most strikeouts thrown by a pitcher 1965 to 1973

Between the 1965 and 1973 seasons, Sam McDowell struck out the most hitters, with 2,076 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	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,076	327	121	109	.526	288	3.02	94	20	12	2077.1	1,581	697	800	135	1,032	52	24	62	8,725	113	8.99	4.47	2.01	0.58	23.8	11.8	1.26	.266	3.47	86	2.92	81	6.85	160.7
2	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,043	358	156	118	.569	335	3.34	128	29	7	2436.2	2,182	905	989	233	752	78	15	43	10,132	77	7.55	2.78	2.72	0.86	20.2	7.4	1.20	.277	3.65	95	3.09	85	8.06	145.1
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,988	290	166	94	.638	288	2.53	185	43	1	2386.0	1,915	671	756	140	687	53	1	64	9,634	62	7.50	2.59	2.89	0.53	20.6	7.1	1.09	.262	2.85	70	2.53	73	7.22	240.3
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,851	361	161	126	.561	334	2.83	177	31	4	2655.2	2,312	835	979	187	692	60	13	99	10,805	97	6.27	2.35	2.67	0.63	17.1	6.4	1.13	.265	3.32	80	2.87	84	7.84	163
5	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,655	251	135	76	.640	246	2.38	121	24	1	1931.1	1,524	511	563	143	493	37	5	37	7,689	45	7.71	2.30	3.36	0.67	21.5	6.4	1.04	.258	2.62	69	2.57	77	7.10	167.9
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,559	292	120	104	.536	278	3.02	89	31	3	2014.0	1,727	675	743	147	511	38	9	52	8,186	54	6.97	2.28	3.05	0.66	19.0	6.2	1.11	.266	3.32	91	2.72	85	7.72	105.2
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,492	307	155	101	.605	299	2.80	171	36	1	2324.1	2,106	724	868	207	411	30	6	55	9,401	32	5.78	1.59	3.63	0.80	15.9	4.4	1.08	.262	3.36	80	2.95	87	8.15	114.6
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,484	271	117	92	.560	253	3.02	114	27	1	1905.0	1,719	639	726	135	649	21	7	60	7,921	67	7.01	3.07	2.29	0.64	18.7	8.2	1.24	.281	3.43	85	2.91	84	8.12	112.1
10	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,377	322	136	101	.574	299	3.22	93	25	1	2138.0	1,811	765	850	236	641	32	5	43	8,743	29	5.80	2.70	2.15	0.99	15.7	7.3	1.15	.244	3.58	97	3.59	105	7.62	-44.7
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,374	309	108	89	.548	225	2.94	92	25	14	1689.0	1,347	552	618	172	601	28	47	33	6,910	17	7.32	3.20	2.29	0.92	19.9	8.7	1.15	.248	3.29	83	3.31	91	7.18	57.8
12	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,327	294	95	78	.549	204	3.20	59	17	15	1510.0	1,349	537	607	78	665	25	46	49	6,428	66	7.91	3.96	2.00	0.46	20.6	10.3	1.33	.293	3.62	91	2.80	84	8.04	92.2
13	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,325	317	140	89	.611	278	2.89	132	25	6	2096.1	1,831	673	791	169	562	6	23	41	8,505	37	5.69	2.41	2.36	0.73	15.6	6.6	1.14	.258	3.40	85	3.10	90	7.86	80.7
14	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,269	333	139	101	.579	304	3.19	92	17	3	2111.0	2,114	749	911	192	443	42	11	47	8,808	62	5.41	1.89	2.86	0.82	14.4	5.0	1.21	.280	3.88	90	3.18	86	9.01	114.6
15	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	1,246	307	118	91	.565	254	3.12	59	17	13	1774.2	1,530	616	737	168	543	48	27	30	7,311	45	6.32	2.75	2.29	0.85	17.0	7.4	1.17	.257	3.74	89	3.33	91	7.76	62.4
16	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,230	246	87	89	.494	229	3.18	60	19	2	1608.2	1,493	568	632	126	390	73	10	64	6,658	19	6.88	2.18	3.15	0.70	18.5	5.9	1.17	.282	3.54	91	2.88	86	8.35	89.5
17	Bill Singer B. Singer	1,227	228	89	89	.500	217	3.07	71	20	1	1576.0	1,364	537	611	93	510	43	4	38	6,548	47	7.01	2.91	2.41	0.53	18.7	7.8	1.19	.272	3.49	94	2.75	87	7.79	73.1
18	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,221	262	105	88	.544	240	3.34	74	15	1	1704.2	1,533	632	711	147	596	57	6	32	7,128	65	6.45	3.15	2.05	0.78	17.1	8.4	1.25	.271	3.75	98	3.33	94	8.09	39.7
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,205	185	69	70	.496	152	3.05	59	15	3	1120.0	773	379	423	66	663	41	12	20	4,735	56	9.68	5.33	1.82	0.53	25.4	14.0	1.28	.256	3.40	91	2.98	91	6.21	41.6
20	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	1,199	270	114	93	.551	260	3.33	86	21	1	1839.0	1,712	681	770	167	560	30	4	52	7,665	64	5.87	2.74	2.14	0.82	15.6	7.3	1.24	.271	3.77	91	3.34	94	8.38	48.2
21	Dave McNally D. McNally	1,195	313	148	84	.638	303	3.02	99	25	0	2099.2	1,848	705	769	179	600	46	3	41	8,545	42	5.12	2.57	1.99	0.77	14.0	7.0	1.17	.256	3.30	89	3.40	97	7.92	23.8
22	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,190	258	125	85	.595	245	3.35	100	29	2	1765.0	1,542	656	718	224	495	25	8	24	7,207	26	6.07	2.52	2.40	1.14	16.5	6.9	1.15	.250	3.66	98	3.68	104	7.86	-26.9
23	Don Wilson D. Wilson	1,171	233	93	79	.541	218	3.15	73	16	2	1543.2	1,309	541	618	103	540	43	8	30	6,430	73	6.83	3.15	2.17	0.60	18.2	8.4	1.20	.264	3.60	92	2.97	89	7.63	57.1
24	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	1,168	331	149	129	.536	329	2.98	141	38	1	2452.1	2,239	811	923	161	737	38	2	69	10,097	53	4.29	2.70	1.58	0.59	11.6	7.3	1.21	.260	3.39	91	3.35	98	8.22	11.7
25	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,164	348	110	94	.539	224	2.98	100	19	26	1898.2	1,686	629	755	165	486	41	71	36	7,791	97	5.52	2.30	2.40	0.78	14.9	6.2	1.14	.256	3.58	81	3.23	91	7.99	62.7