most strikeouts by a pitcher from 1901 to 1963

Between the 1901 and 1963 seasons, Walter Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,509 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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
2	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
3	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,492	630	373	185	.668	551	2.11	434	79	30	4755.0	4,182	1,116	1,588	88	828	55	69		18,756	114	4.72	1.57	3.01	0.17	13.3	4.4	1.05	.268	3.01	74	2.25	76	7.92	366.3
4	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,415	676	350	216	.618	610	2.97	370	62	24	4872.1	4,416	1,608	1,802	385	1,326	37	53	54	19,942	73	4.46	2.45	1.82	0.71	12.1	6.6	1.18	.255	3.33	81	3.37	92	8.16	163.1
5	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,334	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
6	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,266	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3940.2	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
7	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2,246	623	326	194	.627	529	2.35	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
8	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2,198	696	373	208	.642	600	2.56	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
9	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,137	366	178	127	.584	308	2.11	235	47	4	2659.2	2,198	624	923	30	728	93	45		10,499	70	7.23	2.46	2.94	0.10	20.4	6.9	1.10	.289	3.12	76	1.93	71	7.44	236.6
10	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,097	591	258	221	.539	532	3.42	287	37	24	4182.0	4,067	1,589	1,754	454	799	49	44	59	17,082	27	4.51	1.72	2.62	0.98	12.3	4.7	1.16	.264	3.77	88	3.51	90	8.75	176.6
11	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2,082	600	211	222	.487	483	3.98	246	31	21	3759.1	3,769	1,664	1,908	206	1,732	61	71		16,467	60	4.98	4.15	1.20	0.49	12.6	10.5	1.46	.288	4.57	95	3.81	92	9.02	144.5
12	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,045	442	197	140	.585	349	3.24	217	29	12	2966.2	2,809	1,068	1,246	132	840	77	52		12,366	37	6.20	2.55	2.43	0.40	16.5	6.8	1.23	.289	3.78	81	3.18	79	8.52	288.3
13	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,987	624	273	225	.548	538	3.80	335	45	18	4344.0	4,284	1,833	2,115	254	1,541	58	69		18,546	46	4.12	3.19	1.29	0.53	10.7	8.3	1.34	.274	4.38	91	3.93	95	8.88	82.3
14	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,970	551	208	169	.552	432	3.28	193	38	29	3257.2	2,949	1,189	1,311	278	1,168	30	71	34	13,658	47	5.44	3.23	1.69	0.77	14.4	8.6	1.26	.262	3.62	85	3.49	90	8.15	139.9
15	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,796	488	207	150	.580	374	3.06	212	33	26	2993.0	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
16	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1,736	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
17	Chief Bender C. Bender	1,711	459	212	127	.625	334	2.46	255	40	34	3017.0	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	2.29	83	7.89	145.9
18	Red Ames R. Ames	1,702	533	183	167	.523	371	2.63	209	27	36	3198.0	2,896	934	1,313	41	1,034	64	118		13,080	156	4.79	2.91	1.65	0.12	13.0	7.9	1.23	.279	3.70	93	2.54	88	8.15	121.5
19	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1,677	535	253	154	.622	433	2.98	260	36	33	3590.1	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
20	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,674	424	194	138	.584	362	3.57	200	33	10	2826.1	2,675	1,122	1,321	181	1,192	35	47		12,165	59	5.33	3.80	1.40	0.58	13.8	9.8	1.37	.275	4.21	80	3.88	89	8.52	154.4
21	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	1,593	536	201	177	.532	408	3.08	197	30	20	3306.2	3,233	1,130	1,443	107	858	39	82		13,641	81	4.34	2.34	1.86	0.29	11.7	6.3	1.24	.283	3.93	97	2.90	90	8.80	103.1
22	Cy Young C. Young	1,563	401	225	146	.606	369	2.12	331	44	9	3312.1	2,900	779	1,119	44	413	73	28		12,717	54	4.25	1.12	3.78	0.12	12.3	3.2	1.00	.269	3.04	74	2.15	76	7.88	252.8
23	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,558	393	199	78	.718	350	2.78	133	34	9	2564.1	2,194	793	899	186	946	25	25	33	10,549	59	5.47	3.32	1.65	0.65	14.8	9.0	1.22	.256	3.16	75	3.36	90	7.70	109.8
24	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	1,534	517	177	135	.567	328	3.39	124	33	30	2682.1	2,416	1,009	1,124	188	1,088	47	114	19	11,378	63	5.15	3.65	1.41	0.63	13.5	9.6	1.31	.261	3.77	87	3.50	90	8.11	120.2
25	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,520	348	113	120	.485	249	3.67	98	29	10	1938.2	1,799	790	876	163	718	37	59	36	8,229	51	7.06	3.33	2.12	0.76	18.5	8.7	1.30	.283	4.07	93	3.19	81	8.35	164.9