most strikeouts for a pitcher before turning 25

Bert Blyleven has fanned the most career hitters by a pitcher younger than 25, with 1,327 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts for a pitcher before turning 25 years old
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 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
1,327
216
95
85
.528
213
2.78
97
24
0
1611.1
1,416
498
566
114
403
39
2
23
6,534
31
7.41
2.25
3.29
0.64
20.3
6.2
1.13
.280
3.16
7.91
2 Bob Feller
B. Feller
1,233
205
107
54
.665
175
3.18
117
16
10
1448.1
1,149
512
569
58
815
26
24
6,187
46
7.66
5.06
1.51
0.36
19.9
13.2
1.36
.269
3.54
7.14
3 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
1,168
177
100
39
.719
175
2.64
52
19
1
1291.0
1,053
379
423
65
379
18
1
17
5,215
26
8.14
2.64
3.08
0.45
22.4
7.3
1.11
.276
2.95
7.34
4 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
1,156
211
110
81
.576
182
0.08
158
31
6
1614.2
1,256
487
12
360
66
28
74
6.44
2.01
3.21
0.07
5.7
1.00
.261
2.71
7.00
5 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
1,092
183
56
50
.528
148
3.23
41
12
9
1026.1
791
368
411
63
573
25
18
19
4,380
62
9.58
5.02
1.91
0.55
24.9
13.1
1.33
.277
3.60
6.94
6 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
1,053
174
72
54
.571
174
3.18
14
4
0
1170.2
1,068
414
471
98
360
35
0
14
4,846
60
8.10
2.77
2.93
0.75
21.7
7.4
1.22
.294
3.62
8.21
7 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
1,032
176
78
57
.578
166
2.89
64
23
1
1285.1
1,069
413
485
68
455
9
4
35
5,261
41
7.23
3.19
2.27
0.48
19.6
8.6
1.19
.271
3.40
7.49
8 Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
1,010
159
77
54
.588
154
2.72
79
21
0
1212.0
1,034
366
407
105
322
39
3
22
4,927
30
7.50
2.39
3.14
0.78
20.5
6.5
1.12
.269
3.02
7.68
9 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
974
151
61
37
.622
149
2.79
8
5
0
944.0
732
293
315
62
341
17
1
23
3,832
34
9.29
3.25
2.86
0.59
25.4
8.9
1.14
.275
3.00
6.98
10 Larry Dierker
L. Dierker
965
205
83
68
.550
191
3.14
66
11
1
1409.0
1,268
491
556
109
386
22
5
29
5,797
64
6.16
2.47
2.50
0.70
16.6
6.7
1.17
.269
3.55
8.10
11 Joe Wood
J. Wood
933
193
102
51
.667
141
0.59
111
25
6
1257.2
992
453
9
369
51
45
40
6.68
2.64
2.53
0.06
7.3
1.08
.266
3.24
7.10
12 Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
927
211
73
60
.549
163
3.28
52
15
4
1201.2
1,084
438
486
115
383
67
30
36
5,033
29
6.94
2.87
2.42
0.86
18.4
7.6
1.22
.274
3.64
8.12
13 Denny McLain
D. McLain
917
171
90
48
.652
164
3.11
70
17
1
1176.2
933
406
449
151
355
15
2
9
4,737
17
7.01
2.72
2.58
1.15
19.4
7.5
1.09
.237
3.43
7.14
14 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
895
231
94
71
.570
173
2.86
94
19
10
1376.1
1,165
438
537
38
673
6
43
5,852
29
5.85
4.40
1.33
0.25
15.3
11.5
1.34
.266
3.51
7.62
15 Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
882
212
73
79
.480
190
3.53
50
13
1
1319.1
1,170
518
574
151
424
24
4
29
5,471
22
6.02
2.89
2.08
1.03
16.1
7.7
1.21
.255
3.92
7.98
16 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
855
171
77
50
.606
155
3.13
60
13
3
1148.1
1,008
399
431
119
352
32
8
33
4,760
17
6.70
2.76
2.43
0.93
18.0
7.4
1.18
.261
3.38
7.90
17 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
820
141
61
47
.565
138
3.14
3
1
0
880.1
800
307
342
75
222
26
1
23
3,610
14
8.38
2.27
3.69
0.77
22.7
6.1
1.16
.294
3.50
8.18
18 Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
820
169
64
47
.577
135
3.28
37
6
0
967.2
743
353
388
94
416
32
5
12
4,017
40
7.63
3.87
1.97
0.87
20.4
10.4
1.20
.244
3.61
6.91
19 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
817
169
76
47
.618
166
2.83
33
12
0
1156.2
981
364
407
89
336
12
1
36
4,720
22
6.36
2.61
2.43
0.69
17.3
7.1
1.14
.257
3.17
7.63
20 Joe Coleman
J. Coleman
797
182
63
59
.516
161
3.43
52
10
1
1136.0
1,034
433
487
92
394
38
6
23
4,765
50
6.31
3.12
2.02
0.73
16.7
8.3
1.26
.274
3.86
8.19
21 Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
783
125
47
37
.560
124
3.61
1
1
0
723.0
656
290
323
72
332
25
0
9
3,108
31
9.75
4.13
2.36
0.90
25.2
10.7
1.37
.308
4.02
8.17
22 Jeremy Bonderman
J. Bonderman
768
157
56
62
.475
151
4.78
6
2
0
923.1
967
490
529
109
300
25
0
20
3,977
39
7.49
2.92
2.56
1.06
19.3
7.5
1.37
.309
5.16
9.43
23 Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
765
161
65
54
.546
154
3.43
45
10
1
1081.0
992
412
470
104
378
20
3
32
4,549
38
6.37
3.15
2.02
0.87
16.8
8.3
1.27
.271
3.91
8.26
24 Don Sutton
D. Sutton
757
150
51
60
.459
137
3.28
35
11
2
959.1
863
350
375
68
259
14
8
36
3,951
21
7.10
2.43
2.92
0.64
19.2
6.6
1.17
.279
3.52
8.10
25 Vida Blue
V. Blue
743
144
65
37
.637
134
2.85
52
18
1
990.2
760
314
360
83
328
11
1
13
3,980
34
6.75
2.98
2.27
0.75
18.7
8.2
1.10
.240
3.27
6.90
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CLE CLE
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DET DET
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4/21
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Wed
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