most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1951 to 1975

Between the 1951 and 1975 seasons, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 3,117 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	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,679	508	207	175	.542	459	3.45	190	39	9	3361.2	3,093	1,289	1,415	329	1,014	91	25	60	13,980	109	7.17	2.71	2.64	0.88	19.2	7.3	1.22	.280	3.79	96	3.18	87	8.28	184.4
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,527	523	216	174	.554	438	2.89	236	42	10	3609.0	3,136	1,157	1,339	269	947	77	31	127	14,682	116	6.30	2.36	2.67	0.67	17.2	6.5	1.13	.264	3.34	81	2.94	84	7.82	216.2
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
7	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
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,202	420	191	139	.579	362	3.17	200	37	7	2902.0	2,562	1,021	1,132	299	590	58	30	81	11,743	39	6.83	1.83	3.73	0.93	18.8	5.0	1.09	.263	3.51	84	3.00	82	7.95	203.9
10	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,167	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,703	1,183	1,334	256	1,069	61	67	51	12,415	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.32	88	8.30	160.1
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,151	576	235	187	.557	520	3.30	163	28	5	3638.0	3,610	1,333	1,593	321	873	111	21	64	15,233	110	5.32	2.16	2.46	0.79	14.1	5.7	1.23	.279	3.94	89	3.31	88	8.93	179.1
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,099	319	168	96	.636	314	2.46	148	34	1	2447.2	1,940	669	733	173	656	44	5	53	9,760	56	7.72	2.41	3.20	0.64	21.5	6.7	1.06	.260	2.70	71	2.57	76	7.13	221.9
13	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,032	573	244	210	.537	519	3.43	264	37	20	4011.0	3,923	1,527	1,686	451	689	43	39	69	16,409	29	4.56	1.55	2.95	1.01	12.4	4.2	1.15	.263	3.78	90	3.48	91	8.80	152.1
14	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,930	567	277	187	.597	500	3.09	285	48	22	3960.1	3,685	1,360	1,505	345	1,029	35	53	60	16,241	56	4.39	2.34	1.88	0.78	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.42	86	3.45	96	8.37	55.6
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,916	347	148	119	.554	329	3.10	145	31	1	2451.1	2,185	844	960	180	889	28	7	73	10,211	83	7.03	3.26	2.16	0.66	18.8	8.7	1.25	.279	3.52	86	3.02	86	8.02	128
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,913	367	155	126	.552	353	3.02	110	40	3	2544.1	2,170	855	941	187	653	47	9	59	10,365	65	6.77	2.31	2.93	0.66	18.5	6.3	1.11	.262	3.33	91	2.79	85	7.68	136.5
17	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,897	478	227	105	.684	426	2.74	149	43	10	3058.1	2,679	932	1,068	221	1,034	26	30	44	12,571	72	5.58	3.04	1.83	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	75	3.24	88	7.88	150.9
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,797	401	158	120	.568	314	3.05	144	37	15	2387.1	1,984	809	891	231	802	38	50	38	9,768	24	6.77	3.02	2.24	0.87	18.4	8.2	1.17	.254	3.36	83	3.33	90	7.48	93.6
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,758	255	105	98	.517	221	3.06	95	23	3	1650.2	1,146	562	640	97	997	57	13	23	6,991	77	9.59	5.44	1.76	0.53	25.1	14.3	1.30	.257	3.49	90	3.06	90	6.25	62.3
20	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,743	442	199	142	.584	392	3.36	177	38	14	2919.0	2,580	1,090	1,210	246	1,157	44	40	36	12,267	33	5.37	3.57	1.51	0.76	14.2	9.4	1.28	.257	3.73	89	3.61	95	7.95	62.2
21	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,740	493	189	138	.578	373	3.12	170	37	32	2850.1	2,602	989	1,082	256	868	26	65	35	11,811	38	5.49	2.74	2.00	0.81	14.7	7.3	1.22	.263	3.42	82	3.37	88	8.22	143.4
22	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3611.0	3,772	1,438	1,652	286	894	46	56	115	15,214	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	94	3.35	89	9.40	172.2
23	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,728	520	209	164	.560	465	3.40	129	43	4	3186.0	3,046	1,203	1,331	298	858	72	33	89	13,198	97	4.88	2.42	2.01	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.268	3.76	92	3.53	96	8.60	50.2
24	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,709	558	194	183	.515	429	3.40	149	37	20	3262.2	3,206	1,233	1,405	259	824	68	73	106	13,593	56	4.71	2.27	2.07	0.71	12.6	6.1	1.24	.275	3.88	90	3.32	90	8.84	139.8
25	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,703	397	120	95	.558	255	3.07	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130

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Brewers	82	51	.617
Cubs	76	58	.567	6.5
Cardinals	66	68	.493	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.0
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Thu 8/27	BAL	@	STL	2:15 PM
Fri 8/28	PIT	@	STL	8:15 PM
Sat 8/29	PIT	@	STL	2:15 PM
Sun 8/30	PIT	@	STL	2:15 PM
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Nationals	62	73	.459	17.0
Mets	60	73	.451	18.0
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Brewers	82	51	.617
Cubs	76	58	.567	6.5
Cardinals	66	68	.493	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.0
Reds	63	71	.470	19.5
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Red Sox	73	60	.549	6.0
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Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
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Astros	66	67	.496
Rangers	66	68	.493	0.5
Mariners	64	70	.478	2.5
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Angels	52	82	.388	14.5