most strikeouts as a pitcher 1961 to 1970

Between the 1961 and 1970 seasons, Bob Gibson fanned the most batters, with 2,276 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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,276	343	184	106	.634	324	2.69	185	44	4	2654.1	2,149	794	897	172	862	78	11	62	10,861	67	7.72	2.92	2.64	0.58	21.0	7.9	1.13	.265	3.04	72	2.73	76	7.29	252.4
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,967	301	109	92	.542	264	2.95	89	20	10	1895.0	1,443	621	716	116	919	50	21	48	7,946	101	9.34	4.36	2.14	0.55	24.8	11.6	1.25	.271	3.40	84	2.79	76	6.85	180.3
3	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,965	376	149	119	.556	359	3.13	102	32	11	2557.1	2,354	889	1,003	229	613	108	14	69	10,583	30	6.92	2.16	3.21	0.81	18.6	5.8	1.16	.277	3.53	86	3.02	85	8.28	153.9
4	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,905	351	197	96	.672	342	2.71	205	45	2	2711.0	2,371	815	960	246	523	31	8	59	10,919	38	6.32	1.74	3.64	0.82	17.4	4.8	1.07	.259	3.19	76	2.92	85	7.87	145
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,713	223	129	47	.733	211	2.19	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
6	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,664	330	143	112	.561	323	2.83	120	35	2	2360.2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
7	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,606	299	110	91	.547	255	2.95	78	20	4	1813.1	1,561	594	686	82	808	29	16	55	7,664	86	7.97	4.01	1.99	0.41	21.0	10.5	1.31	.288	3.40	84	2.73	82	7.75	124.9
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,566	307	116	93	.555	258	3.51	75	24	9	1801.0	1,590	702	765	172	627	65	25	30	7,556	67	7.83	3.13	2.50	0.86	20.7	8.3	1.23	.277	3.82	100	3.19	87	7.95	97.3
9	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,544	278	132	75	.638	248	3.10	72	29	4	1755.0	1,422	605	676	130	749	33	13	35	7,317	119	7.92	3.84	2.06	0.67	21.1	10.2	1.24	.266	3.47	85	3.06	86	7.29	92.4
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,530	385	155	124	.556	341	3.25	106	17	5	2404.0	2,352	869	1,054	222	588	79	17	47	10,066	91	5.73	2.20	2.60	0.83	15.2	5.8	1.22	.279	3.95	89	3.30	87	8.81	128.9
11	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,470	375	124	109	.532	280	2.90	83	33	23	2057.2	1,773	662	789	117	689	61	56	71	8,501	66	6.43	3.01	2.13	0.51	17.3	8.1	1.20	.269	3.45	84	2.94	83	7.75	139.4
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,448	330	118	97	.549	246	2.99	111	19	9	2014.1	1,806	669	776	145	514	45	30	85	8,268	73	6.47	2.30	2.82	0.65	17.5	6.2	1.15	.272	3.47	85	2.86	85	8.07	113.3
13	Chris Short C. Short	1,408	364	118	103	.534	263	3.26	81	22	11	1935.1	1,803	701	784	142	629	52	45	58	8,081	55	6.55	2.93	2.24	0.66	17.4	7.8	1.26	.284	3.65	92	3.09	91	8.38	65.3
14	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	1,395	316	117	106	.525	297	3.63	67	13	0	1963.0	1,781	792	881	230	717	30	11	34	8,254	74	6.40	3.29	1.95	1.05	16.9	8.7	1.27	.264	4.04	100	3.78	101	8.17	-2
15	Denny Lemaster D. Lemaster	1,264	302	88	103	.461	249	3.54	66	14	6	1708.0	1,616	672	738	178	572	22	20	66	7,213	81	6.66	3.01	2.21	0.94	17.5	7.9	1.28	.278	3.89	103	3.44	104	8.52	-25.6
16	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,256	272	115	84	.578	251	3.36	85	23	0	1727.0	1,533	645	739	165	580	31	9	25	7,209	58	6.55	3.02	2.17	0.86	17.4	8.0	1.22	.264	3.85	93	3.39	91	7.99	67.3
17	Gary Peters G. Peters	1,248	288	107	89	.546	250	3.06	70	22	3	1777.1	1,556	605	687	122	595	53	16	42	7,380	80	6.32	3.01	2.10	0.62	16.9	8.1	1.21	.267	3.48	89	3.12	88	7.88	83.9
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,203	229	91	68	.572	171	3.05	89	17	7	1418.1	1,191	480	527	139	333	25	30	48	5,725	25	7.63	2.11	3.61	0.88	21.0	5.8	1.07	.261	3.34	81	2.85	80	7.56	115.1
19	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,182	344	130	134	.492	321	3.17	91	27	1	2287.2	2,261	805	917	157	555	31	12	72	9,463	40	4.65	2.18	2.13	0.62	12.5	5.9	1.23	.279	3.61	94	3.16	96	8.90	34.3
20	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,180	328	128	101	.559	298	3.36	75	27	1	2008.1	1,888	749	837	204	518	43	17	64	8,284	54	5.29	2.32	2.28	0.91	14.2	6.3	1.20	.266	3.75	92	3.53	97	8.46	21.6
21	Ray Culp R. Culp	1,176	261	101	71	.587	208	3.48	64	18	1	1500.2	1,291	581	663	150	600	58	21	51	6,351	61	7.05	3.60	1.96	0.90	18.5	9.4	1.26	.261	3.98	98	3.57	101	7.74	2.5
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,168	323	98	98	.500	254	3.92	69	16	4	1759.0	1,741	767	875	188	628	24	23	52	7,515	72	5.98	3.21	1.86	0.96	15.5	8.4	1.35	.282	4.48	107	3.70	103	8.91	-24.8
23	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,150	227	117	62	.654	219	3.13	94	26	1	1593.0	1,321	554	605	195	450	22	2	16	6,443	22	6.50	2.54	2.56	1.10	17.8	7.0	1.11	.243	3.42	91	3.54	99	7.46	7.2
24	Al Downing A. Downing	1,107	235	77	70	.524	197	3.26	48	12	2	1370.2	1,132	496	558	109	607	15	19	22	5,753	48	7.27	3.99	1.82	0.72	19.2	10.6	1.27	.261	3.66	96	3.32	94	7.43	29.7
25	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,091	229	82	67	.550	177	2.88	65	22	12	1292.2	1,023	414	467	138	473	22	34	26	5,292	15	7.60	3.29	2.31	0.96	20.6	8.9	1.16	.248	3.25	83	3.36	93	7.12	30.1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	78	48	.619
Cubs	74	54	.578	5.0
Cardinals	65	62	.512	13.5
Pirates	63	66	.488	16.5
Reds	60	66	.476	18.0

