most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1962 to 1975

Between the 1962 and 1975 seasons, Bob Gibson struck out the most hitters, with 2,834 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	2,834	453	232	151	.606	434	2.82	241	53	5	3510.2	2,919	1,100	1,233	233	1,130	94	12	103	14,420	93	7.27	2.90	2.51	0.60	19.7	7.8	1.15	.265	3.16	77	2.82	80	7.48	268.8
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	2,448	424	141	134	.513	345	3.18	103	23	14	2486.0	1,945	879	999	164	1,307	59	39	74	10,560	140	8.86	4.73	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.271	3.62	90	3.06	84	7.04	159.9
5	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
6	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,121	431	224	130	.633	419	2.84	229	48	2	3240.2	2,911	1,022	1,212	291	633	38	9	76	13,139	41	5.89	1.76	3.35	0.81	16.1	4.8	1.09	.261	3.37	80	3.00	88	8.08	147.8
7	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
8	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,002	524	225	163	.580	480	3.21	155	27	5	3382.1	3,367	1,208	1,440	300	756	93	16	61	14,111	98	5.33	2.01	2.65	0.80	14.2	5.4	1.22	.280	3.83	88	3.26	87	8.96	176
9	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
10	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
11	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,829	367	137	120	.533	338	3.23	91	28	11	2399.1	2,248	861	962	215	579	105	21	73	9,957	29	6.86	2.17	3.16	0.81	18.4	5.8	1.18	.281	3.61	90	3.03	87	8.43	119.4
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	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
15	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
16	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
17	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	1,577	512	195	193	.503	482	3.26	140	40	1	3382.0	3,389	1,224	1,384	240	889	43	14	88	14,076	59	4.20	2.37	1.77	0.64	11.2	6.3	1.26	.278	3.68	96	3.34	100	9.02	-10.1
18	Al Downing A. Downing	1,574	371	122	103	.542	312	3.15	73	24	3	2192.2	1,874	768	894	170	887	30	26	31	9,197	73	6.46	3.64	1.77	0.70	17.1	9.6	1.26	.261	3.67	93	3.35	97	7.69	22.2
19	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
20	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,523	401	128	113	.531	290	2.89	83	33	23	2129.0	1,831	683	817	122	734	64	60	74	8,818	69	6.44	3.10	2.07	0.52	17.3	8.3	1.20	.268	3.45	84	2.97	83	7.74	136.2
21	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
22	Dave McNally D. McNally	1,512	424	184	119	.607	396	3.24	120	33	2	2730.0	2,488	982	1,070	230	826	72	7	56	11,229	59	4.98	2.72	1.83	0.76	13.5	7.4	1.21	.263	3.53	95	3.49	99	8.20	5.8
23	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,511	438	145	122	.543	300	2.94	131	26	27	2491.2	2,235	815	971	214	653	59	76	42	10,236	119	5.46	2.36	2.31	0.77	14.8	6.4	1.16	.259	3.51	79	3.27	91	8.07	91.1
24	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,500	264	126	71	.640	241	3.07	71	29	2	1690.2	1,371	576	640	117	714	33	14	33	7,040	117	7.99	3.80	2.10	0.62	21.3	10.1	1.23	.268	3.41	85	2.97	85	7.30	100.1
25	Chris Short C. Short	1,487	417	123	111	.526	280	3.22	85	24	14	2076.0	1,938	742	829	160	673	54	54	58	8,660	51	6.45	2.92	2.21	0.69	17.2	7.8	1.26	.283	3.59	92	3.14	93	8.40	55.2