most pitching strikeouts from 1953 to 1970

Between the 1953 and 1970 seasons, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,797 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1953 to 1970

	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	2,797	562	219	172	.560	503	3.20	150	40	15	3650.1	3,307	1,299	1,455	361	963	154	31	91	15,134	46	6.90	2.37	2.90	0.89	18.5	6.4	1.17	.271	3.59	86	3.20	87	8.15	199.7
2	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,393	383	190	117	.619	345	2.80	189	45	4	2816.2	2,323	876	993	183	949	80	17	70	11,593	74	7.65	3.03	2.52	0.58	20.6	8.2	1.16	.268	3.17	74	2.78	77	7.42	259.3
5	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,147	520	172	168	.506	403	3.64	132	36	10	2907.1	2,686	1,175	1,325	256	1,058	60	66	51	12,318	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.4	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.33	88	8.31	156.6
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,967	301	109	92	.542	264	2.95	89	20	10	1895.0	1,443	621	716	116	919	50	21	48	7,946	101	9.34	4.36	2.14	0.55	24.8	11.6	1.25	.271	3.40	84	2.79	76	6.85	180.3
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,963	362	203	98	.674	353	2.70	211	46	2	2792.1	2,430	839	989	251	551	31	8	60	11,247	41	6.33	1.78	3.56	0.81	17.5	4.9	1.07	.258	3.19	76	2.92	85	7.83	150.4
8	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
9	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,757	490	195	188	.509	443	3.55	212	28	16	3366.0	3,347	1,326	1,467	409	580	35	33	69	13,825	22	4.70	1.55	3.03	1.09	12.7	4.2	1.17	.266	3.92	93	3.58	94	8.95	95
10	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
11	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,618	533	184	203	.475	452	3.52	154	34	10	3276.1	3,413	1,281	1,462	259	742	43	47	115	13,728	42	4.44	2.04	2.18	0.71	11.8	5.4	1.27	.285	4.02	92	3.26	87	9.38	176.4
12	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,606	299	110	91	.547	255	2.95	78	20	4	1813.1	1,561	594	686	82	808	29	16	55	7,664	86	7.97	4.01	1.99	0.41	21.0	10.5	1.31	.288	3.40	84	2.73	82	7.75	124.9
13	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,592	289	134	81	.623	258	3.16	74	30	4	1818.2	1,483	638	711	135	786	35	13	37	7,598	121	7.88	3.89	2.03	0.67	21.0	10.3	1.25	.267	3.52	86	3.09	87	7.34	91.3
14	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,583	488	241	154	.610	429	3.11	240	36	19	3359.2	3,144	1,161	1,285	306	847	28	45	60	13,762	44	4.24	2.27	1.87	0.82	11.5	6.2	1.19	.258	3.44	86	3.52	99	8.42	13.6
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,566	307	116	93	.555	258	3.51	75	24	9	1801.0	1,590	702	765	172	627	65	25	30	7,556	67	7.83	3.13	2.50	0.86	20.7	8.3	1.23	.277	3.82	100	3.19	87	7.95	97.3
16	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,557	401	156	131	.544	352	3.32	106	17	5	2459.0	2,407	907	1,102	231	623	86	19	49	10,323	93	5.70	2.28	2.50	0.85	15.1	6.0	1.23	.278	4.03	90	3.36	88	8.81	117.6
17	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,544	446	134	111	.547	280	3.64	96	20	20	2193.0	2,123	888	994	236	591	41	83	77	9,163	58	6.34	2.43	2.61	0.97	16.9	6.4	1.24	.280	4.08	93	3.35	86	8.71	139.3
18	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,501	426	168	131	.562	373	3.38	104	34	4	2567.2	2,388	964	1,068	235	727	55	32	71	10,613	84	5.26	2.55	2.06	0.82	14.1	6.9	1.21	.266	3.74	93	3.47	95	8.37	49.5
19	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,483	423	159	112	.587	313	3.19	138	32	29	2354.2	2,151	835	913	230	716	22	58	35	9,761	34	5.67	2.74	2.07	0.88	15.2	7.3	1.22	.263	3.49	84	3.44	90	8.22	100.5
20	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,477	971	128	117	.522	52	2.50	20	5	213	2049.2	1,598	570	690	135	701	57	603	61	8,334	83	6.49	3.08	2.11	0.59	17.7	8.4	1.12	.245	3.03	68	3.04	81	7.02	159.8
21	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,470	375	124	109	.532	280	2.90	83	33	23	2057.2	1,773	662	789	117	689	61	56	71	8,501	66	6.43	3.01	2.13	0.51	17.3	8.1	1.20	.269	3.45	84	2.94	83	7.75	139.4
22	Chris Short C. Short	1,470	409	124	112	.525	275	3.33	83	22	14	2057.0	1,923	761	852	153	691	56	58	63	8,620	63	6.43	3.02	2.13	0.67	17.1	8.0	1.27	.283	3.73	93	3.16	93	8.41	56.6
23	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,457	363	156	117	.571	325	3.46	137	31	10	2359.0	2,114	906	1,005	205	918	40	28	36	9,939	27	5.56	3.50	1.59	0.78	14.7	9.2	1.29	.261	3.83	91	3.59	93	8.07	65.3
24	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	1,452	338	121	109	.526	310	3.69	69	13	0	2051.2	1,863	842	934	236	796	30	15	35	8,677	79	6.37	3.49	1.82	1.04	16.7	9.2	1.30	.264	4.10	101	3.82	101	8.17	-7.9
25	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,448	330	118	97	.549	246	2.99	111	19	9	2014.1	1,806	669	776	145	514	45	30	85	8,268	73	6.47	2.30	2.82	0.65	17.5	6.2	1.15	.272	3.47	85	2.86	85	8.07	113.3

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