most strikeouts by a pitcher before turning 27

Bert Blyleven has fanned the most career hitters by a pitcher younger than 27, with 1,728 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a pitcher before turning 27 years old

	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	H/9
1	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,728	282	122	113	.519	279	2.79	130	35	0	2143.2	1,880	664	753	148	553	58	2	30	8,694	46	7.25	2.32	3.12	0.62	19.9	6.4	1.13	.279	3.16	7.89
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,653	260	88	80	.524	223	2.96	69	19	10	1577.0	1,199	519	601	90	785	43	19	36	6,640	82	9.43	4.48	2.11	0.51	24.9	11.8	1.26	.273	3.43	6.84
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,625	310	174	106	.621	258	0.50	220	51	9	2332.2	1,775		631	24	474	85	48			90	6.27	1.83	3.43	0.09		5.2	0.96	.254	2.43	6.85
4	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,541	238	132	53	.714	236	2.91	57	21	1	1713.2	1,467	554	609	87	505	28	1	22	6,987	37	8.09	2.65	3.05	0.46	22.1	7.2	1.15	.286	3.20	7.70
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,498	240	99	77	.563	240	3.21	23	9	0	1634.1	1,493	583	652	131	483	54	0	15	6,744	86	8.25	2.66	3.10	0.72	22.2	7.2	1.21	.298	3.59	8.22
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,464	244	113	82	.579	234	3.08	96	27	1	1805.2	1,549	618	709	111	664	14	4	44	7,479	68	7.30	3.31	2.20	0.55	19.6	8.9	1.23	.275	3.53	7.72
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,445	211	98	49	.667	209	2.48	17	9	0	1378.1	1,035	380	412	82	424	22	1	25	5,489	53	9.44	2.77	3.41	0.54	26.3	7.7	1.06	.271	2.69	6.76
8	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,398	296	116	83	.583	245	3.17	87	20	5	1821.0	1,639	641	730	167	525	87	33	58	7,567	41	6.91	2.59	2.66	0.83	18.5	6.9	1.19	.273	3.61	8.10
9	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,323	309	133	100	.571	243	2.79	143	26	13	1938.2	1,653	600	735	59	879	9	50		8,202	47	6.14	4.08	1.51	0.27	16.1	10.7	1.31	.269	3.41	7.67
10	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,300	205	95	64	.597	202	2.93	13	6	0	1321.2	1,145	430	474	120	304	40	1	25	5,348	19	8.85	2.07	4.28	0.82	24.3	5.7	1.10	.286	3.23	7.80
11	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,292	214	112	57	.663	184	3.15	124	17	10	1520.1	1,199	532	590	59	850	28	24		6,487	47	7.65	5.03	1.52	0.35	19.9	13.1	1.35	.268	3.49	7.10
12	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,254	287	115	97	.542	264	3.22	82	22	1	1884.2	1,598	675	751	199	573	31	5	42	7,723	27	5.99	2.74	2.19	0.95	16.2	7.4	1.15	.247	3.59	7.63
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1,221	218	84	46	.646	153	2.98	23	10	3	1146.0	890	379	420	98	373	46	22	19	4,642	32	9.59	2.93	3.27	0.77	26.3	8.0	1.10	.273	3.30	6.99
14	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,221	262	105	88	.544	240	3.34	74	15	1	1704.1	1,533	633	711	147	597	57	6	32	7,129	65	6.45	3.15	2.05	0.78	17.1	8.4	1.25	.271	3.75	8.10
15	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,205	185	69	70	.496	152	3.05	59	15	3	1120.0	773	379	423	66	663	41	12	20	4,736	56	9.68	5.33	1.82	0.53	25.4	14.0	1.28	.256	3.40	6.21
16	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,191	197	95	56	.629	175	3.02	55	19	3	1272.2	1,011	427	469	98	562	27	8	20	5,307	85	8.42	3.97	2.12	0.69	22.4	10.6	1.24	.266	3.32	7.15
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,168	244	68	60	.531	164	3.71	48	9	6	1131.2	929	467	525	128	558	10	41	28	4,846	54	9.29	4.44	2.09	1.02	24.1	11.5	1.31	.269	4.18	7.39
18	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,159	207	94	75	.556	200	3.04	88	24	0	1486.2	1,329	502	559	134	397	50	4	24	6,115	41	7.02	2.40	2.92	0.81	19.0	6.5	1.16	.273	3.38	8.05
19	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,155	180	95	54	.638	175	2.34	90	18	1	1379.1	1,090	359	397	97	352	28	5	30	5,482	31	7.54	2.30	3.28	0.63	21.1	6.4	1.05	.258	2.59	7.11
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,152	226	83	85	.494	212	3.29	57	19	3	1485.0	1,345	543	587	116	392	29	9	48	6,119	35	6.98	2.38	2.94	0.70	18.8	6.4	1.17	.277	3.56	8.15
21	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,150	181	80	54	.597	181	3.29	6	3	0	1146.0	991	419	446	117	368	40	0	30	4,744	21	9.03	2.89	3.13	0.92	24.2	7.8	1.19	.285	3.50	7.78
22	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,150	227	117	62	.654	219	3.13	94	26	1	1593.0	1,321	554	605	195	450	22	2	16	6,443	22	6.50	2.54	2.56	1.10	17.8	7.0	1.11	.243	3.42	7.46
23	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,143	275	98	85	.536	218	2.82	69	27	17	1600.1	1,358	501	605	82	549	42	34	49	6,606	45	6.43	3.09	2.08	0.46	17.3	8.3	1.19	.266	3.40	7.64
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,135	163	89	42	.679	162	3.07	56	21	0	1199.1	1,012	409	440	90	342	29	0	15	4,886	27	8.52	2.57	3.32	0.68	23.2	7.0	1.13	.280	3.30	7.59
25	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1,117	149	62	44	.585	149	3.58	11	5	0	947.1	708	377	401	98	475	69	0	11	4,001	41	10.61	4.51	2.35	0.93	27.9	11.9	1.25	.272	3.81	6.73

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