most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1897 to 1910

Between the 1897 and 1910 seasons, Rube Waddell fanned the most hitters, with 2,316 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,316	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54	11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
2	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1,983	427	263	121	.685	380	1.97	309	63	16	3293.0	2,727	721	1,052	42	704	53	42	12,929	98	5.42	1.92	2.82	0.11	15.3	5.4	1.04	.265	2.88	70	2.10	72	7.45	283.8
3	Cy Young C. Young	1,923	560	309	204	.602	507	2.33	466	53	10	4590.0	4,246	1,186	1,717	68	555	96	48	17,886	84	3.77	1.09	3.46	0.13	10.8	3.1	1.05	.274	3.37	74	2.40	77	8.33	373.1
4	Vic Willis V. Willis	1,651	513	249	205	.548	471	2.63	388	50	11	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41	16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
5	Jack Powell J. Powell	1,502	515	228	218	.511	462	2.95	385	45	14	3946.0	3,847	1,293	1,754	98	925	110	49	16,038	60	3.43	2.11	1.62	0.22	9.4	5.8	1.21	.280	4.00	95	2.97	97	8.77	44.7
6	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1,465	372	202	131	.607	346	2.38	285	37	3	2916.1	2,578	772	1,044	29	654	148	21	11,627	62	4.52	2.02	2.24	0.09	12.6	5.6	1.11	.273	3.22	83	2.40	86	7.96	127
7	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	1,447	343	173	127	.577	305	2.64	274	34	8	2745.2	2,425	804	1,108	25	981	85	37	11,266	66	4.74	3.22	1.48	0.08	12.8	8.7	1.24	.275	3.63	93	2.73	98	7.95	25.4
8	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	1,265	392	198	132	.600	332	2.68	260	35	5	2896.2	2,647	864	1,206	39	690	113	52	11,632	62	3.93	2.14	1.83	0.12	10.9	5.9	1.15	.274	3.75	90	2.67	90	8.22	99.6
9	Doc White D. White	1,216	342	169	128	.569	307	2.24	235	40	3	2551.2	2,241	635	890	28	549	98	31	10,122	54	4.29	1.94	2.21	0.10	12.0	5.4	1.09	.269	3.14	87	2.40	95	7.90	27
10	George Mullin G. Mullin	1,189	368	178	146	.549	330	2.68	285	30	6	2881.1	2,694	857	1,241	26	935	92	36	11,776	71	3.71	2.92	1.27	0.08	10.1	7.9	1.26	.280	3.88	98	2.75	103	8.41	-19
11	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1,159	279	128	83	.607	211	1.61	171	43	20	2012.0	1,518	359	551	12	373	38	61	7,641	57	5.18	1.67	3.11	0.05	15.2	4.9	0.94	.249	2.46	67	1.79	77	6.79	109.2
12	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	1,127	391	170	177	.490	352	3.01	306	24	7	3074.2	2,957	1,029	1,411	78	829	76	35	12,548	68	3.30	2.43	1.36	0.23	9.0	6.6	1.23	.276	4.13	97	3.09	101	8.66	8.6
13	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	1,115	298	104	135	.435	248	2.99	195	22	9	2095.1	2,029	697	984	31	637	77	44	8,665	66	4.79	2.74	1.75	0.13	12.9	7.4	1.27	.294	4.23	109	2.64	98	8.72	10.4
14	Chief Bender C. Bender	1,090	251	125	76	.622	201	2.32	172	24	8	1799.0	1,491	463	652	21	409	69	47	7,054	45	5.45	2.05	2.67	0.11	15.5	5.8	1.06	.269	3.26	87	2.12	81	7.46	95.4
15	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	1,068	465	246	142	.634	381	2.66	314	32	24	3441.1	3,276	1,016	1,436	52	812	179	73	14,132	30	2.79	2.12	1.32	0.14	7.6	5.7	1.19	.268	3.76	85	3.04	95	8.57	68.9
16	Earl Moore E. Moore	1,018	260	126	102	.553	232	2.52	185	26	2	2010.1	1,755	563	842	34	716	76	20	8,269	62	4.56	3.21	1.42	0.15	12.3	8.7	1.23	.268	3.77	86	2.90	99	7.86	1.7
17	Chick Fraser C. Fraser	1,007	391	163	185	.468	350	3.53	306	22	5	3014.2	3,066	1,184	1,718	60	1,172	190	38	12,959	119	3.01	3.50	0.86	0.18	7.8	9.0	1.41	.285	5.13	109	3.64	110	9.15	-113
18	Bob Ewing B. Ewing	986	286	124	117	.515	260	2.44	204	19	4	2275.2	2,066	616	915	29	599	55	26	9,042	45	3.90	2.37	1.65	0.11	10.9	6.6	1.17	.276	3.62	85	2.53	86	8.17	110.2
19	Harry Howell H. Howell	986	340	131	146	.473	282	2.74	244	20	6	2567.2	2,435	781	1,158	27	677	97	53	10,442	51	3.46	2.37	1.46	0.09	9.4	6.5	1.21	.278	4.06	91	2.79	97	8.53	27.9
20	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	942	292	169	79	.681	226	1.66	197	47	26	2123.0	1,699	392	612	19	420	39	63	8,170	40	3.99	1.78	2.24	0.08	11.5	5.1	1.00	.249	2.59	61	2.21	80	7.20	128.1
21	Red Ames R. Ames	938	207	84	61	.579	162	2.42	104	12	7	1377.0	1,143	370	553	14	523	30	33	5,553	87	6.13	3.42	1.79	0.09	16.9	9.4	1.21	.279	3.61	89	2.29	83	7.47	74.4
22	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	936	353	196	116	.628	319	2.75	263	34	6	2726.0	2,751	832	1,162	39	459	129	33	11,076	28	3.09	1.52	2.04	0.13	8.5	4.1	1.18	.285	3.84	88	2.83	91	9.08	95.6
23	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	926	369	189	109	.634	289	2.57	242	27	12	2601.0	2,513	744	1,066	41	361	59	70	10,357	45	3.20	1.25	2.57	0.14	8.9	3.5	1.10	.276	3.69	84	2.60	82	8.70	156.3
24	Addie Joss A. Joss	920	286	160	97	.623	260	1.89	234	45	5	2327.0	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22	8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
25	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	917	243	130	94	.580	231	2.55	212	25	0	2029.1	1,916	574	821	27	381	52	11	8,126	28	4.07	1.69	2.41	0.12	11.3	4.7	1.13	.280	3.64	75	2.65	77	8.50	181.2