most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1951 to 1961

Between the 1951 and 1961 seasons, Early Wynn fanned the most batters, with 1,623 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	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,623	395	191	125	.604	361	3.31	165	35	13	2696.0	2,359	993	1,106	229	1,086	41	32	27	11,334	31	5.42	3.63	1.49	0.76	14.3	9.6	1.28	.255	3.69	88	3.62	95	7.88	52.3
2	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,583	391	167	121	.580	336	3.07	160	34	20	2540.0	2,309	867	952	219	803	22	36	31	10,539	32	5.61	2.85	1.97	0.78	15.0	7.6	1.23	.264	3.37	80	3.32	86	8.18	152.5
3	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,546	426	192	164	.539	382	3.50	231	27	19	3061.2	3,002	1,190	1,315	348	505	31	33	44	12,529	21	4.54	1.48	3.06	1.02	12.3	4.0	1.15	.263	3.87	90	3.46	89	8.82	148.3
4	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,542	426	223	137	.619	378	2.95	229	40	18	3060.0	2,782	1,004	1,109	248	817	27	39	46	12,511	40	4.54	2.40	1.89	0.73	12.3	6.5	1.18	.257	3.26	81	3.34	92	8.18	98.5
5	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,293	303	116	96	.547	265	3.66	95	20	9	1900.1	1,842	773	863	207	493	33	28	53	7,919	40	6.12	2.33	2.62	0.98	16.3	6.2	1.23	.277	4.09	92	3.36	85	8.72	128.3
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,289	274	98	97	.503	216	3.55	75	17	7	1540.2	1,306	608	698	137	777	58	33	35	6,633	41	7.53	4.54	1.66	0.80	19.4	11.7	1.35	.267	4.08	91	3.58	92	7.63	49.7
7	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,192	421	135	158	.461	334	3.78	115	21	8	2487.2	2,620	1,044	1,202	210	675	26	42	70	10,547	37	4.31	2.44	1.77	0.76	11.3	6.4	1.32	.285	4.35	96	3.45	88	9.48	127.8
8	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,150	297	149	62	.706	264	2.77	106	29	7	1925.1	1,624	593	676	131	769	17	19	29	7,946	42	5.38	3.59	1.50	0.61	14.5	9.7	1.24	.254	3.16	75	3.39	91	7.59	70.5
9	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,118	256	95	71	.572	210	3.55	75	22	12	1515.0	1,185	598	639	121	942	49	29	13	6,556	35	6.64	5.60	1.19	0.72	17.1	14.4	1.40	.246	3.80	96	3.98	107	7.04	-52.8
10	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,112	283	72	100	.419	185	3.94	62	21	10	1432.2	1,358	627	700	117	578	32	58	27	6,165	35	6.99	3.63	1.92	0.73	18.0	9.4	1.35	.287	4.40	100	3.26	82	8.53	111.3
11	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	1,081	331	121	100	.548	252	3.25	97	23	20	1834.2	1,688	662	764	177	620	32	45	45	7,716	24	5.30	3.04	1.74	0.87	14.0	8.0	1.26	.260	3.75	84	3.60	93	8.28	57.3
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,026	224	87	64	.576	181	3.34	60	12	5	1361.0	1,185	505	565	157	421	55	18	25	5,661	18	6.78	2.78	2.44	1.04	18.1	7.4	1.18	.257	3.74	84	3.55	88	7.84	75.8
13	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,004	228	79	64	.552	179	3.30	57	17	4	1315.1	1,193	482	535	129	412	72	31	41	5,509	31	6.87	2.82	2.44	0.88	18.2	7.5	1.22	.273	3.66	80	3.36	83	8.16	95.6
14	Bob Rush B. Rush	999	307	99	103	.490	244	3.57	86	14	3	1821.2	1,716	723	830	148	580	27	27	31	7,685	39	4.94	2.87	1.72	0.73	13.0	7.5	1.26	.264	4.10	90	3.40	86	8.48	113.6
15	Johnny Podres J. Podres	955	259	100	71	.585	212	3.66	54	17	4	1437.2	1,410	584	641	157	492	17	19	29	6,062	40	5.98	3.08	1.94	0.98	15.8	8.1	1.32	.282	4.01	88	3.65	89	8.83	69.7
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	952	216	54	53	.505	138	3.94	37	7	5	947.1	795	415	464	115	501	8	39	24	4,102	51	9.04	4.76	1.90	1.09	23.2	12.2	1.37	.269	4.41	96	3.69	91	7.55	38.2
17	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	946	353	117	81	.591	232	3.30	92	22	22	1813.0	1,800	664	749	101	585	31	67	23	7,706	27	4.70	2.90	1.62	0.50	12.3	7.6	1.32	.281	3.72	87	3.15	83	8.94	128.3
18	Frank Lary F. Lary	938	265	117	93	.557	242	3.33	115	19	7	1803.1	1,763	668	770	145	522	78	17	29	7,586	35	4.68	2.61	1.80	0.72	12.4	6.9	1.27	.274	3.84	83	3.48	86	8.80	111.1
19	Frank Sullivan F. Sullivan	935	301	93	96	.492	219	3.55	73	15	12	1664.2	1,616	657	752	143	530	50	36	28	7,027	17	5.06	2.87	1.76	0.77	13.3	7.5	1.29	.274	4.07	86	3.49	85	8.74	115.5
20	Billy Hoeft B. Hoeft	935	314	84	87	.491	194	3.90	74	17	14	1540.0	1,527	668	722	145	577	33	55	26	6,611	31	5.46	3.37	1.62	0.85	14.1	8.7	1.37	.281	4.22	100	3.65	94	8.92	44.1
21	Vinegar Bend Mizell V. Bend Mizell	897	247	89	85	.511	225	3.75	61	15	0	1474.1	1,371	614	680	130	645	26	4	43	6,352	16	5.48	3.94	1.39	0.79	14.1	10.2	1.37	.267	4.15	94	3.78	95	8.37	32
22	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	890	277	102	93	.523	244	3.38	97	19	2	1762.1	1,732	661	784	126	556	25	17	36	7,444	17	4.55	2.84	1.60	0.64	12.0	7.5	1.30	.275	4.00	85	3.37	86	8.85	110.7
23	Carl Erskine C. Erskine	853	274	101	68	.598	191	3.94	63	14	12	1472.0	1,409	645	702	173	525	12	45	13	6,218	37	5.22	3.21	1.62	1.06	13.7	8.4	1.31	.266	4.29	97	3.91	95	8.61	33.7
24	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	850	266	113	71	.614	228	3.59	97	15	3	1643.0	1,621	656	747	213	342	25	25	21	6,785	17	4.66	1.87	2.49	1.17	12.5	5.0	1.19	.263	4.09	89	3.77	93	8.88	55.6
25	Joe Nuxhall J. Nuxhall	845	374	89	89	.500	195	4.07	54	12	12	1580.0	1,624	714	788	140	578	44	80	29	6,808	32	4.81	3.29	1.46	0.80	12.4	8.5	1.39	.285	4.49	99	3.72	90	9.25	68.2