most pitching strikeouts from 1957 to 1974

Between the 1957 and 1974 seasons, Bob Gibson fanned the most hitters, with 3,057 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1957 to 1974

	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	3,057	506	248	164	.602	468	2.85	254	56	4	3775.1	3,159	1,197	1,354	247	1,274	98	17	112	15,569	102	7.29	3.04	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.2	1.17	.267	3.23	77	2.85	79	7.53	303.2
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,784	561	216	178	.548	508	3.22	151	40	14	3656.0	3,319	1,308	1,465	358	940	157	31	92	15,132	43	6.85	2.31	2.96	0.88	18.4	6.2	1.16	.272	3.61	87	3.18	87	8.17	202.2
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,540	476	195	157	.554	427	3.43	171	38	9	3121.0	2,833	1,188	1,296	310	950	91	25	55	12,964	102	7.32	2.74	2.67	0.89	19.6	7.3	1.21	.278	3.74	96	3.18	87	8.17	166.4
4	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,431	493	204	161	.559	453	2.96	165	49	6	3333.0	2,989	1,095	1,257	271	824	151	28	120	13,684	79	6.56	2.23	2.95	0.73	17.8	6.0	1.14	.272	3.39	84	3.00	88	8.07	155.8
5	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,424	411	139	133	.511	345	3.18	103	23	14	2457.2	1,918	868	988	164	1,292	59	35	71	10,438	139	8.88	4.73	1.88	0.60	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.62	90	3.06	84	7.02	156.7
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,336	369	161	81	.665	299	2.70	135	38	9	2224.0	1,655	667	754	192	760	17	39	47	9,053	84	9.45	3.08	3.07	0.78	25.8	8.4	1.09	.255	3.05	73	2.61	73	6.70	229.8
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	469	243	141	.633	455	2.87	244	52	2	3501.0	3,142	1,117	1,320	318	704	40	11	81	14,202	51	5.92	1.81	3.27	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.39	81	3.03	88	8.08	158.4
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,294	486	198	157	.558	401	2.85	211	37	10	3303.1	2,859	1,047	1,212	241	877	73	31	121	13,434	111	6.25	2.39	2.62	0.66	17.1	6.5	1.13	.263	3.30	81	2.94	85	7.79	187.8
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,045	383	174	121	.590	325	3.09	178	33	7	2632.0	2,301	903	1,002	262	534	49	30	74	10,624	36	6.99	1.83	3.83	0.90	19.2	5.0	1.08	.264	3.43	82	2.91	80	7.87	209.9
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,009	533	215	173	.554	479	3.31	151	27	5	3334.1	3,289	1,228	1,472	301	796	102	20	64	13,954	110	5.42	2.15	2.52	0.81	14.4	5.7	1.23	.278	3.97	90	3.31	88	8.88	164.9
11	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,863	399	162	133	.549	357	3.31	124	36	2	2493.2	2,225	916	1,044	211	849	43	19	41	10,423	73	6.72	3.06	2.19	0.76	17.9	8.1	1.23	.270	3.77	90	3.21	85	8.03	164.2
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,856	283	146	87	.627	278	2.47	133	29	1	2167.1	1,723	595	652	162	568	40	5	47	8,645	49	7.71	2.36	3.27	0.67	21.5	6.6	1.06	.259	2.71	72	2.60	78	7.15	184.6
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,738	332	139	113	.552	318	3.04	99	36	3	2290.0	1,968	774	854	170	591	44	9	54	9,334	58	6.83	2.32	2.94	0.67	18.6	6.3	1.12	.265	3.36	92	2.79	86	7.73	115.1
14	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
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,724	310	133	105	.559	292	3.05	131	28	1	2196.0	1,968	743	844	156	785	26	7	68	9,148	78	7.07	3.22	2.20	0.64	18.8	8.6	1.25	.281	3.46	85	2.96	85	8.07	124.3
16	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,703	397	120	95	.558	255	3.07	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,655	366	140	106	.569	279	2.93	126	35	15	2127.1	1,722	693	765	206	730	34	50	38	8,688	22	7.00	3.09	2.27	0.87	19.0	8.4	1.15	.250	3.24	82	3.29	90	7.29	83.3
18	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
19	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
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,572	227	91	86	.514	193	3.01	85	18	3	1452.2	994	486	550	84	865	50	13	23	6,127	65	9.74	5.36	1.82	0.52	25.7	14.1	1.28	.256	3.41	90	2.98	89	6.16	61.8
21	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,571	470	183	167	.523	403	3.33	145	36	9	3000.0	2,942	1,109	1,268	229	707	58	37	87	12,452	50	4.71	2.12	2.22	0.69	12.6	5.7	1.22	.274	3.80	88	3.24	88	8.83	144.3
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,554	482	129	127	.504	323	3.77	85	20	5	2375.0	2,317	995	1,136	234	865	34	54	73	10,126	90	5.89	3.28	1.80	0.89	15.3	8.5	1.34	.280	4.30	103	3.63	101	8.78	-16.2
23	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,549	504	189	179	.514	451	3.23	135	40	1	3256.1	3,234	1,169	1,325	233	848	43	24	91	13,514	65	4.28	2.34	1.83	0.64	11.5	6.3	1.25	.277	3.66	95	3.32	100	8.94	-7.8
24	Al Downing A. Downing	1,547	354	120	103	.538	307	3.18	73	24	2	2127.0	1,822	752	871	164	871	29	23	30	8,933	72	6.55	3.69	1.78	0.69	17.3	9.8	1.27	.262	3.69	94	3.34	97	7.71	23.3
25	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

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