most pitching strikeouts from 1956 to 1973

Between the 1956 and 1973 seasons, Bob Gibson fanned the most batters, with 2,928 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1956 to 1973

	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,928	473	237	151	.611	435	2.79	245	55	4	3535.1	2,923	1,095	1,243	223	1,170	93	17	98	14,528	100	7.45	2.98	2.50	0.57	20.2	8.1	1.16	.267	3.16	75	2.76	77	7.44	321.5
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,818	576	221	179	.553	511	3.23	151	40	15	3709.1	3,374	1,330	1,489	364	968	157	36	96	15,377	46	6.84	2.35	2.91	0.88	18.3	6.3	1.17	.272	3.61	87	3.20	87	8.19	201.5
3	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
4	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,391	398	138	127	.521	338	3.15	103	23	14	2409.2	1,876	843	961	158	1,251	59	32	69	10,214	136	8.93	4.67	1.91	0.59	23.4	12.2	1.30	.270	3.59	89	3.02	83	7.01	166.7
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,366	385	163	85	.657	309	2.76	135	38	9	2282.2	1,721	699	791	202	789	17	40	47	9,314	85	9.33	3.11	3.00	0.80	25.4	8.5	1.10	.256	3.12	75	2.67	74	6.79	223.8
6	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,338	435	179	136	.568	386	3.35	144	35	9	2813.0	2,523	1,046	1,141	272	872	88	25	44	11,701	92	7.48	2.79	2.68	0.87	20.0	7.5	1.21	.277	3.65	95	3.13	86	8.07	163.2
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,281	458	238	140	.630	446	2.84	244	52	2	3443.2	3,081	1,086	1,288	315	690	38	10	80	13,958	51	5.96	1.80	3.31	0.82	16.3	4.9	1.10	.260	3.37	80	3.02	88	8.05	155.7
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,078	449	177	144	.551	364	2.89	183	33	10	2981.0	2,629	957	1,114	216	778	67	31	114	12,172	109	6.27	2.35	2.67	0.65	17.1	6.4	1.14	.267	3.36	82	2.91	85	7.94	170.5
9	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,025	438	168	151	.527	384	3.49	130	36	4	2682.1	2,419	1,039	1,175	244	938	49	28	45	11,271	80	6.79	3.15	2.16	0.82	18.0	8.3	1.25	.271	3.94	93	3.29	87	8.12	155.5
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,867	491	194	160	.548	440	3.35	136	24	5	3057.0	3,026	1,138	1,366	283	733	96	20	61	12,815	106	5.50	2.16	2.55	0.83	14.6	5.7	1.23	.279	4.02	91	3.33	88	8.91	151
11	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,820	342	149	109	.578	284	3.13	149	27	7	2303.2	2,015	800	885	235	489	41	30	71	9,319	32	7.11	1.91	3.72	0.92	19.5	5.2	1.09	.264	3.46	82	2.93	80	7.87	180.5
12	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,728	520	209	164	.560	465	3.40	129	43	4	3186.0	3,046	1,203	1,331	298	858	72	33	89	13,198	97	4.88	2.42	2.01	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.268	3.76	92	3.53	96	8.60	50.2
13	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,687	379	120	94	.561	255	3.06	78	20	19	1913.0	1,669	650	747	89	854	29	58	61	8,105	91	7.94	4.02	1.98	0.42	20.8	10.5	1.32	.290	3.51	87	2.76	83	7.85	128.9
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,655	251	135	76	.640	246	2.38	121	24	1	1931.1	1,524	511	563	143	493	37	5	37	7,689	45	7.71	2.30	3.36	0.67	21.5	6.4	1.04	.258	2.62	69	2.57	77	7.10	167.9
15	Chris Short C. Short	1,629	501	135	132	.506	308	3.43	88	24	18	2325.0	2,215	886	991	183	806	61	78	74	9,801	73	6.31	3.12	2.02	0.71	16.6	8.2	1.30	.285	3.84	96	3.27	95	8.57	41.6
16	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,621	521	185	169	.523	404	3.35	145	36	19	3085.1	3,017	1,148	1,312	234	752	59	63	95	12,818	54	4.73	2.19	2.16	0.68	12.6	5.9	1.22	.274	3.83	89	3.24	88	8.80	148.2
17	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,605	302	134	84	.615	262	3.19	74	30	4	1849.0	1,518	655	729	138	810	36	18	39	7,745	124	7.81	3.94	1.98	0.67	20.7	10.5	1.26	.268	3.55	87	3.13	88	7.39	84.2
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,559	292	120	104	.536	278	3.02	89	31	3	2014.0	1,727	675	743	147	511	38	9	52	8,186	54	6.97	2.28	3.05	0.66	19.0	6.2	1.11	.266	3.32	91	2.72	85	7.72	105.2
19	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,534	406	128	115	.527	294	2.92	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
20	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,525	373	175	84	.676	335	2.73	109	32	7	2387.0	2,134	723	836	178	710	20	20	37	9,789	61	5.75	2.68	2.15	0.67	15.6	7.3	1.19	.266	3.15	75	3.13	85	8.05	151.6
21	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,515	481	130	104	.556	243	3.45	79	17	28	2010.1	1,787	771	879	199	877	41	117	65	8,585	65	6.78	3.93	1.73	0.89	17.6	10.2	1.33	.267	3.94	97	3.67	102	8.00	-17.4
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,508	448	121	119	.504	313	3.79	82	19	5	2272.0	2,210	956	1,087	227	830	32	46	67	9,686	85	5.97	3.29	1.82	0.90	15.6	8.6	1.34	.280	4.31	103	3.63	101	8.75	-14.9
23	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,498	473	180	168	.517	428	3.20	128	38	1	3095.1	3,050	1,101	1,244	224	790	41	21	85	12,808	62	4.36	2.30	1.90	0.65	11.7	6.2	1.24	.276	3.62	95	3.29	100	8.87	-1.8
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,484	271	117	92	.560	253	3.02	114	27	1	1905.0	1,719	639	726	135	649	21	7	60	7,921	67	7.01	3.07	2.29	0.64	18.7	8.2	1.24	.281	3.43	85	2.91	84	8.12	112.1
25	Al Downing A. Downing	1,484	333	115	97	.542	291	3.16	72	23	2	2028.2	1,728	712	819	157	826	26	21	30	8,506	69	6.58	3.66	1.80	0.70	17.4	9.7	1.26	.261	3.63	93	3.32	97	7.67	24

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