most strikeouts by pitcher age 20 or younger

Bob Feller has struck out the most career hitters by a pitcher 20 or younger, with 712 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	H/9
1	Bob Feller B. Feller	712	118	55	30	.647	98	3.43	58	6	4	785.0	620	299	338	31	503	16	15		3,418	32	8.16	5.77	1.42	0.36	20.8	14.7	1.43	.273	3.88	7.11
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	544	66	41	13	.759	66	2.00	23	11	0	494.2	359	110	123	20	142	4	0	6	1,944	9	9.90	2.58	3.83	0.36	28.0	7.3	1.01	.275	2.24	6.53
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	359	65	26	24	.520	63	2.95	22	6	0	442.1	410	145	161	38	106	7	1	7	1,801	7	7.30	2.16	3.39	0.77	19.9	5.9	1.17	.288	3.28	8.34
4	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	338	60	24	15	.615	57	2.63	12	7	0	393.1	316	115	132	32	119	8	1	9	1,604	7	7.73	2.72	2.84	0.73	21.1	7.4	1.11	.257	3.02	7.23
5	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	290	73	23	22	.511	63	3.30	13	2	0	441.1	409	162	190	38	110	5	4	6	1,832	21	5.91	2.24	2.64	0.77	15.8	6.0	1.18	.267	3.87	8.34
6	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	290	116	26	26	.500	66	4.30	16	5	5	485.1	491	232	264	51	187	7	22	21	2,101	19	5.38	3.47	1.55	0.95	13.8	8.9	1.40	.281	4.90	9.11
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	265	44	17	18	.486	44	3.84	2	1	0	283.1	259	121	131	28	85	8	0	2	1,173	14	8.42	2.70	3.12	0.89	22.6	7.2	1.21	.294	4.16	8.23
8	Pete Schneider P. Schneider	263	114	27	47	.365	74	2.61	39	7	5	643.2	610		270	9	227	26	32			4	3.68	3.17	1.16	0.13		8.4	1.30	.276	3.78	8.53
9	Joe Wood J. Wood	251	65	24	21	.533	38		28	8	0	379.1	290		144	4	113	20	20		1,517	10	5.96	2.68	2.22	0.09	16.5	7.4	1.06	.253	3.42	6.88
10	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	223	72	20	22	.476	51	4.60	15	1	3	344.2	335	176	206	20	227	3	15		1,571	9	5.82	5.93	0.98	0.52	14.2	14.4	1.63	.287	5.38	8.75
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	222	57	20	14	.588	36	3.54	6	0	1	300.1	251	118	132	27	147	2	7	2	1,262	11	6.65	4.41	1.51	0.81	17.6	11.6	1.33	.259	3.96	7.52
12	Ed Correa E. Correa	221	41	14	15	.483	37	4.24	4	2	0	237.2	200	112	121	19	148	5	3	2	1,043	21	8.37	5.60	1.49	0.72	21.2	14.2	1.46	.278	4.58	7.57
13	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	212	72	26	21	.553	52	3.77	19	4	3	375.0	340	157	169	20	138	7	12	4	1,567	22	5.09	3.31	1.54	0.48	13.5	8.8	1.27	.269	4.06	8.16
14	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	209	57	23	19	.548	57	3.74	20	1	0	380.0	344	158	176	43	188	4	0	3	1,639	16	4.95	4.45	1.11	1.02	12.8	11.5	1.40	.252	4.17	8.15
15	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	202	75	16	24	.400	42	4.41	12	0	1	347.0	332	170	194	17	192	3	18		1,542	7	5.24	4.98	1.05	0.44	13.1	12.5	1.51	.279	5.03	8.61
16	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	196	35	15	7	.682	25	2.27	11	8	1	210.0	148	53	57	11	66	1	4	4	824	4	8.40	2.83	2.97	0.47	23.8	8.0	1.02	.249	2.44	6.34
17	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	185	62	17	19	.472	45	4.13	7	2	0	309.2	282	142	155	38	110	4	2	9	1,306	4	5.38	3.20	1.68	1.10	14.2	8.4	1.27	.252	4.50	8.20
18	Don Gullett D. Gullett	183	79	21	8	.724	33	2.59	4	3	6	295.1	250	85	96	18	108	2	15	12	1,214	9	5.58	3.29	1.69	0.55	15.1	8.9	1.21	.257	2.93	7.62
19	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	181	64	29	14	.674	57	3.12	16	2	2	407.0	341	141	157	34	123	7	3	7	1,653	5	4.00	2.72	1.47	0.75	10.9	7.4	1.14	.235	3.47	7.54
20	Ray Keating R. Keating	175	53	7	24	.226	42	2.74	19	2	0	319.0	310		166	4	121	6	7			16	4.94	3.41	1.45	0.11		8.8	1.35	.287	4.68	8.75
21	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	174	37	11	16	.407	33	3.77	9	0	0	224.2	196	94	108	28	71	4	2	5	930	8	6.97	2.84	2.45	1.12	18.7	7.6	1.19	.257	4.33	7.85
22	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	167	43	9	14	.391	21	4.33	0	0	2	172.1	162	83	92	17	85	3	9	5	755	4	8.72	4.44	1.96	0.89	22.1	11.3	1.43	.300	4.80	8.46
23	Rube Bressler R. Bressler	165	61	14	21	.400	30	3.64	15	2	2	326.0	295		170	4	174	11	23			10	4.56	4.80	0.95	0.11		12.6	1.44	.283	4.69	8.14
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	162	36	14	14	.500	30		23	6	1	256.1	194		75	0	54	11	6		999	13	5.69	1.90	3.00	0.00	16.2	5.4	0.97	.251	2.63	6.81
25	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	152	34	13	7	.650	24	2.60	6	2	2	186.2	147	54	61	16	90	7	5	8	794	4	7.33	4.34	1.69	0.77	19.1	11.3	1.27	.248	2.94	7.09

