most strikeouts for a pitcher before 1900

Before 1900, Tim Keefe struck out the most hitters, with 2,564 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	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,564	600	342	225	.603	594	2.63	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7	20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
2	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1,978	531	328	178	.648	518	2.81	485	37	5	4536.1	4,295	1,417	2,384	159	1,191	80	12	19,146	182	3.92	2.36	1.66	0.32	10.3	6.2	1.21	.263	4.73	75	3.35	88	8.52	289.8
3	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,944	460	246	173	.587	425	3.04	391	30	5	3756.2	3,346	1,267	2,043	74	1,704	112	35	16,204	151	4.66	4.08	1.14	0.18	12.0	10.5	1.34	.265	4.89	77	3.71	92	8.02	124.3
4	Mickey Welch M. Welch	1,850	565	307	210	.594	549	2.71	525	41	4	4802.0	4,588	1,447	2,556	106	1,297	52	16	20,308	274	3.47	2.43	1.43	0.20	9.1	6.4	1.23	.264	4.79	88	3.28	103	8.60	-55.7
5	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1,830	527	309	194	.614	502	2.68	488	35	3	4527.1	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24	18,918	214	3.64	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51
6	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	1,803	555	284	220	.563	504	3.05	468	30	15	4531.1	4,195	1,537	2,523	97	1,408	135	52	19,407	343	3.58	2.80	1.28	0.19	9.3	7.3	1.24	.258	5.01	85	3.54	99	8.33	25.1
7	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	1,799	697	361	308	.540	681	2.87	639	57	1	5941.1	6,352	1,895	3,315	121	744	54	18	25,160	220	2.73	1.13	2.42	0.18	7.2	3.0	1.19	.278	5.02	94	2.97	95	9.62	94.5
8	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1,704	492	265	214	.553	485	2.43	466	33	1	4275.2	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7	17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
9	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	1,700	414	233	152	.605	396	2.96	351	30	3	3404.0	3,344	1,120	1,824	87	856	31	17	14,465	174	4.49	2.26	1.99	0.23	11.8	5.9	1.23	.276	4.82	88	3.08	88	8.84	153.5
10	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	1,650	522	258	225	.534	490	3.86	442	28	4	4222.0	4,419	1,812	2,699	117	1,522	268	31	18,645	239	3.52	3.24	1.08	0.25	8.8	8.2	1.41	.285	5.75	96	3.80	96	9.42	64.3
11	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	1,571	413	191	204	.484	396	2.97	377	26	2	3496.1	3,598	1,154	2,026	79	411	28	16	14,666	214	4.04	1.06	3.82	0.20	10.7	2.8	1.15	.280	5.22	96	2.75	87	9.26	148.2
12	Adonis Terry A. Terry	1,553	440	197	196	.501	406	3.74	367	17	6	3514.1	3,525	1,460	2,303	76	1,298	120	33	15,413	206	3.98	3.32	1.20	0.19	10.1	8.4	1.37	.280	5.90	98	3.72	97	9.03	28.9
13	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	1,515	248	113	124	.477	241	3.29	225	5	0	2100.2	1,941	769	1,373	40	671	38	7	9,018	179	6.49	2.87	2.26	0.17	16.8	7.4	1.24	.282	5.88	88	2.85	78	8.32	192.8
14	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	1,484	490	297	151	.663	441	2.97	418	36	16	3996.2	3,930	1,321	2,011	132	1,001	97	47	16,694	142	3.34	2.25	1.48	0.30	8.9	6.0	1.23	.272	4.53	69	3.58	82	8.85	355.2
15	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	1,349	346	154	165	.483	328	3.37	295	14	5	2802.1	2,695	1,050	1,816	81	1,307	123	19	12,470	221	4.33	4.20	1.03	0.26	10.8	10.5	1.43	.272	5.83	91	3.79	100	8.66	-0.9
16	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	1,235	376	182	163	.528	346	3.59	321	21	4	3079.1	3,124	1,228	1,913	104	1,132	86	29	13,458	123	3.61	3.31	1.09	0.30	9.2	8.4	1.38	.277	5.59	87	3.77	90	9.13	150.9
17	Jack Stivetts J. Stivetts	1,223	388	203	132	.606	333	3.74	278	14	5	2887.2	2,905	1,199	1,836	130	1,155	99	52	12,636	120	3.81	3.60	1.06	0.41	9.7	9.1	1.41	.277	5.72	85	4.10	94	9.05	101.7
18	Silver King S. King	1,222	397	203	152	.572	370	3.18	328	19	6	3180.2	3,098	1,124	1,803	69	967	146	25	13,676	152	3.46	2.74	1.26	0.20	8.9	7.1	1.28	.269	5.10	82	3.42	90	8.77	147
19	Ed Morris E. Morris	1,217	311	171	122	.584	307	2.82	297	29	1	2678.0	2,468	838	1,312	42	498	25	4	11,073	112	4.09	1.67	2.44	0.14	11.0	4.5	1.11	.262	4.41	87	2.91	92	8.29	34.1
20	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	1,199	323	166	136	.550	315	3.00	289	10	3	2734.1	3,008	910	1,758	50	336	3	8	11,889	130	3.95	1.11	3.57	0.16	10.1	2.8	1.22	.288	5.79	102	2.65	91	9.90	86.2
21	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	1,170	303	141	133	.515	292	3.47	264	19	1	2435.2	2,445	939	1,539	53	754	112	12	10,604	203	4.32	2.79	1.55	0.20	11.0	7.1	1.31	.282	5.69	94	3.43	93	9.03	55.3
22	Ice Box Chamberlain I. Box Chamberlain	1,133	321	157	120	.567	301	3.57	264	16	1	2521.2	2,446	999	1,560	63	1,065	113	19	11,097	149	4.04	3.80	1.06	0.22	10.2	9.6	1.39	.273	5.57	90	3.72	96	8.73	54
23	Cy Young C. Young	1,125	464	267	151	.639	411	3.05	386	28	8	3722.1	3,855	1,261	1,904	87	768	85	50	15,557	95	2.72	1.86	1.46	0.21	7.2	4.9	1.24	.279	4.60	72	3.47	82	9.32	332.2
24	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1,110	336	175	146	.545	322	2.93	312	15	1	2924.0	2,922	951	1,726	50	492	28	13	12,415	128	3.42	1.51	2.26	0.15	8.9	4.0	1.17	.269	5.31	86	3.12	94	8.99	50.1
25	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	1,103	277	177	89	.665	268	2.36	256	22	2	2392.1	2,147	626	1,235	68	496	2	9	10,001	113	4.15	1.87	2.22	0.26	11.0	5.0	1.10	.250	4.65	79	2.99	97	8.08	41