most pitching strikeouts from 1946 to 1963

Between the 1946 and 1963 seasons, Warren Spahn struck out the most batters, with 2,408 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1946 to 1963

	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	2,408	672	350	216	.618	608	2.96	369	62	24	4856.2	4,391	1,598	1,787	385	1,315	37	53	54	19,863	73	4.46	2.44	1.83	0.71	12.1	6.6	1.17	.255	3.31	80	3.37	92	8.14	163.6
2	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,106	583	261	196	.571	517	3.52	243	43	14	3849.1	3,531	1,507	1,685	313	1,532	58	54	36	16,324	42	4.92	3.58	1.37	0.73	12.9	9.4	1.32	.261	3.94	92	3.69	96	8.26	54.5
3	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,097	591	258	221	.539	532	3.42	287	37	24	4182.0	4,067	1,589	1,754	454	799	49	44	59	17,082	27	4.51	1.72	2.62	0.98	12.3	4.7	1.16	.264	3.77	88	3.51	90	8.75	176.6
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,960	546	208	169	.552	432	3.29	193	38	29	3247.2	2,943	1,187	1,309	277	1,158	29	67	34	13,613	47	5.43	3.21	1.69	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.262	3.63	85	3.49	90	8.16	141.5
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,558	393	199	78	.718	350	2.78	133	34	9	2564.1	2,194	793	899	186	946	25	25	33	10,549	59	5.47	3.32	1.65	0.65	14.8	9.0	1.22	.256	3.16	75	3.36	90	7.70	109.8
6	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,520	348	113	120	.485	249	3.67	98	29	10	1938.2	1,799	790	876	163	718	37	59	36	8,229	51	7.06	3.33	2.12	0.76	18.5	8.7	1.30	.283	4.07	93	3.19	81	8.35	164.9
7	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,487	313	123	90	.577	262	3.11	93	22	5	1945.0	1,752	673	771	175	547	93	33	66	8,064	43	6.88	2.53	2.72	0.81	18.4	6.8	1.18	.274	3.57	81	3.15	83	8.11	135.3
8	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,480	499	170	188	.475	408	3.59	140	30	9	3018.0	3,136	1,203	1,388	246	772	33	46	89	12,723	47	4.41	2.30	1.92	0.73	11.6	6.1	1.29	.284	4.14	92	3.36	87	9.35	162.2
9	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,474	284	93	65	.589	204	3.32	68	20	6	1442.2	1,143	532	593	146	616	13	41	35	6,056	60	9.20	3.84	2.39	0.91	24.3	10.2	1.22	.262	3.70	85	3.10	81	7.13	109.9
10	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,464	380	128	106	.547	286	3.69	99	20	10	2111.2	2,055	865	964	231	555	39	46	63	8,821	53	6.24	2.37	2.64	0.98	16.6	6.3	1.24	.279	4.11	94	3.36	86	8.76	133.3
11	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,415	441	156	143	.522	363	3.45	138	31	4	2674.0	2,593	1,026	1,220	191	893	39	43	41	11,269	31	4.76	3.01	1.58	0.64	12.6	7.9	1.30	.275	4.11	88	3.41	87	8.73	152.1
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,406	304	118	87	.576	251	3.45	78	16	12	1867.1	1,692	715	796	223	564	73	27	31	7,815	26	6.78	2.72	2.49	1.07	18.0	7.2	1.21	.265	3.84	87	3.59	90	8.15	87.6
13	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,370	315	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1633.0	1,398	652	749	150	817	60	41	37	7,036	45	7.55	4.50	1.68	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.36	.269	4.13	93	3.60	93	7.70	49.7
14	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	1,319	454	147	117	.557	282	3.48	106	29	28	2304.2	2,092	891	985	174	960	44	100	19	9,813	55	5.15	3.75	1.37	0.68	13.4	9.8	1.32	.262	3.85	88	3.62	92	8.17	86.2
15	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,289	356	154	105	.595	300	3.32	155	27	12	2306.2	2,072	852	967	164	914	32	28	6	9,689	22	5.03	3.57	1.41	0.64	13.3	9.4	1.29	.262	3.77	88	3.53	94	8.08	52.1
16	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
17	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,267	336	129	96	.573	286	3.66	72	22	5	1891.0	1,876	770	853	193	627	23	22	56	7,990	49	6.03	2.98	2.02	0.92	15.9	7.8	1.32	.286	4.06	94	3.53	91	8.93	76
18	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,265	310	101	85	.543	237	3.64	78	24	13	1712.2	1,366	693	753	140	1,068	56	38	21	7,447	39	6.65	5.61	1.18	0.74	17.0	14.3	1.42	.249	3.96	98	4.02	108	7.18	-66.7
19	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
20	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
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	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
23	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
24	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	1,074	326	142	75	.654	237	3.36	105	30	40	1883.1	1,680	703	788	121	927	41	72		8,053	50	5.13	4.43	1.16	0.58	13.3	11.5	1.38	.265	3.77	88	3.74	98	8.03	11.9
25	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	1,073	426	109	97	.529	233	3.86	69	14	15	1868.2	1,884	801	887	158	647	52	87	32	7,991	35	5.17	3.12	1.66	0.76	13.4	8.1	1.35	.285	4.27	96	3.54	88	9.07	97.5