most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1920 to 1940

Between the 1920 and 1940 seasons, Lefty Grove fanned the most batters, with 2,212 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	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,212	595	293	134	.686	436	3.01	288	35	54	3806.2	3,694	1,274	1,510	154	1,145	40	123	16,024	48	5.23	2.71	1.93	0.36	13.8	7.1	1.27	.284	3.57	67	3.35	76	8.73	454.5
2	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,027	431	197	136	.592	345	3.22	216	29	12	2933.2	2,774	1,050	1,224	131	817	74	47	12,220	36	6.22	2.51	2.48	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.22	.288	3.76	80	3.17	78	8.51	292.4
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,793	549	229	203	.530	463	3.86	293	36	18	3763.1	3,739	1,615	1,872	220	1,387	53	69	16,149	42	4.29	3.32	1.29	0.53	11.1	8.6	1.36	.277	4.48	91	4.00	95	8.94	73.6
4	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1,510	473	227	133	.631	380	2.86	235	35	32	3203.0	3,047	1,018	1,196	193	614	50	77	13,141	43	4.24	1.73	2.46	0.54	11.5	4.7	1.14	.265	3.36	72	3.53	87	8.56	177.3
5	Charlie Root C. Root	1,413	613	193	153	.558	326	3.52	171	21	42	3090.2	3,119	1,210	1,399	180	852	79	182	13,045	21	4.11	2.48	1.66	0.52	10.8	6.5	1.28	.279	4.07	89	3.78	94	9.08	90.2
6	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	1,351	331	168	92	.646	283	3.28	163	26	10	2262.0	2,068	824	969	124	922	16	31	9,639	33	5.38	3.67	1.47	0.49	14.0	9.6	1.32	.269	3.86	76	3.80	91	8.23	95.6
7	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	1,350	541	218	185	.541	473	4.36	226	16	11	3564.2	3,917	1,726	2,018	192	1,431	101	46	15,781	43	3.41	3.61	0.94	0.48	8.6	9.1	1.50	.293	5.10	99	4.29	99	9.89	6
8	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,340	338	162	111	.593	294	3.73	168	27	8	2280.2	2,186	944	1,110	149	990	29	33	9,876	46	5.29	3.91	1.35	0.59	13.6	10.0	1.39	.276	4.38	80	4.05	90	8.63	114.9
9	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	1,283	500	156	159	.495	344	4.21	133	14	22	2830.1	2,830	1,323	1,530	153	1,386	61	95	12,476	64	4.08	4.41	0.93	0.49	10.3	11.1	1.49	.279	4.87	95	4.39	101	9.00	-14.1
10	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	1,225	508	236	173	.577	424	3.65	270	26	17	3489.0	3,797	1,416	1,739	137	1,079	84	64	15,099	68	3.16	2.78	1.14	0.35	8.1	7.1	1.40	.291	4.49	92	3.83	96	9.79	62.6
11	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1,176	660	233	176	.570	414	3.60	220	25	53	3656.0	3,938	1,462	1,738	153	981	49	170	15,607	38	2.89	2.41	1.20	0.38	7.5	6.3	1.35	.286	4.28	89	3.80	94	9.69	99.6
12	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	1,162	315	150	83	.644	228	3.02	154	26	31	1962.1	1,913	659	771	95	452	27	77	8,150	12	5.33	2.07	2.57	0.44	14.3	5.5	1.21	.283	3.54	77	3.22	79	8.77	190.2
13	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	1,133	412	168	149	.530	322	3.45	189	26	18	2640.1	2,864	1,012	1,193	110	529	27	68	11,153	41	3.86	1.80	2.14	0.37	10.2	4.7	1.29	.294	4.07	91	3.33	85	9.76	175.3
14	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,133	293	121	102	.543	249	4.21	149	15	13	1963.0	1,957	918	1,053	125	984	25	30	8,629	34	5.19	4.51	1.15	0.57	13.1	11.4	1.50	.288	4.83	88	4.25	91	8.97	87.6
15	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	1,085	544	155	141	.524	306	4.16	139	15	34	2644.0	2,795	1,223	1,423	163	1,031	27	146	11,531	40	3.69	3.51	1.05	0.55	9.4	8.9	1.45	.285	4.84	94	4.25	98	9.51	34
16	George Uhle G. Uhle	1,085	487	190	161	.541	356	4.04	225	20	27	2992.2	3,288	1,343	1,583	118	923	106	104	13,053	55	3.26	2.78	1.18	0.35	8.3	7.1	1.41	.293	4.76	96	3.87	92	9.89	118.9
17	Dolf Luque D. Luque	1,060	504	178	172	.509	346	3.25	190	23	26	3017.2	3,047	1,089	1,325	110	842	23	110	12,632	44	3.16	2.51	1.26	0.33	8.4	6.7	1.29	.277	3.95	85	3.66	95	9.09	63.8
18	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	1,058	518	197	181	.521	425	3.94	211	26	24	3261.2	3,502	1,429	1,720	145	1,150	53	66	14,122	57	2.92	3.17	0.92	0.40	7.5	8.1	1.43	.287	4.75	95	4.06	99	9.66	15.9
19	Larry French L. French	1,057	500	177	153	.536	350	3.47	185	35	17	2850.2	3,071	1,099	1,307	152	736	34	93	12,181	32	3.34	2.32	1.44	0.48	8.7	6.0	1.34	.286	4.13	87	3.83	93	9.70	85.1
20	Van Mungo V. Mungo	1,031	282	102	99	.507	215	3.41	114	16	14	1737.1	1,617	658	777	74	695	23	50	7,409	44	5.34	3.60	1.48	0.38	13.9	9.4	1.33	.276	4.03	88	3.65	92	8.38	63.9
21	Pat Malone P. Malone	1,024	357	134	92	.593	219	3.74	114	15	27	1915.0	1,934	795	936	103	705	45	107	8,276	51	4.81	3.31	1.45	0.48	12.4	8.5	1.38	.286	4.40	90	3.92	93	9.09	61.8
22	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1,002	319	127	93	.577	249	4.38	115	18	12	1915.1	1,981	933	1,063	142	809	25	45	8,450	55	4.71	3.80	1.24	0.67	11.9	9.6	1.46	.284	4.99	100	4.36	100	9.31	0.2
23	Jesse Haines J. Haines	979	554	210	158	.571	387	3.64	209	23	11	3203.2	3,455	1,297	1,555	165	870	57	95	13,624	55	2.75	2.44	1.13	0.46	7.2	6.4	1.35	.285	4.37	91	3.96	98	9.71	24.9
24	Wes Ferrell W. Ferrell	975	370	191	127	.601	320	4.03	226	17	13	2609.0	2,832	1,169	1,374	131	1,031	22	42	11,504	34	3.36	3.56	0.95	0.45	8.5	9.0	1.48	.289	4.74	87	4.23	93	9.77	98.6
25	Bob Feller B. Feller	973	161	82	41	.667	135	3.19	89	10	8	1105.1	865	392	440	44	621	21	20	4,725	40	7.92	5.06	1.57	0.36	20.6	13.1	1.34	.268	3.58	71	3.45	79	7.04	109.4