most pitching strikeouts from 1949 to 1966

Between the 1949 and 1966 seasons, Sandy Koufax fanned the most hitters, with 2,396 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1949 to 1966

	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
2	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,273	656	279	236	.542	589	3.41	296	45	25	4542.0	4,434	1,722	1,899	495	841	50	49	69	18,570	32	4.50	1.67	2.70	0.98	12.2	4.5	1.16	.264	3.76	89	3.50	91	8.79	176.5
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,272	646	319	218	.594	577	3.09	335	53	23	4555.2	4,216	1,566	1,753	394	1,226	39	55	60	18,716	68	4.49	2.42	1.85	0.78	12.1	6.6	1.19	.259	3.46	85	3.46	95	8.33	85.4
4	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,145	427	175	118	.597	370	3.15	122	33	15	2756.2	2,453	966	1,078	295	727	118	31	52	11,405	34	7.00	2.37	2.95	0.96	18.8	6.4	1.15	.266	3.52	83	3.28	86	8.01	161.9
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,111	437	177	134	.569	384	3.00	145	37	6	2848.1	2,543	950	1,089	241	726	132	34	94	11,725	72	6.67	2.29	2.91	0.76	18.0	6.2	1.15	.270	3.44	82	3.05	86	8.04	163
6	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,953	558	208	169	.552	428	3.22	193	38	33	3241.1	2,936	1,160	1,283	278	1,117	28	72	35	13,550	47	5.42	3.10	1.75	0.77	14.4	8.2	1.25	.261	3.56	83	3.46	89	8.15	147
7	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,948	500	228	157	.592	443	3.39	197	40	14	3297.1	2,932	1,242	1,382	274	1,315	49	46	36	13,894	33	5.32	3.59	1.48	0.75	14.0	9.5	1.29	.258	3.77	89	3.62	94	8.00	77.8
8	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,935	491	234	102	.696	431	2.76	154	44	11	3126.1	2,726	959	1,096	226	1,077	28	35	44	12,863	73	5.57	3.10	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.4	1.22	.260	3.16	75	3.27	88	7.85	154.6
9	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,885	432	145	141	.507	331	3.66	119	31	10	2465.0	2,283	1,002	1,127	214	909	47	60	42	10,471	69	6.88	3.32	2.07	0.78	18.0	8.7	1.29	.279	4.11	95	3.27	84	8.34	176
10	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3611.0	3,772	1,438	1,652	286	894	46	56	115	15,214	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	94	3.35	89	9.40	172.2
11	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,575	453	136	113	.546	286	3.63	99	20	20	2235.0	2,154	901	1,012	240	601	43	84	77	9,330	58	6.34	2.42	2.62	0.97	16.9	6.4	1.23	.279	4.08	93	3.34	85	8.67	142.7
12	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,558	506	180	162	.526	420	3.45	151	35	4	3052.2	2,995	1,170	1,375	236	917	47	47	55	12,830	32	4.59	2.70	1.70	0.70	12.1	7.1	1.28	.274	4.05	88	3.43	89	8.83	153.4
13	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,443	484	168	151	.527	358	3.49	126	31	20	2757.1	2,735	1,068	1,208	233	710	58	72	80	11,518	51	4.71	2.32	2.03	0.76	12.5	6.2	1.25	.276	3.94	89	3.41	89	8.93	127.8
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,435	256	112	81	.580	218	3.13	100	23	4	1728.2	1,461	602	687	137	664	56	17	45	7,246	58	7.47	3.46	2.16	0.71	19.8	9.2	1.23	.267	3.58	81	3.17	84	7.61	115.1
15	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,384	402	140	109	.562	323	3.65	76	24	10	2137.0	2,115	867	963	223	704	26	38	65	9,033	60	5.83	2.96	1.97	0.94	15.3	7.8	1.32	.283	4.06	95	3.60	95	8.91	52
16	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,376	322	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1643.1	1,403	655	752	151	822	60	45	37	7,074	45	7.54	4.50	1.67	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.12	92	3.61	93	7.68	49.1
17	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	1,372	525	135	117	.536	287	3.88	83	20	19	2302.0	2,308	993	1,088	209	771	70	100	44	9,804	44	5.36	3.01	1.78	0.82	14.0	7.9	1.34	.284	4.25	98	3.57	90	9.02	95.5
18	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,302	816	118	101	.539	52	2.57	20	5	173	1866.1	1,475	532	654	129	636	51	485	41	7,592	73	6.28	3.07	2.05	0.62	17.1	8.4	1.13	.246	3.15	69	3.11	82	7.11	139.2
19	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	1,267	454	166	132	.557	369	3.54	111	20	6	2584.0	2,440	1,015	1,158	236	1,103	37	38	52	11,030	68	4.41	3.84	1.15	0.82	11.5	10.0	1.37	.263	4.03	96	4.04	112	8.50	-131.7
20	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
21	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,251	227	130	58	.691	220	2.66	122	30	2	1722.0	1,427	508	586	167	361	17	7	32	6,890	24	6.54	1.89	3.47	0.87	18.2	5.2	1.04	.247	3.06	73	3.02	86	7.46	89.8
22	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	1,250	529	113	156	.420	268	4.01	73	13	52	2267.0	2,259	1,011	1,150	303	688	61	162	64	9,638	31	4.96	2.73	1.82	1.20	13.0	7.1	1.30	.267	4.57	104	4.14	106	8.97	-57.2
23	Bob Rush B. Rush	1,172	381	122	141	.464	305	3.63	114	16	8	2277.1	2,174	919	1,058	168	752	33	35	31	9,640	47	4.63	2.97	1.56	0.66	12.2	7.8	1.28	.267	4.18	91	3.43	86	8.59	143.2
24	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	1,162	373	126	110	.534	268	3.34	102	25	20	1988.1	1,868	738	859	186	684	38	57	45	8,407	27	5.26	3.10	1.70	0.84	13.8	8.1	1.28	.265	3.89	86	3.60	93	8.46	62.1
25	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,159	282	98	66	.598	196	3.31	64	13	8	1481.2	1,299	545	626	142	620	30	44	26	6,293	48	7.04	3.77	1.87	0.86	18.4	9.9	1.30	.266	3.80	92	3.54	98	7.89	8.5

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