.68	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.09	91	3.61	93	7.67	48.4
8	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
9	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,336	460	153	172	.471	370	3.71	128	26	9	2749.1	2,900	1,133	1,301	233	728	28	45	80	11,643	41	4.37	2.38	1.84	0.76	11.5	6.3	1.32	.286	4.26	94	3.44	88	9.49	142.6
10	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
11	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,318	317	92	111	.453	218	3.84	80	26	10	1690.1	1,594	722	800	142	637	34	59	32	7,218	41	7.02	3.39	2.07	0.76	18.3	8.8	1.32	.285	4.26	97	3.22	81	8.49	144.2
12	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,288	409	141	134	.513	331	3.55	127	25	4	2441.1	2,384	962	1,138	178	845	33	43	38	10,327	28	4.75	3.12	1.52	0.66	12.5	8.2	1.32	.276	4.20	90	3.47	87	8.79	133.9
13	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
14	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
15	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,236	271	104	73	.588	220	3.21	76	19	5	1629.2	1,465	581	657	150	490	83	33	53	6,798	39	6.83	2.71	2.52	0.83	18.2	7.2	1.20	.272	3.63	80	3.26	83	8.09	119.5
16	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,210	265	106	74	.589	216	3.38	72	14	11	1619.0	1,447	608	677	185	495	68	24	28	6,764	22	6.73	2.75	2.44	1.03	17.9	7.3	1.20	.263	3.76	85	3.56	88	8.04	90.2
17	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	1,186	370	160	87	.648	267	3.34	121	32	44	2130.2	1,907	791	890	128	1,057	46	81		9,127	51	5.01	4.46	1.12	0.54	13.0	11.6	1.39	.265	3.76	89	3.73	100	8.06	0.9
18	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
19	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,168	244	68	60	.531	164	3.71	48	9	6	1131.2	929	467	525	128	558	10	41	28	4,846	54	9.29	4.44	2.09	1.02	24.1	11.5	1.31	.269	4.18	92	3.44	86	7.39	68
20	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,163	304	144	89	.618	244	2.97	153	24	18	1990.0	1,792	656	749	105	705	13	38	1	8,293	47	5.26	3.19	1.65	0.47	14.0	8.5	1.25	.267	3.39	74	3.11	78	8.10	183.8
21	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
22	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,160	280	98	74	.570	218	3.60	75	22	13	1584.0	1,253	633	684	129	989	53	36	15	6,872	36	6.59	5.62	1.17	0.73	16.9	14.4	1.42	.248	3.89	97	4.03	108	7.12	-62.7
23	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,133	299	115	84	.578	252	3.68	62	17	4	1692.2	1,680	692	762	177	563	20	19	43	7,145	44	6.02	2.99	2.01	0.94	15.9	7.9	1.33	.286	4.05	91	3.56	89	8.93	81.3
24	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
25	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