most strikeouts as a yankees pitcher 1951 to 1975

Between the 1951 and 1975 seasons, Whitey Ford struck out the most hitters for the Yankees, with 1,897 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	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
2	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	1,257	360	164	139	.541	356	2.97	152	40	1	2661.1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
3	Al Downing A. Downing	1,028	208	72	57	.558	175	3.23	46	12	2	1235.1	1,014	443	492	96	526	11	18	20	5,158	40	7.49	3.83	1.95	0.70	19.9	10.2	1.25	.263	3.58	96	3.18	91	7.39	40.8
4	Bob Turley B. Turley	909	234	82	52	.612	175	3.62	58	21	13	1269.0	1,025	510	548	118	761	44	33	15	5,487	29	6.45	5.40	1.19	0.84	16.6	13.9	1.41	.248	3.89	97	4.15	111	7.27	-65.7
5	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	893	288	109	106	.507	265	3.10	81	18	1	1857.1	1,796	640	747	139	332	32	9	64	7,558	30	4.33	1.61	2.69	0.67	11.8	4.4	1.15	.269	3.62	95	3.10	91	8.70	61.1
6	Ralph Terry R. Terry	615	210	78	59	.569	161	3.44	56	14	9	1198.0	1,109	458	515	133	270	15	25	14	4,878	9	4.62	2.03	2.28	1.00	12.6	5.5	1.15	.254	3.87	94	3.68	98	8.33	7.3
7	Jim Bouton J. Bouton	561	197	55	51	.519	131	3.36	32	11	4	1013.2	913	378	431	105	331	18	26	18	4,205	23	4.98	2.94	1.69	0.93	13.3	7.9	1.23	.253	3.83	97	3.82	107	8.11	-30
8	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	534	153	55	52	.514	139	3.10	36	8	2	985.2	901	340	382	88	312	9	10	27	4,086	29	4.88	2.85	1.71	0.80	13.1	7.6	1.23	.259	3.49	94	3.54	103	8.23	-17.7
9	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	472	152	63	27	.700	88	2.86	50	18	32	767.2	638	244	283	44	324	20	54		3,193	18	5.53	3.80	1.46	0.52	14.8	10.1	1.25	.255	3.32	78	3.32	91	7.48	27.7
10	Doc Medich D. Medich	431	111	49	40	.551	108	3.40	43	9	0	787.0	765	297	323	69	239	12	2	19	3,289	18	4.93	2.73	1.80	0.79	13.1	7.3	1.28	.274	3.69	93	3.56	98	8.75	7.2
11	Bill Stafford B. Stafford	408	163	43	35	.551	96	3.48	18	6	9	730.0	653	282	305	75	249	17	30	24	3,049	8	5.03	3.07	1.64	0.92	13.4	8.2	1.24	.251	3.76	95	3.88	104	8.05	-11.4
12	Steve Hamilton S. Hamilton	389	311	34	20	.630	7	2.78	2	1	36	486.0	389	150	163	36	150	7	140	28	1,961	11	7.20	2.78	2.59	0.67	19.8	7.6	1.11	.256	3.02	83	2.86	82	7.20	33.3
13	Vic Raschi V. Raschi	367	94	50	22	.694	91	3.13	35	12	1	662.1	557	230	262	43	249	12	2		2,731	14	4.99	3.38	1.47	0.58	13.4	9.1	1.22	.250	3.56	84	3.40	92	7.57	20.8
14	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	363	265	38	29	.567	3	2.89	1	0	58	544.2	486	175	194	43	156	2	186	34	2,234	22	6.00	2.58	2.33	0.71	16.2	7.0	1.18	.265	3.21	85	3.08	89	8.03	25.2
15	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	356	94	39	37	.513	90	3.65	25	4	0	631.0	637	256	288	66	192	7	1	23	2,662	15	5.08	2.74	1.85	0.94	13.4	7.2	1.31	.280	4.11	100	3.75	103	9.09	-8.5
16	Don Larsen D. Larsen	356	128	45	24	.652	90	3.50	23	7	3	655.1	549	255	286	57	362	15	22	8	2,827	17	4.89	4.97	0.98	0.78	12.6	12.8	1.39	.242	3.93	94	4.21	113	7.54	-38.3
17	Tom Sturdivant T. Sturdivant	333	115	36	25	.590	59	3.19	13	4	5	524.1	449	186	205	45	221	13	26	7	2,197	9	5.72	3.79	1.51	0.77	15.2	10.1	1.28	.255	3.52	85	3.61	97	7.71	5.9
18	Mike Kekich M. Kekich	304	125	31	32	.492	83	4.31	7	0	1	564.0	553	270	298	50	276	13	15	24	2,462	29	4.85	4.40	1.10	0.80	12.3	11.2	1.47	.277	4.76	132	4.09	121	8.82	-47.6
19	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	301	168	47	32	.595	85	3.24	20	2	11	723.1	662	260	311	74	195	18	35	6	2,973	6	3.75	2.43	1.54	0.92	10.1	6.6	1.18	.247	3.87	88	3.89	104	8.24	-15.9
20	Hal Reniff H. Reniff	293	247	18	20	.474	0	3.26	0	0	41	428.1	341	155	173	13	219	16	132	30	1,820	20	6.16	4.60	1.34	0.27	16.1	12.0	1.31	.256	3.64	95	3.21	90	7.16	15.6
21	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	292	225	28	24	.538	0	2.24	0	0	83	393.1	337	98	119	14	126	3	197	21	1,613	20	6.68	2.88	2.32	0.32	18.1	7.8	1.18	.274	2.72	65	2.48	71	7.71	44.3
22	Jim Coates J. Coates	284	167	37	15	.712	39	3.84	12	3	15	510.2	476	218	242	50	209	18	62	13	2,190	9	5.01	3.68	1.36	0.88	13.0	9.5	1.34	.262	4.27	103	4.06	106	8.39	-15.4
23	Bob Grim B. Grim	282	146	45	21	.682	37	3.35	10	2	28	454.1	392	169	186	29	204	9	67	7	1,899	8	5.59	4.04	1.38	0.57	14.8	10.7	1.31	.264	3.68	92	3.39	93	7.77	12.3
24	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	277	118	63	30	.677	109	2.96	49	10	0	819.0	795	269	310	62	205	18	4	3	3,371	2	3.04	2.25	1.35	0.68	8.2	6.1	1.22	.261	3.41	80	3.58	98	8.74	6.3
25	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	272	138	30	18	.625	38	2.73	14	3	19	461.1	405	140	167	32	132	10	48	17	1,875	12	5.31	2.58	2.06	0.62	14.5	7.0	1.16	.261	3.26	75	3.14	85	7.90	29

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Tue 6/23	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 6/24	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 6/25	NYY	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Fri 6/26	NYY	@	BOS	7:10 PM
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Cardinals	42	34	.553	5.0
Cubs	40	37	.519	7.5
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