most strikeouts by pitcher from 1915 to 1973

Between the 1915 and 1973 seasons, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 2,928 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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,928	473	237	151	.611	435	2.79	245	55	4	3535.1	2,923	1,095	1,243	223	1,170	93	17	98	14,528	100	7.45	2.98	2.50	0.57	20.2	8.1	1.16	.267	3.16	75	2.76	77	7.44	321.5
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
4	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
5	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
7	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,391	398	138	127	.521	338	3.15	103	23	14	2409.2	1,876	843	961	158	1,251	59	32	69	10,214	136	8.93	4.67	1.91	0.59	23.4	12.2	1.30	.270	3.59	89	3.02	83	7.01	166.7
8	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,338	435	179	136	.568	386	3.35	144	35	9	2813.0	2,523	1,046	1,141	272	872	88	25	44	11,701	92	7.48	2.79	2.68	0.87	20.0	7.5	1.21	.277	3.65	95	3.13	86	8.07	163.2
10	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
11	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,281	458	238	140	.630	446	2.84	244	52	2	3443.2	3,081	1,086	1,288	315	690	38	10	80	13,958	51	5.96	1.80	3.31	0.82	16.3	4.9	1.10	.260	3.37	80	3.02	88	8.05	155.7
12	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
13	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,167	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,703	1,183	1,334	256	1,069	61	67	51	12,415	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.32	88	8.30	160.1
14	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
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,078	449	177	144	.551	364	2.89	183	33	10	2981.0	2,629	957	1,114	216	778	67	31	114	12,172	109	6.27	2.35	2.67	0.65	17.1	6.4	1.14	.267	3.36	82	2.91	85	7.94	170.5
16	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
17	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,999	585	211	169	.555	433	3.27	193	38	33	3306.2	2,989	1,201	1,325	284	1,178	30	85	35	13,853	48	5.44	3.21	1.70	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.261	3.61	84	3.50	90	8.14	138.6
18	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
19	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,956	498	236	106	.690	438	2.75	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
20	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,867	491	194	160	.548	440	3.35	136	24	5	3057.0	3,026	1,138	1,366	283	733	96	20	61	12,815	106	5.50	2.16	2.55	0.83	14.6	5.7	1.23	.279	4.02	91	3.33	88	8.91	151
21	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,823	478	238	164	.592	396	2.55	300	57	25	3472.1	3,040	985	1,236	72	872	120	78		14,006	60	4.73	2.26	2.09	0.19	13.0	6.2	1.13	.267	3.20	73	2.76	79	7.88	251.4
22	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,820	342	149	109	.578	284	3.13	149	27	7	2303.2	2,015	800	885	235	489	41	30	71	9,319	32	7.11	1.91	3.72	0.92	19.5	5.2	1.09	.264	3.46	82	2.93	80	7.87	180.5
23	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
24	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3611.0	3,772	1,438	1,652	286	894	46	56	115	15,214	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	94	3.35	89	9.40	172.2
25	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,728	520	209	164	.560	465	3.40	129	43	4	3186.0	3,046	1,203	1,331	298	858	72	33	89	13,198	97	4.88	2.42	2.01	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.268	3.76	92	3.53	96	8.60	50.2