most pitching strikeouts from 1961 to 1978

Between the 1961 and 1978 seasons, Gaylord Perry struck out the most batters, with 3,001 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1961 to 1978

	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,001	626	267	206	.564	541	2.92	275	50	10	4358.0	3,848	1,415	1,636	313	1,121	84	31	142	17,728	124	6.20	2.32	2.68	0.65	16.9	6.3	1.14	.268	3.38	82	2.93	84	7.95	279.1
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,000	488	245	163	.600	461	2.84	251	55	6	3722.0	3,105	1,176	1,324	246	1,249	100	15	110	15,336	101	7.25	3.02	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.1	1.17	.266	3.20	77	2.86	80	7.51	283.6
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,812	559	217	189	.534	491	3.42	195	41	10	3589.0	3,307	1,364	1,504	343	1,077	92	33	64	14,917	122	7.05	2.70	2.61	0.86	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.77	96	3.18	87	8.29	192.5
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,756	423	219	127	.633	417	2.51	188	47	1	3239.2	2,568	905	991	232	888	48	5	79	12,945	81	7.66	2.47	3.10	0.64	21.3	6.9	1.07	.259	2.75	72	2.64	77	7.13	290.2
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,686	362	151	145	.510	328	3.12	152	37	3	2468.2	1,720	857	973	134	1,532	74	13	39	10,467	116	9.79	5.59	1.75	0.49	25.7	14.6	1.32	.263	3.55	90	3.04	87	6.27	127
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,606	512	231	168	.579	449	3.19	239	44	7	3553.0	3,181	1,260	1,400	370	710	66	34	91	14,380	46	6.60	1.80	3.67	0.94	18.1	4.9	1.10	.264	3.55	84	3.08	83	8.06	237.2
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,470	452	207	149	.581	434	3.04	187	38	1	3234.1	2,866	1,093	1,244	254	1,113	36	7	89	13,383	97	6.87	3.10	2.22	0.71	18.5	8.3	1.23	.275	3.46	84	3.10	87	7.98	159.8
8	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
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,378	469	205	155	.569	454	3.08	146	49	3	3290.2	2,836	1,125	1,241	261	858	58	10	74	13,427	80	6.50	2.35	2.77	0.71	17.7	6.4	1.12	.261	3.39	91	2.97	88	7.76	145.5
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,310	659	260	210	.553	595	3.38	174	30	5	4111.1	4,157	1,543	1,807	362	942	111	23	77	17,195	116	5.06	2.06	2.45	0.79	13.4	5.5	1.24	.282	3.96	92	3.34	89	9.10	184.3
11	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,245	460	237	140	.629	446	2.90	238	51	2	3425.2	3,094	1,102	1,300	315	681	40	11	81	13,908	48	5.90	1.79	3.30	0.83	16.1	4.9	1.10	.262	3.42	81	3.04	88	8.13	149.3
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,194	564	197	171	.535	422	3.07	183	34	28	3427.0	3,094	1,169	1,382	274	1,020	88	79	66	14,210	161	5.76	2.68	2.15	0.72	15.4	7.2	1.20	.265	3.63	81	3.28	89	8.13	157
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,166	503	204	148	.580	415	3.16	178	48	15	3067.1	2,653	1,077	1,176	308	974	48	51	47	12,581	25	6.36	2.86	2.22	0.90	17.2	7.7	1.18	.258	3.45	84	3.44	92	7.78	100.2
14	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,023	405	154	131	.540	375	3.23	103	32	12	2667.1	2,480	956	1,075	240	650	114	22	76	11,067	31	6.83	2.19	3.11	0.81	18.3	5.9	1.17	.279	3.63	89	3.05	86	8.37	149.4
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,978	481	222	157	.586	457	3.19	180	42	1	3344.1	2,830	1,186	1,312	359	920	48	6	57	13,572	47	5.32	2.48	2.15	0.97	14.6	6.8	1.12	.241	3.53	93	3.62	102	7.62	-42.2
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,910	316	136	123	.525	313	2.81	141	39	0	2387.1	2,097	746	847	165	619	64	2	35	9,704	52	7.20	2.33	3.09	0.62	19.7	6.4	1.14	.278	3.19	77	2.72	74	7.91	255.7
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,860	424	215	116	.650	398	2.63	187	51	3	3119.2	2,547	911	1,015	216	1,049	29	10	34	12,643	74	5.37	3.03	1.77	0.62	14.7	8.3	1.15	.246	2.93	75	3.31	92	7.35	104.1
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,799	376	140	137	.505	346	3.09	108	26	5	2544.2	2,281	875	994	187	820	49	14	92	10,517	66	6.36	2.90	2.19	0.66	17.1	7.8	1.22	.273	3.52	89	3.12	90	8.07	93.1
19	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,714	469	142	135	.513	340	3.68	94	18	7	2545.0	2,384	1,041	1,183	232	992	88	67	64	10,829	115	6.06	3.51	1.73	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.276	4.18	103	3.64	100	8.43	0.7
20	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,713	223	129	47	.733	211	2.19	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
21	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
22	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,664	330	143	112	.561	323	2.83	120	35	2	2360.2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
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	Tommy John T. John	1,611	450	171	133	.563	410	2.99	95	33	3	2806.0	2,651	932	1,096	174	797	57	12	74	11,627	110	5.17	2.56	2.02	0.56	13.9	6.9	1.23	.276	3.52	86	3.12	87	8.50	140.2

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