pitcher with most strikeouts through first 4 years after 1960

Sandy Koufax struck out the most batters by a pitcher in his first 4 seasons, with 1,014 strikeouts.

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	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,014	139	76	30	.717	129	2.40	61	22	3	974.0	714	260	295	71	264	8	5	22	3,892	30	9.37	2.44	3.84	0.66	26.1	6.8	1.00	.254	2.73	67	2.26	65	6.60	130.1
2	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	907	123	56	27	.675	122	3.04	7	4	0	811.0	666	274	295	51	293	19	0	15	3,348	47	10.07	3.25	3.10	0.57	27.1	8.8	1.18	.296	3.27	73	2.85	69	7.39	117.1
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	902	165	75	52	.591	160	2.78	67	13	1	1195.0	1,037	369	438	90	286	51	4	49	4,866	30	6.79	2.15	3.15	0.68	18.5	5.9	1.11	.268	3.30	79	2.88	84	7.81	70.5
4	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	892	124	73	26	.737	124	2.46	42	16	0	924.1	718	253	283	48	275	10	0	11	3,694	14	8.69	2.68	3.24	0.47	24.1	7.4	1.07	.271	2.76	68	2.43	66	6.99	127.1
5	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	870	123	49	41	.544	122	3.66	11	5	0	784.1	627	319	348	79	349	20	0	12	3,303	53	9.98	4.00	2.49	0.91	26.3	10.6	1.24	.276	3.99	93	3.63	87	7.19	45.6
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	866	144	75	44	.630	140	2.49	69	14	1	1093.0	880	303	336	79	291	24	4	28	4,379	27	7.13	2.40	2.98	0.65	19.8	6.6	1.07	.257	2.77	72	2.74	83	7.25	70.4
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	845	144	63	58	.521	141	2.76	58	18	0	1054.2	953	323	363	76	242	26	2	18	4,280	21	7.21	2.07	3.49	0.65	19.7	5.7	1.13	.284	3.10	77	2.59	71	8.13	126.4
8	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	842	136	71	48	.597	133	3.14	65	17	0	1025.2	891	358	411	102	338	11	2	16	4,256	31	7.39	2.97	2.49	0.90	19.8	7.9	1.20	.266	3.61	81	3.24	82	7.82	83
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	823	143	65	46	.586	126	3.12	56	11	3	987.0	834	342	391	72	396	38	10	26	4,162	31	7.50	3.61	2.08	0.66	19.8	9.5	1.25	.269	3.57	79	3.17	82	7.60	74.4
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	812	100	46	30	.605	100	3.29	2	1	0	645.2	515	236	254	65	249	23	0	4	2,678	35	11.32	3.47	3.26	0.91	30.3	9.3	1.18	.294	3.54	77	3.15	76	7.18	68.9
11	Kerry Wood K. Wood	799	110	45	30	.600	110	3.75	7	3	0	691.2	525	288	308	69	361	46	0	9	2,937	28	10.40	4.70	2.21	0.90	27.2	12.3	1.28	.274	4.01	88	3.80	87	6.83	44.3
12	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	793	159	67	42	.615	146	3.30	43	13	10	1058.2	987	388	443	114	260	41	12	12	4,409	12	6.74	2.21	3.05	0.97	18.0	5.9	1.18	.273	3.77	86	3.33	87	8.39	59.9
13	Mark Langston M. Langston	783	131	55	51	.519	128	4.24	30	5	0	863.0	786	407	458	98	446	19	1	8	3,751	26	8.17	4.65	1.76	1.02	20.9	11.9	1.43	.286	4.78	99	4.06	93	8.20	32.8
14	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	766	132	69	38	.645	130	3.25	44	10	0	949.2	816	343	375	87	283	14	2	11	3,884	11	7.26	2.68	2.71	0.82	19.7	7.3	1.16	.267	3.55	77	3.29	80	7.73	87.8
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	757	150	51	60	.459	137	3.28	35	11	2	959.1	863	350	375	68	259	14	8	35	3,951	21	7.10	2.43	2.92	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.17	.279	3.52	104	2.70	89	8.10	33
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	745	118	47	28	.627	116	2.88	6	3	0	716.1	562	229	245	46	278	12	1	18	2,931	28	9.36	3.49	2.68	0.58	25.4	9.5	1.17	.279	3.08	74	3.04	76	7.06	76.4
17	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	732	111	51	40	.560	106	2.73	53	12	0	840.2	705	255	283	74	231	24	3	15	3,406	19	7.84	2.47	3.17	0.79	21.5	6.8	1.11	.269	3.03	79	2.90	82	7.55	59.9
18	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	731	107	45	32	.584	107	2.98	2	1	0	680.2	588	225	243	66	176	8	0	9	2,747	18	9.67	2.33	4.15	0.87	26.6	6.4	1.12	.296	3.21	78	3.06	77	7.77	69.7
19	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	731	140	77	37	.675	136	2.93	67	15	1	1038.0	916	338	391	103	251	8	4	24	4,229	16	6.34	2.18	2.91	0.89	17.3	5.9	1.12	.259	3.39	81	3.19	90	7.94	35.7
20	Whitey Ford W. Ford	730	154	83	25	.769	149	2.76	43	14	2	1054.2	937	324	359	81	274	9	3	10	4,293	28	6.23	2.34	2.66	0.69	17.0	6.4	1.15	.268	3.06	75	2.99	80	8.00	89.4
21	Mark Prior M. Prior	719	97	41	23	.641	97	3.24	5	1	0	613.1	536	221	238	68	195	23	0	8	2,560	16	10.55	2.86	3.69	1.00	28.1	7.6	1.19	.301	3.49	76	3.17	73	7.87	79.7
22	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	711	121	40	30	.571	121	3.60	2	1	0	704.1	599	282	299	91	150	18	0	6	2,842	31	9.09	1.92	4.74	1.16	25.0	5.3	1.06	.271	3.82	92	3.55	89	7.65	34.4
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	705	138	60	40	.600	122	3.15	43	11	3	901.2	774	316	342	90	293	26	8	29	3,742	16	7.04	2.92	2.41	0.90	18.8	7.8	1.18	.260	3.41	82	3.42	88	7.73	47.9
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	694	105	60	22	.732	104	3.08	36	10	0	767.1	656	263	282	58	216	18	0	7	3,136	20	8.14	2.53	3.21	0.68	22.1	6.9	1.14	.278	3.31	71	2.88	69	7.69	109.9
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	694	160	52	41	.559	121	3.74	28	10	7	823.2	761	342	374	86	275	28	19	11	3,478	33	7.58	3.00	2.52	0.94	20.0	7.9	1.26	.282	4.09	105	3.32	90	8.32	34.4

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