most pitching strikeouts from 1960 to 1977

Between the 1960 and 1977 seasons, Bob Gibson struck out the most hitters, with 3,069 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1960 to 1977

	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	3,069	515	248	169	.595	473	2.91	253	55	6	3808.2	3,202	1,230	1,385	253	1,297	101	18	116	15,735	104	7.25	3.06	2.37	0.60	19.5	8.2	1.18	.268	3.27	78	2.88	81	7.57	285.9
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,847	589	246	200	.552	504	2.93	270	48	10	4097.1	3,607	1,336	1,540	304	1,055	82	31	134	16,673	120	6.25	2.32	2.70	0.67	17.1	6.3	1.14	.267	3.38	82	2.95	84	7.92	255.5
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,799	539	215	188	.533	489	3.44	195	41	9	3554.1	3,277	1,358	1,498	343	1,066	91	26	61	14,777	120	7.09	2.70	2.63	0.87	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	96	3.18	87	8.30	190.3
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,530	387	203	113	.642	381	2.48	180	46	1	2980.0	2,350	822	894	206	799	48	5	68	11,870	75	7.64	2.41	3.17	0.62	21.3	6.7	1.06	.259	2.70	71	2.59	76	7.10	278.6
5	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,449	478	213	160	.571	419	3.20	223	40	7	3304.0	2,953	1,176	1,308	349	669	63	31	89	13,390	44	6.67	1.82	3.66	0.95	18.3	5.0	1.10	.264	3.56	84	3.09	84	8.04	215.3
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,426	331	141	132	.516	297	3.06	138	34	3	2234.0	1,537	760	867	122	1,384	71	13	32	9,459	103	9.77	5.58	1.75	0.49	25.6	14.6	1.31	.259	3.49	89	3.05	88	6.19	106.7
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,309	418	191	136	.584	400	3.06	175	35	1	2987.0	2,638	1,015	1,153	224	1,050	33	7	82	12,377	94	6.96	3.16	2.20	0.67	18.7	8.5	1.23	.276	3.47	85	3.06	86	7.95	160.8
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,287	646	253	210	.546	580	3.38	172	29	5	4021.0	4,055	1,510	1,779	361	941	111	25	73	16,837	113	5.12	2.11	2.43	0.81	13.6	5.6	1.24	.281	3.98	92	3.36	89	9.08	173.7
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,224	435	190	144	.569	420	3.04	134	47	3	3052.1	2,608	1,031	1,132	232	804	53	10	67	12,437	74	6.56	2.37	2.77	0.68	17.9	6.5	1.12	.260	3.34	90	2.92	87	7.69	146.4
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,224	441	165	145	.532	409	3.19	113	35	12	2919.1	2,697	1,034	1,167	260	714	125	23	83	12,091	33	6.86	2.20	3.11	0.80	18.4	5.9	1.17	.278	3.60	87	3.04	85	8.31	184
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,052	471	191	140	.577	384	3.15	166	43	15	2855.0	2,468	999	1,096	282	917	43	50	43	11,718	25	6.47	2.89	2.24	0.89	17.5	7.8	1.19	.259	3.45	84	3.40	91	7.78	101.1
14	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,946	520	178	153	.538	380	3.09	161	30	27	3092.2	2,799	1,062	1,253	258	918	75	78	61	12,821	150	5.66	2.67	2.12	0.75	15.2	7.2	1.20	.264	3.65	82	3.33	91	8.15	118.9
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,922	460	210	151	.582	437	3.18	175	41	1	3226.1	2,732	1,139	1,263	343	885	47	5	57	13,095	45	5.36	2.47	2.17	0.96	14.7	6.8	1.12	.241	3.52	93	3.59	102	7.62	-34.9
16	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,910	371	158	126	.556	359	2.83	135	40	4	2629.2	2,341	827	961	207	598	112	10	102	10,718	64	6.54	2.05	3.19	0.71	17.8	5.6	1.12	.270	3.29	84	2.92	89	8.01	100
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,910	260	137	60	.695	237	2.36	122	37	6	1807.2	1,304	474	542	136	512	14	14	36	7,216	57	9.51	2.55	3.73	0.68	26.5	7.1	1.00	.252	2.70	67	2.28	67	6.49	226.4
18	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,728	282	122	113	.519	279	2.79	130	35	0	2143.2	1,880	664	753	148	553	58	2	30	8,693	46	7.25	2.32	3.12	0.62	19.9	6.4	1.13	.279	3.16	76	2.70	73	7.89	236.1
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,722	386	194	104	.651	360	2.65	168	45	3	2823.2	2,301	830	921	197	952	28	10	33	11,446	69	5.49	3.03	1.81	0.63	15.0	8.3	1.15	.246	2.94	76	3.29	92	7.33	95.8
20	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
21	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,682	428	137	135	.504	340	3.68	94	18	7	2464.2	2,305	1,007	1,146	225	957	87	41	61	10,485	110	6.14	3.49	1.76	0.82	16.0	9.1	1.32	.276	4.18	103	3.62	99	8.42	4.1
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,639	338	137	122	.529	314	3.03	105	26	3	2309.1	2,060	777	884	170	736	41	8	81	9,531	61	6.39	2.87	2.23	0.66	17.2	7.7	1.21	.272	3.45	87	3.09	90	8.03	88.7
23	Al Downing A. Downing	1,639	405	123	107	.535	317	3.22	73	24	3	2268.1	1,946	811	938	177	933	31	37	32	9,539	77	6.50	3.70	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.8	1.27	.262	3.72	95	3.37	97	7.72	19.3
24	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,627	451	185	130	.587	379	3.12	172	36	11	2804.0	2,531	972	1,122	221	818	12	33	60	11,481	52	5.22	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.19	.262	3.60	91	3.28	94	8.12	62.7
25	Chris Short C. Short	1,621	498	135	132	.506	306	3.40	88	24	18	2310.2	2,196	873	978	180	796	60	78	74	9,729	71	6.31	3.10	2.04	0.70	16.7	8.2	1.29	.285	3.81	95	3.25	95	8.55	45.7

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