most strikeouts by an mlb pitcher 1903 to 1909

Between the 1903 and 1909 seasons, Rube Waddell struck out the most batters, with 1,739 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1,739	292	137	103	.571	249	1.99	183	44	3	2099.0	1,694	464	679	17	578	72	33	8,223	51	7.46	2.48	3.01	0.07	21.1	7.0	1.08	.288	2.91	75	1.76	69	7.26	190.7
2	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1,399	308	202	75	.729	273	1.85	215	48	16	2320.1	1,864	478	671	30	450	23	31	9,027	49	5.43	1.75	3.11	0.12	15.5	5.0	1.00	.257	2.60	68	1.94	69	7.23	221.7
3	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1,145	265	149	93	.616	250	2.18	204	34	1	2105.1	1,787	510	682	18	470	115	12	8,316	40	4.89	2.01	2.44	0.08	13.8	5.7	1.07	.269	2.92	82	2.24	86	7.64	84.1
4	Cy Young C. Young	1,132	274	146	106	.579	247	2.07	226	33	9	2266.2	1,940	521	734	26	268	45	25	8,625	36	4.49	1.06	4.22	0.10	13.1	3.1	0.97	.268	2.91	78	1.94	76	7.70	159.5
5	George Mullin G. Mullin	1,013	295	144	118	.550	268	2.54	233	25	6	2332.1	2,152	659	961	15	738	71	26	9,515	54	3.91	2.85	1.37	0.06	10.6	7.8	1.24	.278	3.71	96	2.63	101	8.30	-6.9
6	Chief Bender C. Bender	935	221	102	71	.590	173	2.43	147	21	8	1549.0	1,309	419	589	20	362	59	45	6,118	38	5.43	2.10	2.58	0.12	15.3	5.9	1.08	.272	3.42	90	2.17	82	7.61	76.5
7	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	916	270	128	94	.577	228	2.59	168	18	2	1958.0	1,759	563	799	27	438	55	36	7,757	42	4.21	2.01	2.09	0.12	11.8	5.6	1.12	.274	3.67	92	2.40	87	8.09	89.9
8	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	901	234	110	63	.636	175	1.68	138	36	15	1642.1	1,276	307	464	7	312	34	54	6,282	51	4.94	1.71	2.89	0.04	14.3	5.0	0.97	.252	2.54	70	1.83	80	6.99	74.3
9	Vic Willis V. Willis	893	277	131	118	.526	262	2.50	212	31	3	2179.0	1,964	605	828	26	601	59	15	8,729	45	3.69	2.48	1.49	0.11	10.2	6.9	1.18	.271	3.42	92	2.61	94	8.11	39.2
10	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	884	210	111	80	.581	198	2.43	178	25	3	1746.1	1,508	471	642	19	557	53	12	7,057	33	4.56	2.87	1.59	0.10	12.5	7.9	1.18	.269	3.31	91	2.57	99	7.77	8.9
11	Jack Powell J. Powell	862	252	102	111	.479	221	2.48	180	24	9	1922.1	1,724	529	735	38	418	45	28	7,572	31	4.04	1.96	2.06	0.18	11.4	5.5	1.11	.272	3.44	94	2.46	96	8.07	20
12	Red Ames R. Ames	844	174	72	50	.590	139	2.45	91	9	7	1186.2	982	323	475	11	460	24	28	4,806	78	6.40	3.49	1.83	0.08	17.6	9.6	1.22	.280	3.60	92	2.24	81	7.45	67.6
13	Bob Ewing B. Ewing	840	237	103	97	.515	216	2.33	174	15	4	1902.2	1,705	492	738	23	466	45	21	7,501	39	3.97	2.20	1.80	0.11	11.2	6.2	1.14	.275	3.49	82	2.44	84	8.06	106.9
14	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	818	236	83	103	.446	189	2.85	144	20	9	1608.1	1,518	509	716	25	459	56	41	6,564	42	4.58	2.57	1.78	0.14	12.5	7.0	1.23	.287	4.01	110	2.53	100	8.49	-5
15	Orval Overall O. Overall	813	184	92	60	.605	152	2.13	116	25	11	1322.2	1,053	313	443	13	471	43	28	5,295	52	5.53	3.20	1.73	0.09	15.4	8.9	1.15	.263	3.01	78	2.35	84	7.17	63.1
16	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	799	246	144	65	.689	195	1.63	170	41	19	1827.2	1,443	331	517	16	356	35	49	7,000	34	3.93	1.75	2.24	0.08	11.4	5.1	0.98	.246	2.55	61	2.22	80	7.11	103.8
17	Doc White D. White	788	242	124	82	.602	216	2.01	159	35	1	1772.1	1,504	395	558	21	371	59	22	6,936	36	4.00	1.88	2.12	0.11	11.4	5.3	1.06	.260	2.83	82	2.36	98	7.64	-5.1
18	Frank Smith F. Smith	776	218	104	71	.594	179	2.19	147	22	3	1589.2	1,267	387	518	9	456	35	35	6,225	55	4.39	2.58	1.70	0.05	12.5	7.3	1.08	.254	2.93	91	2.31	100	7.17	-10.5
19	Harry Howell H. Howell	773	225	87	97	.473	188	2.18	163	16	5	1733.0	1,458	419	621	12	432	69	32	6,809	34	4.01	2.24	1.79	0.06	11.4	6.3	1.09	.262	3.23	85	2.42	98	7.57	4.7
20	Addie Joss A. Joss	765	241	138	79	.636	219	1.74	197	39	5	1950.1	1,567	378	575	15	271	43	20	7,403	23	3.53	1.25	2.82	0.07	10.3	3.7	0.94	.246	2.65	67	2.15	86	7.23	71.9
21	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	720	281	143	80	.641	221	2.40	170	25	21	1998.1	1,815	533	722	33	432	75	50	8,068	16	3.24	1.95	1.67	0.15	8.9	5.4	1.12	.262	3.25	87	2.69	94	8.17	40.5
22	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	666	208	100	57	.637	149	2.29	117	21	19	1400.2	1,200	357	478	32	352	32	53	5,545	33	4.28	2.26	1.89	0.21	12.0	6.3	1.11	.262	3.07	88	2.45	91	7.71	39.6
23	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	657	191	97	69	.584	180	2.23	143	21	2	1472.2	1,227	365	511	14	493	73	9	5,971	26	4.02	3.01	1.33	0.09	11.0	8.3	1.17	.256	3.12	81	2.81	98	7.50	8.7
24	Earl Moore E. Moore	650	147	71	55	.563	133	2.32	110	12	1	1183.0	989	305	457	17	387	51	11	4,822	37	4.95	2.94	1.68	0.13	13.5	8.0	1.16	.262	3.48	88	2.63	99	7.52	2.2
25	Tully Sparks T. Sparks	582	220	95	92	.508	194	2.41	149	18	7	1675.0	1,515	448	633	19	368	50	23	6,636	14	3.13	1.98	1.58	0.10	8.8	5.5	1.12	.266	3.40	90	2.57	93	8.14	35.4

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