most pitching strikeouts from 1951 to 1968

Between the 1951 and 1968 seasons, Jim Bunning fanned the most hitters, with 2,493 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1951 to 1968

	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	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,493	494	196	147	.571	436	3.11	141	40	15	3219.0	2,862	1,112	1,247	327	848	139	31	78	13,305	41	6.97	2.37	2.94	0.91	18.7	6.4	1.15	.267	3.49	84	3.22	87	8.00	175.9
2	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,462	506	204	162	.557	453	2.92	166	48	6	3369.1	3,013	1,093	1,258	271	842	152	34	123	13,830	81	6.58	2.25	2.92	0.72	17.8	6.1	1.14	.271	3.36	82	2.99	87	8.05	170.9
3	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
4	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,102	491	170	163	.511	389	3.57	132	36	10	2830.2	2,611	1,122	1,272	240	1,011	54	61	49	11,974	82	6.68	3.21	2.08	0.76	17.6	8.4	1.28	.277	4.04	95	3.25	86	8.30	178.3
5	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,032	573	244	210	.537	519	3.43	264	37	20	4011.0	3,923	1,527	1,686	451	689	43	39	69	16,409	29	4.56	1.55	2.95	1.01	12.4	4.2	1.15	.263	3.78	90	3.48	91	8.80	152.1
6	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,930	567	277	187	.597	500	3.09	285	48	22	3960.1	3,685	1,360	1,505	345	1,029	35	53	60	16,241	56	4.39	2.34	1.88	0.78	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.42	86	3.45	96	8.37	55.6
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,897	478	227	105	.684	426	2.74	149	43	10	3058.1	2,679	932	1,068	221	1,034	26	30	44	12,571	72	5.58	3.04	1.83	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	75	3.24	88	7.88	150.9
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,850	314	147	97	.602	276	2.84	138	38	4	2208.2	1,810	698	798	158	766	66	17	54	9,110	65	7.54	3.12	2.42	0.64	20.3	8.4	1.17	.263	3.25	76	2.91	80	7.38	167.3
9	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,743	442	199	142	.584	392	3.36	177	38	14	2919.0	2,580	1,090	1,210	246	1,157	44	40	36	12,267	33	5.37	3.57	1.51	0.76	14.2	9.4	1.28	.257	3.73	89	3.61	95	7.95	62.2
10	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,740	493	189	138	.578	373	3.12	170	37	32	2850.1	2,602	989	1,082	256	868	26	65	35	11,811	38	5.49	2.74	2.00	0.81	14.7	7.3	1.22	.263	3.42	82	3.37	88	8.22	143.4
11	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
12	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,709	558	194	183	.515	429	3.40	149	37	20	3262.2	3,206	1,233	1,405	259	824	68	73	106	13,593	56	4.71	2.27	2.07	0.71	12.6	6.1	1.24	.275	3.88	90	3.32	90	8.84	139.8
13	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,635	291	170	77	.688	284	2.63	170	37	2	2250.0	1,917	658	771	208	449	24	7	50	9,036	32	6.54	1.80	3.64	0.83	18.1	5.0	1.05	.254	3.08	76	2.91	86	7.67	114.2
14	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
15	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,483	252	122	75	.619	228	3.12	68	27	3	1623.1	1,322	562	625	121	685	32	10	33	6,759	104	8.22	3.80	2.16	0.67	21.9	10.1	1.24	.271	3.47	86	2.99	84	7.33	96.3
16	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,450	937	130	108	.546	52	2.47	20	5	197	2049.0	1,602	563	695	135	694	57	554	50	8,320	76	6.37	3.05	2.09	0.59	17.4	8.3	1.12	.245	3.05	67	3.04	81	7.04	157.4
17	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,418	423	143	110	.565	331	3.66	76	24	10	2200.1	2,173	894	992	235	715	27	44	67	9,284	63	5.80	2.92	1.98	0.96	15.3	7.7	1.31	.281	4.06	96	3.62	96	8.89	44.6
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,384	223	71	66	.518	187	2.96	52	15	9	1305.0	985	429	497	78	686	36	18	29	5,523	70	9.54	4.73	2.02	0.54	25.1	12.4	1.28	.272	3.43	87	2.83	80	6.79	97
19	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
20	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,373	468	164	152	.519	397	3.43	142	34	3	2823.1	2,828	1,077	1,275	221	806	48	34	62	11,902	29	4.38	2.57	1.70	0.70	11.5	6.8	1.29	.276	4.06	89	3.45	90	9.01	123.9
21	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
22	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,345	363	113	85	.571	217	3.37	71	14	19	1707.1	1,509	639	734	169	726	33	76	47	7,270	56	7.09	3.83	1.85	0.89	18.5	10.0	1.31	.268	3.87	95	3.58	101	7.95	-4.1
23	Chris Short C. Short	1,332	371	115	96	.545	239	3.20	76	20	13	1848.0	1,701	658	744	138	621	49	57	60	7,712	61	6.49	3.02	2.14	0.67	17.3	8.1	1.26	.281	3.62	91	3.14	93	8.28	45.5
24	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,324	368	150	111	.575	326	3.37	96	32	4	2243.1	2,060	839	924	201	640	49	28	52	9,246	79	5.31	2.57	2.07	0.81	14.3	6.9	1.20	.264	3.71	94	3.44	95	8.26	42.1
25	Gary Bell G. Bell	1,322	483	119	111	.517	220	3.60	70	8	48	1915.0	1,670	766	865	191	785	50	151	54	8,087	63	6.21	3.69	1.68	0.90	16.3	9.7	1.28	.258	4.07	99	3.75	101	7.85	-10

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