starting pitcher with most strikeouts before age 25

Bert Blyleven has struck out the most career hitters by a starting pitcher younger than 25, with 1,323 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
1,323
213
94
83
.531
213
2.77
97
24
0
1604.1
1,407
493
561
112
400
39
0
21
6,500
31
7.42
2.24
3.31
0.63
20.4
6.2
1.13
.280
3.15
7.89
2Bob Feller
B. Feller
1,200
175
103
51
.669
175
3.17
117
16
0
1408.2
1,112
496
550
56
783
24
0
6,001
42
7.67
5.00
1.53
0.36
20.0
13.0
1.35
.268
3.51
7.10
3Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
1,162
175
100
39
.719
175
2.65
52
19
0
1284.0
1,048
378
422
65
377
18
0
17
5,187
26
8.14
2.64
3.08
0.46
22.4
7.3
1.11
.276
2.96
7.35
4Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
1,101
182
101
74
.577
182
0.09
158
31
0
1522.0
1,180
454
12
335
62
0
5,995
71
6.51
1.98
3.29
0.07
18.4
5.6
1.00
.260
2.68
6.98
5Felix 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
6Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
1,037
148
51
50
.505
148
3.25
41
12
0
963.1
750
348
391
61
539
23
0
18
4,125
60
9.69
5.04
1.92
0.57
25.1
13.1
1.34
.280
3.65
7.01
7Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
1,016
166
76
57
.571
166
2.93
64
23
0
1267.2
1,061
413
483
68
450
9
0
35
5,195
41
7.21
3.19
2.26
0.48
19.6
8.7
1.19
.272
3.43
7.53
8Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
1,002
154
75
54
.581
154
2.73
79
21
0
1199.2
1,023
364
404
104
320
39
0
21
4,877
29
7.52
2.40
3.13
0.78
20.5
6.6
1.12
.269
3.03
7.67
9Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
970
149
61
37
.622
149
2.80
8
5
0
941.0
730
293
315
62
339
17
0
22
3,820
34
9.28
3.24
2.86
0.59
25.4
8.9
1.14
.275
3.01
6.98
10Larry Dierker
L. Dierker
935
191
82
68
.547
191
3.16
66
11
0
1365.0
1,231
479
541
106
380
21
0
28
5,623
62
6.16
2.51
2.46
0.70
16.6
6.8
1.18
.269
3.57
8.12
11Denny McLain
D. McLain
890
164
89
47
.654
164
3.11
70
17
0
1155.1
917
399
442
150
351
14
0
9
4,652
16
6.93
2.73
2.54
1.17
19.1
7.5
1.10
.236
3.44
7.14
12Don Drysdale
D. Drysdale
862
163
67
55
.549
163
3.31
52
15
0
1113.1
1,004
410
457
111
351
63
0
27
4,661
27
6.97
2.84
2.46
0.90
18.5
7.5
1.22
.273
3.69
8.12
13Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
845
190
72
79
.477
190
3.55
50
13
0
1278.1
1,139
504
558
149
407
22
0
26
5,298
21
5.95
2.87
2.08
1.05
15.9
7.7
1.21
.255
3.93
8.02
14Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
830
155
75
50
.600
155
3.17
60
13
0
1120.0
988
394
425
117
339
30
0
29
4,642
17
6.67
2.72
2.45
0.94
17.9
7.3
1.18
.262
3.42
7.94
15Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
827
173
87
65
.572
173
2.94
94
19
0
1282.2
1,100
419
505
36
622
6
0
5,463
28
5.80
4.36
1.33
0.25
15.1
11.4
1.34
.268
3.54
7.72
16Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
814
138
61
47
.565
138
3.16
3
1
0
875.2
797
307
342
75
220
26
0
22
3,591
14
8.37
2.26
3.70
0.77
22.7
6.1
1.16
.294
3.52
8.19
17Joe Wood
J. Wood
813
141
85
45
.654
141
0.63
111
25
0
1129.0
886
400
9
333
46
0
4,551
33
6.48
2.65
2.44
0.07
17.9
7.3
1.08
.262
3.19
7.06
18Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
807
166
75
46
.620
166
2.83
33
12
0
1149.2
977
362
405
87
335
12
0
36
4,694
22
6.32
2.62
2.41
0.68
17.2
7.1
1.14
.258
3.17
7.65
19Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
779
124
47
37
.560
124
3.61
1
1
0
720.0
654
289
322
72
329
25
0
9
3,094
31
9.74
4.11
2.37
0.90
25.2
10.6
1.37
.308
4.03
8.17
20Joe Coleman
J. Coleman
774
161
63
58
.521
161
3.44
52
10
0
1100.1
1,001
421
473
88
376
37
0
20
4,610
47
6.33
3.08
2.06
0.72
16.8
8.2
1.25
.274
3.87
8.19
21Jeremy Bonderman
J. Bonderman
758
151
56
62
.475
151
4.81
6
2
0
911.1
955
487
524
109
296
25
0
20
3,926
39
7.49
2.92
2.56
1.08
19.3
7.5
1.37
.309
5.17
9.43
22Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
757
135
63
45
.583
135
3.36
37
6
0
891.0
688
333
367
89
374
31
0
9
3,697
35
7.65
3.78
2.02
0.90
20.5
10.1
1.19
.245
3.71
6.95
23Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
756
154
65
54
.546
154
3.43
45
10
0
1070.0
984
408
463
103
373
19
0
32
4,501
38
6.36
3.14
2.03
0.87
16.8
8.3
1.27
.271
3.89
8.28
24Don Sutton
D. Sutton
734
137
50
57
.467
137
3.32
35
11
0
935.1
849
345
370
67
249
13
0
29
3,856
20
7.06
2.40
2.95
0.64
19.0
6.5
1.17
.280
3.56
8.17
25Vida Blue
V. Blue
728
134
65
36
.644
134
2.72
52
18
0
971.2
733
294
340
75
320
11
0
12
3,892
33
6.74
2.96
2.28
0.69
18.7
8.2
1.08
.239
3.15
6.79
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36
31
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9.0
35
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.515
10.5
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.478
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29
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.439
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41
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.631
36
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.563
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34
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.507
8.0
34
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.507
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32
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.485
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43
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.642
34
32
.515
8.5
34
32
.515
8.5
27
41
.397
16.5
25
42
.373
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AL EastWLPCTGB
39
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.609
40
26
.606
33
35
.485
8.0
31
37
.456
10.0
27
38
.415
12.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
37
32
.536
35
31
.530
0.5
30
38
.441
6.5
28
39
.418
8.0
28
39
.418
8.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
36
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.529
32
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