most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1961 to 1975

Between the 1961 and 1975 seasons, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 3,000 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	3,000	488	245	163	.600	461	2.84	251	55	6	3722.0	3,105	1,176	1,324	246	1,249	100	15	110	15,336	101	7.25	3.02	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.1	1.17	.266	3.20	77	2.86	80	7.51	283.6
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,245	460	237	140	.629	446	2.90	238	51	2	3425.2	3,094	1,102	1,300	315	681	40	11	81	13,908	48	5.90	1.79	3.30	0.83	16.1	4.9	1.10	.262	3.42	81	3.04	88	8.13	149.3
6	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
7	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,124	560	234	180	.565	509	3.25	163	28	5	3583.0	3,555	1,295	1,545	312	838	104	19	62	14,976	108	5.34	2.10	2.53	0.78	14.2	5.6	1.23	.280	3.88	88	3.27	87	8.93	190.4
8	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
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,023	405	154	131	.540	375	3.23	103	32	12	2667.1	2,480	956	1,075	240	650	114	22	76	11,067	31	6.83	2.19	3.11	0.81	18.3	5.9	1.17	.279	3.63	89	3.05	86	8.37	149.4
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,713	223	129	47	.733	211	2.19	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
15	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
16	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,697	402	184	127	.592	379	3.06	146	38	1	2784.1	2,327	947	1,054	286	770	41	5	49	11,277	37	5.49	2.49	2.20	0.92	15.0	6.8	1.11	.241	3.41	91	3.51	101	7.52	-11.2
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,664	330	143	112	.561	323	2.83	120	35	2	2360.2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
18	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,592	423	181	116	.609	359	3.03	170	35	10	2693.2	2,393	906	1,052	211	765	10	29	54	10,970	47	5.32	2.56	2.08	0.70	14.5	7.0	1.17	.260	3.51	88	3.22	92	8.00	78.4
19	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,591	516	196	194	.503	485	3.27	140	40	1	3400.2	3,403	1,234	1,395	243	898	44	15	88	14,153	61	4.21	2.38	1.77	0.64	11.2	6.3	1.26	.278	3.69	96	3.35	100	9.01	-11.8
20	Al Downing A. Downing	1,586	376	122	104	.540	313	3.17	73	24	3	2201.2	1,881	776	902	170	899	31	29	31	9,244	74	6.48	3.67	1.76	0.69	17.2	9.7	1.26	.261	3.69	94	3.35	97	7.69	21.7
21	Chris Short C. Short	1,567	456	129	123	.512	296	3.37	86	24	15	2203.1	2,095	826	923	172	744	57	65	69	9,262	65	6.40	3.04	2.11	0.70	16.9	8.0	1.29	.286	3.77	95	3.21	94	8.56	50.3
22	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,557	291	132	78	.629	252	3.14	72	29	4	1785.1	1,457	622	694	133	773	34	18	37	7,464	122	7.85	3.90	2.01	0.67	20.9	10.4	1.25	.267	3.50	86	3.10	87	7.34	85.3
23	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,534	406	128	115	.527	294	2.92	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
24	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,523	334	129	118	.522	312	3.67	91	18	1	2191.1	2,039	893	1,008	204	839	78	6	51	9,305	93	6.26	3.45	1.82	0.84	16.4	9.0	1.31	.275	4.14	104	3.58	99	8.37	5.4
25	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	1,512	399	140	114	.551	307	3.21	67	21	16	2152.0	1,919	767	907	197	692	54	42	55	8,951	60	6.32	2.89	2.18	0.82	16.9	7.7	1.21	.265	3.79	91	3.34	92	8.03	72.4