most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1961 to 1965

Between the 1961 and 1965 seasons, Sandy Koufax struck out the most hitters, with 1,396 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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,396	182	102	38	.729	170	2.31	88	30	5	1309.2	930	336	385	97	335	13	7	26	5,189	41	9.59	2.30	4.17	0.67	26.9	6.5	0.97	.249	2.65	66	2.18	64	6.39	178
2	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,112	209	98	64	.605	202	2.78	87	20	2	1503.1	1,307	464	551	120	352	63	5	60	6,128	41	6.66	2.11	3.16	0.72	18.1	5.7	1.10	.265	3.30	81	2.94	88	7.82	67.8
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,093	181	85	58	.594	162	3.11	76	17	4	1286.0	1,077	444	501	106	499	49	11	32	5,395	39	7.65	3.49	2.19	0.74	20.3	9.2	1.23	.266	3.51	80	3.21	84	7.54	86.7
4	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,061	198	86	51	.628	185	3.15	58	20	10	1349.2	1,240	472	535	137	322	53	12	22	5,600	13	7.08	2.15	3.30	0.91	18.9	5.8	1.16	.274	3.57	84	3.14	84	8.27	90.8
5	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	971	179	99	50	.664	173	2.75	91	25	2	1333.1	1,140	408	469	130	297	12	6	28	5,382	18	6.55	2.00	3.27	0.88	18.0	5.5	1.08	.254	3.17	76	3.06	87	7.69	63
6	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	938	163	80	51	.611	160	3.17	70	18	0	1181.2	1,017	416	478	114	401	16	2	16	4,915	38	7.14	3.05	2.34	0.87	19.1	8.2	1.20	.262	3.64	82	3.29	84	7.75	84.8
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	892	191	99	38	.723	185	2.85	52	16	3	1299.0	1,178	412	456	103	324	10	4	12	5,293	35	6.18	2.24	2.75	0.71	16.9	6.1	1.16	.271	3.16	79	2.99	81	8.16	103.5
8	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	885	146	73	40	.646	125	2.95	42	13	3	931.2	723	305	339	73	406	15	8	16	3,862	69	8.55	3.92	2.18	0.71	22.9	10.5	1.21	.262	3.27	80	3.02	83	6.98	58.7
9	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	751	158	67	41	.620	136	2.98	44	10	4	948.2	812	314	359	79	341	12	15	13	3,967	29	7.12	3.24	2.20	0.75	18.9	8.6	1.22	.263	3.41	82	3.18	86	7.70	56.5
10	Chris Short C. Short	749	213	61	53	.535	126	3.20	38	12	8	985.1	925	350	402	65	336	23	37	36	4,135	38	6.84	3.07	2.23	0.59	18.1	8.1	1.28	.290	3.67	88	2.98	85	8.45	54.4
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	725	187	72	63	.533	167	3.38	51	9	4	1155.1	1,124	434	528	107	318	52	9	18	4,865	45	5.65	2.48	2.28	0.83	14.9	6.5	1.25	.278	4.11	89	3.47	89	8.76	57.5
12	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	718	175	72	69	.511	173	3.66	53	13	1	1201.0	1,215	488	553	143	287	5	2	17	5,039	10	5.38	2.15	2.50	1.07	14.2	5.7	1.25	.276	4.14	93	3.64	90	9.10	53.9
13	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	710	167	72	53	.576	153	3.39	45	14	3	1086.1	1,007	409	470	71	335	14	5	26	4,528	23	5.88	2.78	2.12	0.59	15.7	7.4	1.24	.275	3.89	90	3.07	83	8.34	75
14	Dean Chance D. Chance	677	182	62	49	.559	131	2.76	37	19	15	977.0	848	300	349	43	348	27	30	32	4,053	25	6.24	3.21	1.95	0.40	16.7	8.6	1.22	.272	3.21	79	2.89	81	7.81	76.1
15	Turk Farrell T. Farrell	673	197	54	61	.470	111	3.40	38	5	16	949.1	886	359	405	87	226	15	51	31	3,910	23	6.38	2.14	2.98	0.82	17.2	5.8	1.17	.275	3.84	97	3.09	90	8.40	34
16	Steve Barber S. Barber	667	177	71	54	.568	147	3.14	41	14	2	1025.0	913	358	418	65	445	16	7	26	4,337	30	5.86	3.91	1.50	0.57	15.4	10.3	1.32	.270	3.67	87	3.42	93	8.02	28.2
17	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	667	184	69	74	.483	171	3.61	56	6	2	1165.0	1,171	467	533	116	328	17	7	32	4,906	46	5.15	2.53	2.03	0.90	13.6	6.7	1.29	.279	4.12	95	3.59	98	9.05	11.4
18	Joey Jay J. Jay	664	174	69	61	.531	140	3.80	48	10	4	1029.0	975	434	472	108	364	19	21	14	4,340	35	5.81	3.18	1.82	0.94	15.3	8.4	1.30	.272	4.13	100	3.76	101	8.53	-2.4
19	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	657	185	82	72	.532	177	3.38	67	16	0	1293.1	1,259	485	562	101	289	22	3	30	5,359	22	4.57	2.01	2.27	0.70	12.3	5.4	1.20	.270	3.91	88	3.28	87	8.76	66.4
20	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	653	179	70	53	.569	161	3.71	52	13	2	1122.0	1,044	462	521	152	399	8	5	16	4,729	31	5.24	3.20	1.64	1.22	13.8	8.4	1.29	.254	4.18	100	4.24	111	8.37	-53.3
21	Ken Johnson K. Johnson	640	163	51	65	.440	144	3.43	30	5	3	962.2	907	367	430	77	217	31	8	20	3,990	16	5.98	2.03	2.95	0.72	16.0	5.4	1.17	.274	4.02	98	3.04	89	8.48	37.7
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	640	113	34	29	.540	85	3.15	23	6	6	605.1	473	212	241	32	351	13	13	14	2,605	40	9.52	5.22	1.82	0.48	24.6	13.5	1.36	.281	3.58	87	2.93	78	7.03	51.4
23	Bob Veale B. Veale	636	124	42	28	.600	88	2.65	33	10	4	669.0	541	197	238	16	308	11	14	19	2,803	42	8.56	4.14	2.06	0.22	22.7	11.0	1.27	.287	3.20	75	2.40	70	7.28	75.6
24	Pedro Ramos P. Ramos	626	229	43	55	.439	102	3.73	24	6	29	897.1	847	372	433	122	258	18	74	32	3,759	10	6.28	2.59	2.43	1.22	16.7	6.9	1.23	.265	4.34	98	3.86	99	8.50	2.2
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	623	166	70	44	.614	157	3.12	53	19	1	1072.2	937	372	422	111	322	24	6	27	4,394	34	5.23	2.70	1.93	0.93	14.2	7.3	1.17	.249	3.54	87	3.71	101	7.86	-6

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