most stikeouts as a pitcher from 1951 to 1967

Between the 1951 and 1967 seasons, Jim Bunning struck out the most hitters, with 2,398 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	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,398	467	192	133	.591	410	3.07	138	39	15	3059.0	2,694	1,043	1,172	313	800	131	31	72	12,621	38	7.06	2.35	3.00	0.92	19.0	6.3	1.14	.265	3.45	81	3.21	85	7.93	186.5
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,307	475	190	150	.559	422	2.98	154	40	6	3130.1	2,812	1,036	1,190	260	786	140	34	113	12,876	77	6.63	2.26	2.94	0.75	17.9	6.1	1.15	.272	3.42	83	3.03	86	8.08	170.2
4	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,032	573	244	210	.537	519	3.43	264	37	20	4011.0	3,923	1,527	1,686	451	689	43	39	69	16,409	29	4.56	1.55	2.95	1.01	12.4	4.2	1.15	.263	3.78	90	3.48	91	8.80	152.1
5	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,991	460	157	151	.510	358	3.63	124	32	10	2629.2	2,430	1,062	1,200	229	952	50	61	45	11,144	76	6.81	3.26	2.09	0.78	17.9	8.5	1.29	.278	4.11	95	3.27	85	8.32	176
6	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,930	567	277	187	.597	500	3.09	285	48	22	3960.1	3,685	1,360	1,505	345	1,029	35	53	60	16,241	56	4.39	2.34	1.88	0.78	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.42	86	3.45	96	8.37	55.6
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,897	478	227	105	.684	426	2.74	149	43	10	3058.1	2,679	932	1,068	221	1,034	26	30	44	12,571	72	5.58	3.04	1.83	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	75	3.24	88	7.88	150.9
8	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,743	442	199	142	.584	392	3.36	177	38	14	2919.0	2,580	1,090	1,210	246	1,157	44	40	36	12,267	33	5.37	3.57	1.51	0.76	14.2	9.4	1.28	.257	3.73	89	3.61	95	7.95	62.2
9	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,740	493	189	138	.578	373	3.12	170	37	32	2850.1	2,602	989	1,082	256	868	26	65	35	11,811	38	5.49	2.74	2.00	0.81	14.7	7.3	1.22	.263	3.42	82	3.37	88	8.22	143.4
10	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3611.0	3,772	1,438	1,652	286	894	46	56	115	15,214	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	94	3.35	89	9.40	172.2
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,582	280	125	88	.587	242	3.12	110	25	4	1904.0	1,612	660	749	147	704	59	17	48	7,949	61	7.48	3.33	2.25	0.69	19.9	8.9	1.22	.268	3.54	82	3.10	83	7.62	132.4
12	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,582	524	181	166	.522	395	3.45	137	35	20	3019.0	2,977	1,158	1,319	250	764	64	73	91	12,596	54	4.72	2.28	2.07	0.75	12.6	6.1	1.24	.274	3.93	89	3.37	89	8.87	134
13	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,575	453	136	113	.546	286	3.63	99	20	20	2235.0	2,154	901	1,012	240	601	43	84	77	9,330	58	6.34	2.42	2.62	0.97	16.9	6.4	1.23	.279	4.08	93	3.34	85	8.67	142.7
14	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,418	423	143	110	.565	331	3.66	76	24	10	2200.1	2,173	894	992	235	715	27	44	67	9,284	63	5.80	2.92	1.98	0.96	15.3	7.7	1.31	.281	4.06	96	3.62	96	8.89	44.6
15	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,417	253	144	68	.679	246	2.67	140	32	2	1924.1	1,622	570	665	187	403	18	7	41	7,729	24	6.63	1.88	3.52	0.87	18.3	5.2	1.05	.252	3.11	74	3.00	86	7.59	99.6
16	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,378	865	126	104	.548	52	2.51	20	5	185	1955.1	1,533	545	675	131	670	55	515	45	7,952	75	6.34	3.08	2.06	0.60	17.3	8.4	1.13	.245	3.11	67	3.08	82	7.06	147.7
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,376	322	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1643.1	1,403	655	752	151	822	60	45	37	7,074	45	7.54	4.50	1.67	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.12	92	3.61	93	7.68	49.1
18	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,373	468	164	152	.519	397	3.43	142	34	3	2823.1	2,828	1,077	1,275	221	806	48	34	62	11,902	29	4.38	2.57	1.70	0.70	11.5	6.8	1.29	.276	4.06	89	3.45	90	9.01	123.9
19	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	1,372	525	135	117	.536	287	3.88	83	20	19	2302.0	2,308	993	1,088	209	771	70	100	44	9,804	44	5.36	3.01	1.78	0.82	14.0	7.9	1.34	.284	4.25	98	3.57	90	9.02	95.5
20	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,302	219	106	65	.620	196	3.04	60	22	3	1416.1	1,139	479	525	104	605	30	9	27	5,895	92	8.27	3.84	2.15	0.66	22.1	10.3	1.23	.269	3.34	82	3.01	83	7.24	92.8
21	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	1,268	457	166	132	.557	369	3.55	111	20	6	2587.0	2,446	1,019	1,162	238	1,105	37	38	52	11,045	68	4.41	3.84	1.15	0.83	11.5	10.0	1.37	.263	4.04	97	4.05	112	8.51	-134.8
22	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,265	310	101	85	.543	237	3.64	78	24	13	1712.2	1,366	693	753	140	1,068	56	38	21	7,447	39	6.65	5.61	1.18	0.74	17.0	14.3	1.42	.249	3.96	98	4.02	108	7.18	-66.7
23	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,255	332	106	76	.582	205	3.35	65	14	17	1588.2	1,398	592	681	152	672	32	65	41	6,757	50	7.11	3.81	1.87	0.86	18.6	9.9	1.30	.268	3.86	94	3.54	99	7.92	5.5
24	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	1,251	535	113	156	.420	268	4.03	73	13	52	2275.0	2,273	1,019	1,158	304	696	63	166	65	9,684	31	4.95	2.75	1.80	1.20	12.9	7.2	1.31	.267	4.58	105	4.15	106	8.99	-61.2
25	Gary Bell G. Bell	1,219	448	108	100	.519	193	3.66	61	5	47	1715.2	1,493	697	783	184	717	45	147	48	7,260	54	6.39	3.76	1.70	0.97	16.8	9.9	1.29	.257	4.11	100	3.85	102	7.83	-20.7

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Thu 6/25	HOU	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 6/26	HOU	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 6/27	HOU	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 6/28	HOU	@	DET	1:40 PM
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Cubs	43	37	.538	7.0
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