most pitching strikeouts from 1962 to 1979

Between the 1962 and 1979 seasons, Gaylord Perry struck out the most hitters, with 3,141 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1962 to 1979

	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	3,141	658	279	217	.563	573	2.93	285	50	10	4590.2	4,073	1,494	1,726	325	1,188	88	31	152	18,691	130	6.16	2.33	2.64	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.269	3.38	82	2.94	84	7.99	292.4
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,909	396	167	159	.512	362	3.16	169	42	3	2691.1	1,889	946	1,077	149	1,646	80	13	42	11,404	125	9.73	5.50	1.77	0.50	25.5	14.4	1.31	.263	3.60	90	3.05	87	6.32	149.2
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,887	455	235	133	.639	449	2.55	197	52	1	3454.2	2,755	980	1,076	248	949	48	5	85	13,813	85	7.52	2.47	3.04	0.65	20.9	6.9	1.07	.259	2.80	73	2.68	78	7.18	301.8
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,834	453	232	151	.606	434	2.82	241	53	5	3510.2	2,919	1,100	1,233	233	1,130	94	12	103	14,420	93	7.27	2.90	2.51	0.60	19.7	7.8	1.15	.265	3.16	77	2.82	80	7.48	268.8
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,770	549	247	182	.576	486	3.25	249	47	7	3812.0	3,433	1,377	1,527	410	791	69	34	97	15,469	50	6.54	1.87	3.50	0.97	17.9	5.1	1.11	.265	3.61	85	3.17	85	8.11	225.6
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,683	487	225	160	.584	469	3.08	200	42	1	3485.1	3,068	1,194	1,356	279	1,202	41	7	100	14,412	107	6.93	3.10	2.23	0.72	18.6	8.3	1.23	.273	3.50	85	3.13	87	7.92	171.1
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,524	502	217	170	.561	486	3.12	152	50	4	3516.2	3,037	1,221	1,350	282	919	59	11	80	14,354	84	6.46	2.35	2.75	0.72	17.6	6.4	1.12	.261	3.45	92	3.00	88	7.77	154.3
9	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,448	424	141	134	.513	345	3.18	103	23	14	2486.0	1,945	879	999	164	1,307	59	39	74	10,560	140	8.86	4.73	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.271	3.62	90	3.06	84	7.04	159.9
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,402	608	218	191	.533	466	3.10	206	35	28	3769.0	3,405	1,298	1,542	315	1,133	99	79	74	15,646	179	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.75	15.4	7.2	1.20	.264	3.68	81	3.36	90	8.13	157.1
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,270	533	217	156	.582	445	3.21	183	49	15	3263.0	2,843	1,162	1,270	330	1,027	48	51	48	13,400	25	6.26	2.83	2.21	0.91	16.9	7.7	1.19	.258	3.50	85	3.47	92	7.84	104.7
12	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,213	666	254	196	.564	568	3.36	166	29	7	3977.1	4,042	1,485	1,735	355	879	102	35	80	16,616	108	5.01	1.99	2.52	0.80	13.3	5.3	1.24	.282	3.93	92	3.34	89	9.15	171.5
13	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,121	431	224	130	.633	419	2.84	229	48	2	3240.2	2,911	1,022	1,212	291	633	38	9	76	13,139	41	5.89	1.76	3.35	0.81	16.1	4.8	1.09	.261	3.37	80	3.00	88	8.08	147.8
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,082	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,956	413	160	150	.516	382	3.12	118	28	5	2808.1	2,549	974	1,102	206	903	52	14	96	11,618	68	6.27	2.89	2.17	0.66	16.8	7.8	1.23	.276	3.53	88	3.15	90	8.17	114.8
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,927	447	225	122	.648	420	2.66	194	51	3	3275.1	2,691	968	1,081	228	1,092	29	11	34	13,282	75	5.30	3.00	1.76	0.63	14.5	8.2	1.15	.246	2.97	76	3.33	92	7.39	111.1
18	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,829	367	137	120	.533	338	3.23	91	28	11	2399.1	2,248	861	962	215	579	105	21	73	9,957	29	6.86	2.17	3.16	0.81	18.4	5.8	1.18	.281	3.61	90	3.03	87	8.43	119.4
19	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.1	2,416	1,055	1,202	233	1,003	90	70	65	10,948	118	6.05	3.51	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	104	3.64	100	8.46	1
20	Tommy John T. John	1,722	487	192	142	.575	446	2.99	112	36	3	3082.1	2,919	1,023	1,205	183	862	61	13	75	12,743	121	5.03	2.52	2.00	0.53	13.5	6.8	1.23	.276	3.52	85	3.11	86	8.52	172.7
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	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
23	Al Downing A. Downing	1,627	400	123	106	.537	316	3.20	73	24	3	2259.1	1,939	803	930	177	921	30	34	32	9,492	76	6.48	3.67	1.77	0.71	17.1	9.7	1.27	.262	3.70	94	3.36	97	7.72	19.7
24	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	1,625	344	130	99	.568	295	2.86	98	27	14	2230.1	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,624	342	156	110	.586	331	3.13	124	32	2	2440.2	2,129	850	961	174	798	19	2	43	10,018	70	5.99	2.94	2.04	0.64	16.2	8.0	1.20	.264	3.54	89	3.18	88	7.85	110.1

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