most pitching strikeouts from 1966 to 1983

Between the 1966 and 1983 seasons, Steve Carlton struck out the most hitters, with 3,688 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1966 to 1983

	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,688	609	300	200	.600	604	3.01	250	55	1	4533.2	3,966	1,517	1,726	337	1,516	47	2	129	18,675	150	7.32	3.01	2.43	0.67	19.7	8.1	1.21	.277	3.43	83	2.97	83	7.87	308.3
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,677	516	219	195	.529	482	3.10	193	52	3	3520.2	2,523	1,214	1,385	190	2,022	96	13	50	14,845	174	9.40	5.17	1.82	0.49	24.8	13.6	1.29	.263	3.54	89	3.02	86	6.45	193.6
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,272	559	273	170	.616	553	2.73	213	56	1	4131.1	3,352	1,254	1,380	314	1,204	59	5	105	16,639	107	7.13	2.62	2.72	0.68	19.7	7.2	1.10	.258	3.01	77	2.90	83	7.30	270.7
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,182	657	282	225	.556	594	3.34	267	49	6	4488.1	4,135	1,666	1,850	482	995	84	31	116	18,354	62	6.38	2.00	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.29	223
5	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,137	642	290	235	.552	634	3.04	291	51	3	4829.0	4,427	1,633	1,888	349	1,223	95	7	133	19,738	136	5.85	2.28	2.57	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	83	3.03	84	8.25	303.7
6	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,065	622	266	206	.564	605	3.11	172	56	5	4357.2	3,765	1,504	1,662	347	1,113	68	12	92	17,748	89	6.33	2.30	2.75	0.72	17.3	6.3	1.12	.260	3.43	90	3.03	88	7.78	193.3
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,855	688	266	227	.540	593	3.19	226	43	23	4529.2	4,130	1,608	1,875	386	1,419	104	58	80	18,828	190	5.67	2.82	2.01	0.77	15.2	7.5	1.23	.266	3.73	84	3.45	92	8.21	156.6
8	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,499	435	176	160	.524	430	3.01	164	42	0	3177.1	2,875	1,063	1,191	225	865	85	3	53	13,022	71	7.08	2.45	2.89	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.18	.283	3.37	81	2.84	76	8.14	309.2
9	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,359	557	202	190	.515	475	3.33	134	31	17	3516.0	3,296	1,301	1,457	268	1,104	65	43	113	14,613	81	6.04	2.83	2.14	0.69	16.1	7.6	1.25	.280	3.73	91	3.24	90	8.44	144.5
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,311	466	179	164	.522	408	3.45	172	32	5	3018.1	2,809	1,156	1,282	285	907	70	25	64	12,556	102	6.89	2.70	2.55	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	97	3.19	88	8.38	151.7
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,159	513	208	157	.570	438	3.31	168	44	13	3163.0	2,815	1,163	1,271	313	991	44	44	48	13,041	21	6.14	2.82	2.18	0.89	16.6	7.6	1.20	.262	3.62	87	3.47	91	8.01	108
12	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,133	526	263	145	.645	512	2.81	211	53	3	3838.1	3,252	1,197	1,327	295	1,238	36	6	35	15,631	79	5.00	2.90	1.72	0.69	13.6	7.9	1.17	.248	3.11	78	3.48	94	7.63	89.7
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	1,972	441	191	143	.572	425	3.21	142	37	2	3055.2	2,687	1,091	1,222	227	1,028	22	6	57	12,600	90	5.81	3.03	1.92	0.67	15.7	8.2	1.22	.263	3.60	90	3.31	92	7.91	96.5
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,930	468	216	158	.578	456	3.22	178	40	1	3316.1	2,834	1,185	1,312	353	908	47	4	52	13,465	47	5.24	2.46	2.13	0.96	14.3	6.7	1.13	.243	3.56	94	3.63	102	7.69	-40.5
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,907	307	160	105	.604	299	2.70	175	38	2	2436.0	2,028	732	823	140	750	51	4	78	9,941	62	7.05	2.77	2.54	0.52	19.2	7.5	1.14	.266	3.04	76	2.68	78	7.49	196.9
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,813	312	107	105	.505	261	3.18	80	17	8	1887.0	1,475	667	758	132	961	46	26	60	7,982	100	8.65	4.58	1.89	0.63	22.7	12.0	1.29	.267	3.62	90	3.10	86	7.03	109
17	Tommy John T. John	1,783	544	232	166	.583	525	3.11	146	42	1	3646.0	3,568	1,260	1,468	218	946	73	10	73	15,085	136	4.40	2.34	1.88	0.54	11.8	6.3	1.24	.278	3.62	86	3.24	87	8.81	193.3
18	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,721	482	140	135	.509	338	3.71	92	18	7	2551.1	2,407	1,052	1,199	233	995	90	70	65	10,879	118	6.07	3.51	1.73	0.82	15.8	9.1	1.33	.277	4.23	104	3.64	100	8.49	-0.1
19	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,709	695	210	167	.557	447	3.43	129	22	13	3320.0	3,441	1,266	1,462	279	730	63	91	96	13,901	81	4.63	1.98	2.34	0.76	12.3	5.3	1.26	.284	3.96	94	3.34	91	9.33	119.6
20	Rudy May R. May	1,684	505	148	147	.502	341	3.43	85	23	12	2498.0	2,203	953	1,091	192	880	38	70	55	10,357	58	6.07	3.17	1.91	0.69	16.3	8.5	1.23	.266	3.93	98	3.35	93	7.94	70.2
21	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
22	Rick Wise R. Wise	1,608	481	183	178	.507	447	3.68	138	30	0	3058.1	3,149	1,250	1,414	254	779	41	13	81	12,844	46	4.73	2.29	2.06	0.75	12.5	6.1	1.28	.285	4.16	100	3.39	94	9.27	77
23	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	1,598	448	174	150	.537	410	3.49	127	31	3	2863.1	2,785	1,110	1,269	248	907	49	16	70	12,051	98	5.02	2.85	1.76	0.78	13.3	7.5	1.29	.274	3.99	96	3.55	98	8.75	26
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,587	454	173	140	.553	407	3.47	116	34	9	2834.0	2,798	1,092	1,252	162	912	44	27	93	11,999	87	5.04	2.90	1.74	0.51	13.2	7.6	1.31	.284	3.98	97	3.25	91	8.89	101.7
25	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	1,587	625	141	155	.476	322	3.77	68	27	58	2411.1	2,367	1,010	1,136	187	890	68	160	79	10,291	68	5.92	3.32	1.78	0.70	15.4	8.6	1.35	.288	4.24	104	3.43	98	8.83	20.3

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