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Wed 8/19	STL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Thu 8/20	STL	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Fri 8/21	STL	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Sat 8/22	STL	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Sun 8/23	STL	@	PHI	1:35 PM

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36

Alvarez

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Olson

RBI Leaders

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91

Stewart

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Abrams

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Arraez

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Wood

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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Misiorowski

5.78

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Braves	74	53	.583
Phillies	69	58	.543	5.0
Marlins	64	63	.504	10.0
Nationals	60	67	.472	14.0
Mets	58	70	.453	16.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	78	48	.619
Cubs	74	54	.578	5.0
Cardinals	65	62	.512	13.5
Pirates	63	66	.488	16.5
Reds	60	66	.476	18.0
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Diamondbacks	66	61	.520	10.0
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Rays	75	50	.600
Yankees	70	55	.560	5.0
Red Sox	68	58	.540	7.5
Blue Jays	62	65	.488	14.0
Orioles	61	65	.484	14.5
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White Sox	66	60	.524
Twins	63	65	.492	4.0
Guardians	61	65	.484	5.0
Tigers	61	66	.480	5.5
Royals	53	74	.417	13.5
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Astros	63	63	.500
Rangers	62	64	.492	1.0
Mariners	59	67	.468	4.0
Angels	50	76	.397	13.0
Athletics	49	77	.389	14.0