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	26	.567
White Sox	31	27	.534	2.0
Twins	27	32	.458	6.5
Royals	22	36	.379	11.0
Tigers	22	37	.373	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/31	BOS	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Tue 6/2	CLE	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 6/3	CLE	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 6/4	CLE	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Fri 6/5	CLE	@	TEX	8:15 PM

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Schwarber

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Murakami

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RBI Leaders

50

Pages

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Abrams

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Hit Leaders

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70

Edwards

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Run Leaders

51

Wood

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Trout

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OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

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Alvarez

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Rice

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Alvarez

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Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

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Ramírez

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Williams

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Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

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0.85

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K/9 Leaders

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

6.25

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Schlittler

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	40	19	.678
Phillies	30	28	.517	9.5
Nationals	30	29	.508	10.0
Marlins	26	33	.441	14.0
Mets	25	33	.431	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	34	21	.618
Cubs	32	27	.542	4.0
Cardinals	30	26	.536	4.5
Pirates	31	28	.525	5.0
Reds	29	28	.509	6.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	37	21	.638
Padres	32	25	.561	4.5
Diamondbacks	31	26	.544	5.5
Giants	22	36	.379	15.0
Rockies	22	37	.373	15.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	35	20	.636
Yankees	35	23	.603	1.5
Blue Jays	29	30	.492	8.0
Orioles	27	32	.458	10.0
Red Sox	24	33	.421	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	26	.567
White Sox	31	27	.534	2.0
Twins	27	32	.458	6.5
Royals	22	36	.379	11.0
Tigers	22	37	.373	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	30	29	.508
Athletics	28	30	.483	1.5
Rangers	27	31	.466	2.5
Astros	27	33	.450	3.5
Angels	23	36	.390	7.0

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Sat 5/16	TOR	@	DET	2-1
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Sat 5/16	MIA	@	TBR	10-5

Schedule

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Sun 5/31	TOR	@	BAL	12:15 PM
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