most strikeouts as a pitcher 1954 to 1966

Between the 1954 and 1966 seasons, Sandy Koufax struck out the most batters, with 2,396 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	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
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,145	427	175	118	.597	370	3.15	122	33	15	2756.2	2,453	966	1,078	295	727	118	31	52	11,405	34	7.00	2.37	2.95	0.96	18.8	6.4	1.15	.266	3.52	83	3.28	86	8.01	161.9
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,111	437	177	134	.569	384	3.00	145	37	6	2848.1	2,543	950	1,089	241	726	132	34	94	11,725	72	6.67	2.29	2.91	0.76	18.0	6.2	1.15	.270	3.44	82	3.05	86	8.04	163
4	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,885	432	145	141	.507	331	3.66	119	31	10	2465.0	2,283	1,002	1,127	214	909	47	60	42	10,471	69	6.88	3.32	2.07	0.78	18.0	8.7	1.29	.279	4.11	95	3.27	84	8.34	176
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,766	439	207	95	.685	389	2.74	136	39	10	2807.1	2,452	855	980	206	915	22	28	44	11,516	67	5.66	2.93	1.93	0.66	15.3	7.9	1.20	.261	3.14	75	3.20	87	7.86	154.8
6	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,559	446	172	172	.500	402	3.64	179	23	14	3019.1	3,023	1,220	1,348	379	519	33	31	69	12,413	19	4.65	1.55	3.00	1.13	12.6	4.2	1.17	.266	4.02	96	3.63	96	9.01	54
7	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,552	501	176	192	.478	428	3.44	146	34	10	3105.2	3,220	1,188	1,359	241	685	40	45	115	12,981	40	4.50	1.99	2.27	0.70	12.0	5.3	1.26	.285	3.94	91	3.21	86	9.33	173.5
8	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,443	484	168	151	.527	358	3.49	126	31	20	2757.1	2,735	1,068	1,208	233	710	58	72	80	11,518	51	4.71	2.32	2.03	0.76	12.5	6.2	1.25	.276	3.94	89	3.41	89	8.93	127.8
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,435	256	112	81	.580	218	3.13	100	23	4	1728.2	1,461	602	687	137	664	56	17	45	7,246	58	7.47	3.46	2.16	0.71	19.8	9.2	1.23	.267	3.58	81	3.17	84	7.61	115.1
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,435	453	218	147	.597	397	3.20	216	31	16	3094.0	2,933	1,099	1,210	292	777	27	42	60	12,707	41	4.17	2.26	1.85	0.85	11.3	6.1	1.20	.260	3.52	89	3.57	101	8.53	-15.6
11	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,381	410	114	102	.528	247	3.72	77	14	19	1940.0	1,903	802	897	212	522	37	81	77	8,132	49	6.41	2.42	2.65	0.98	17.0	6.4	1.25	.283	4.16	96	3.34	86	8.83	114.1
12	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,344	306	100	97	.508	217	3.51	76	17	9	1598.2	1,361	624	720	145	780	56	42	37	6,856	41	7.57	4.39	1.72	0.82	19.6	11.4	1.34	.268	4.05	90	3.55	91	7.66	61
13	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,319	327	139	105	.570	291	3.40	121	30	10	2107.1	1,880	796	884	186	811	36	26	36	8,862	22	5.63	3.46	1.63	0.79	14.9	9.2	1.28	.260	3.78	89	3.57	93	8.03	64.1
14	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,302	369	131	105	.555	305	3.62	73	23	10	2022.0	1,989	813	901	211	640	25	35	65	8,515	58	5.80	2.85	2.03	0.94	15.3	7.5	1.30	.281	4.01	95	3.56	95	8.85	50.9
15	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,297	383	141	100	.585	280	3.25	119	25	26	2083.1	1,935	753	819	210	614	19	51	35	8,648	29	5.60	2.65	2.11	0.91	15.0	7.1	1.22	.265	3.54	86	3.45	91	8.36	81.1
16	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	1,268	458	125	102	.551	265	3.88	76	19	16	2068.0	2,089	892	978	192	660	59	71	44	8,788	39	5.52	2.87	1.92	0.84	14.4	7.5	1.33	.287	4.26	98	3.50	89	9.09	95.5
17	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,251	227	130	58	.691	220	2.66	122	30	2	1722.0	1,427	508	586	167	361	17	7	32	6,890	24	6.54	1.89	3.47	0.87	18.2	5.2	1.04	.247	3.06	73	3.02	86	7.46	89.8
18	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	1,250	529	113	156	.420	268	4.01	73	13	52	2267.0	2,259	1,011	1,150	303	688	61	162	64	9,638	31	4.96	2.73	1.82	1.20	13.0	7.1	1.30	.267	4.57	104	4.14	106	8.97	-57.2
19	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,199	299	99	78	.559	229	3.64	75	23	13	1645.0	1,316	665	723	136	1,021	54	35	21	7,154	37	6.56	5.59	1.17	0.74	16.8	14.3	1.42	.249	3.96	99	4.04	109	7.20	-71.6
20	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	1,184	424	153	124	.552	351	3.57	103	17	6	2429.2	2,307	964	1,099	227	1,030	34	33	52	10,382	67	4.39	3.82	1.15	0.84	11.4	9.9	1.37	.263	4.07	98	4.06	113	8.55	-133.9
21	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,159	282	98	66	.598	196	3.31	64	13	8	1481.2	1,299	545	626	142	620	30	44	26	6,293	48	7.04	3.77	1.87	0.86	18.4	9.9	1.30	.266	3.80	92	3.54	98	7.89	8.5
22	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,149	189	91	54	.628	167	3.01	54	19	3	1220.0	958	408	449	96	533	27	8	22	5,073	79	8.48	3.93	2.16	0.71	22.6	10.5	1.22	.264	3.31	80	3.06	84	7.07	75.3
23	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	1,148	366	133	97	.578	283	3.64	76	14	10	1979.0	1,830	800	908	167	716	44	37	54	8,361	58	5.22	3.26	1.60	0.76	13.7	8.6	1.29	.265	4.13	99	3.62	100	8.32	-0.1
24	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,123	677	96	90	.516	52	2.54	20	5	147	1562.0	1,221	440	533	104	502	42	414	41	6,318	61	6.47	2.89	2.24	0.60	17.8	7.9	1.10	.246	3.07	69	2.98	80	7.04	133.1
25	Frank Lary F. Lary	1,099	350	128	116	.525	292	3.49	126	21	11	2162.1	2,123	838	960	197	616	97	30	35	9,107	47	4.57	2.56	1.78	0.82	12.1	6.8	1.27	.271	4.00	89	3.64	92	8.84	78.2

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