most pitching strikeouts from 1963 to 1980

Between 1963 and 1980, Gaylord Perry struck out the most batters, with 3,256 strikeouts.

	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	3,256	679	286	229	.555	598	2.94	290	52	10	4753.1	4,243	1,553	1,804	336	1,238	96	32	153	19,380	136	6.16	2.34	2.63	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.270	3.42	82	2.95	84	8.03	304.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,109	431	178	169	.513	397	3.18	173	44	3	2925.0	2,094	1,033	1,177	159	1,744	83	13	43	12,386	135	9.57	5.37	1.78	0.49	25.1	14.1	1.31	.265	3.62	91	3.04	86	6.44	164.4
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,988	481	245	141	.635	475	2.60	202	53	1	3622.2	2,895	1,048	1,150	272	1,008	49	5	88	14,505	89	7.42	2.50	2.96	0.68	20.6	6.9	1.08	.257	2.86	74	2.77	80	7.19	286.7
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,969	525	249	169	.596	507	3.02	213	45	1	3789.1	3,311	1,273	1,443	294	1,292	43	7	112	15,640	124	7.05	3.07	2.30	0.70	19.0	8.3	1.21	.273	3.43	83	3.07	86	7.86	213.4
5	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,899	578	259	194	.572	515	3.28	261	47	7	4010.0	3,623	1,460	1,617	432	843	73	34	105	16,296	55	6.51	1.89	3.44	0.97	17.8	5.2	1.11	.265	3.63	85	3.20	86	8.13	229.2
6	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
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,652	534	230	175	.568	517	3.07	156	52	5	3729.0	3,200	1,273	1,406	302	966	61	12	85	15,187	84	6.40	2.33	2.75	0.73	17.5	6.4	1.12	.259	3.39	90	3.02	88	7.72	157.9
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,626	421	217	138	.611	404	2.82	226	48	4	3277.0	2,745	1,026	1,149	218	1,035	84	10	94	13,453	82	7.21	2.84	2.54	0.60	19.5	7.7	1.15	.266	3.16	78	2.80	81	7.54	240.7
9	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,578	648	233	209	.527	504	3.14	217	38	29	4044.0	3,661	1,409	1,661	345	1,218	102	81	77	16,783	188	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.77	15.4	7.3	1.21	.264	3.70	82	3.39	90	8.15	159.6
10	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,378	399	138	127	.521	332	3.08	103	23	13	2398.1	1,864	820	935	155	1,237	55	34	73	10,150	135	8.92	4.64	1.92	0.58	23.4	12.2	1.29	.270	3.51	87	2.99	83	6.99	168.4
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,354	558	225	165	.577	470	3.27	186	49	15	3399.1	2,982	1,236	1,349	340	1,077	49	51	51	13,988	27	6.23	2.85	2.19	0.90	16.8	7.7	1.19	.260	3.57	87	3.47	92	7.90	110.7
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,250	387	156	141	.525	382	2.96	150	41	0	2841.1	2,554	933	1,051	206	770	70	3	48	11,629	63	7.13	2.44	2.92	0.65	19.3	6.6	1.17	.282	3.33	80	2.83	77	8.09	272
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,105	451	176	163	.519	416	3.19	126	28	7	3051.2	2,801	1,083	1,221	230	972	57	16	101	12,640	70	6.21	2.87	2.17	0.68	16.7	7.7	1.24	.277	3.60	89	3.19	90	8.26	123.3
14	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,077	680	244	190	.562	547	3.40	156	25	10	3843.0	3,947	1,450	1,695	338	841	84	58	88	16,077	99	4.86	1.97	2.47	0.79	12.9	5.2	1.25	.283	3.97	93	3.34	90	9.24	150.6
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,036	481	241	132	.646	453	2.74	198	51	3	3499.1	2,929	1,067	1,189	254	1,166	32	11	34	14,241	77	5.24	3.00	1.75	0.65	14.3	8.2	1.17	.249	3.06	77	3.39	93	7.53	101.7
16	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
17	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,968	394	206	119	.634	383	2.79	211	45	1	2978.0	2,678	924	1,100	257	543	35	8	71	12,038	38	5.95	1.64	3.62	0.78	16.3	4.5	1.08	.262	3.32	80	2.89	85	8.09	162.5
18	Tommy John T. John	1,800	523	214	151	.586	482	3.02	128	42	3	3347.2	3,189	1,124	1,320	196	918	67	13	76	13,832	126	4.84	2.47	1.96	0.53	13.0	6.6	1.23	.276	3.55	85	3.15	86	8.57	187.3
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,753	373	170	120	.586	362	3.12	134	35	2	2664.2	2,331	924	1,040	188	859	19	2	51	10,932	73	5.92	2.90	2.04	0.63	16.0	7.9	1.20	.264	3.51	89	3.19	89	7.87	114.9
20	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
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,661	386	118	93	.559	249	3.06	76	20	20	1880.1	1,645	639	730	89	833	29	62	61	7,968	90	7.95	3.99	1.99	0.43	20.8	10.5	1.32	.291	3.49	87	2.75	83	7.87	125.9
22	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,645	326	118	110	.518	303	3.19	79	26	5	2141.1	1,986	758	850	187	505	92	15	70	8,854	25	6.91	2.12	3.26	0.79	18.6	5.7	1.16	.280	3.57	90	2.96	87	8.35	105.1
23	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
24	Al Downing A. Downing	1,626	399	123	106	.537	316	3.20	73	24	3	2258.1	1,939	803	930	177	921	30	33	32	9,489	76	6.48	3.67	1.77	0.71	17.1	9.7	1.27	.262	3.71	94	3.37	97	7.73	19.3
25	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

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Dodgers	100	62	.617
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Crow-Armstrong

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252

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248

Williams

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WHIP Leaders

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Misiorowski

0.87

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0