starting pitcher with most strikeouts by age 25

Bert Blyleven has struck out the most career batters by a starting pitcher 25 or younger, with 1,542 strikeouts.

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Data note: Player Age: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	SO	Age	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	1,542	25	249	107	99	.519	249	2.78	115	30	0	1902.0	1,690	588	667	126	481	51	0	27	7,725	38	7.30	2.28	3.21	0.60	20.0	6.2	1.14	.283	3.16	8.00
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,385	25	209	119	46	.721	209	2.83	54	20	0	1516.2	1,277	477	528	75	447	25	0	20	6,170	32	8.22	2.65	3.10	0.45	22.4	7.2	1.14	.284	3.13	7.58
3	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,315	25	185	65	65	.500	185	2.99	51	14	0	1224.2	934	407	474	75	643	34	0	26	5,203	68	9.66	4.73	2.05	0.55	25.3	12.4	1.29	.274	3.48	6.86
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,308	25	218	130	81	.616	218	0.28	187	42	0	1832.1	1,386		505	21	370	69	0		7,152	73	6.42	1.82	3.54	0.10	18.3	5.2	0.96	.254	2.48	6.81
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,277	26	207	86	67	.562	207	3.25	18	4	0	1402.2	1,288	507	571	117	425	45	0	14	5,811	73	8.19	2.73	3.00	0.75	22.0	7.3	1.22	.297	3.66	8.26
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,258	25	200	97	68	.588	200	2.97	84	26	0	1537.0	1,287	507	587	86	535	10	0	40	6,297	54	7.37	3.13	2.35	0.50	20.0	8.5	1.19	.272	3.44	7.54
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,202	25	182	77	46	.626	182	2.61	11	7	0	1177.0	894	341	370	73	391	20	0	24	4,728	46	9.19	2.99	3.07	0.56	25.4	8.3	1.09	.270	2.83	6.84
8	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,200	22	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
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,099	25	182	87	65	.572	182	2.96	84	24	0	1368.0	1,197	450	496	125	369	45	0	23	5,599	35	7.23	2.43	2.98	0.82	19.6	6.6	1.14	.271	3.26	7.88
10	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,095	26	208	110	76	.591	208	2.77	122	25	0	1573.0	1,327	484	583	44	724	8	0		6,643	37	6.27	4.14	1.51	0.25	16.5	10.9	1.30	.269	3.34	7.59
11	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,078	25	202	90	62	.592	202	3.28	70	17	0	1405.2	1,264	512	570	139	423	71	0	36	5,858	32	6.90	2.71	2.55	0.89	18.4	7.2	1.20	.271	3.65	8.09
12	Denny McLain D. McLain	1,070	25	205	113	56	.669	205	3.04	93	26	0	1479.0	1,205	500	547	175	418	18	0	16	5,952	21	6.51	2.54	2.56	1.06	18.0	7.0	1.10	.241	3.33	7.33
13	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	1,050	25	221	97	75	.564	221	3.18	78	16	0	1579.0	1,439	558	626	120	428	26	0	28	6,504	65	5.98	2.44	2.45	0.68	16.1	6.6	1.18	.270	3.57	8.20
14	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,029	25	169	78	55	.586	169	3.12	7	3	0	1086.0	976	376	412	100	253	35	0	23	4,423	14	8.53	2.10	4.07	0.83	23.3	5.7	1.13	.291	3.41	8.09
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,024	25	226	93	89	.511	226	3.43	66	17	0	1545.1	1,358	589	655	174	485	26	0	33	6,381	23	5.96	2.82	2.11	1.01	16.0	7.6	1.19	.253	3.81	7.91
16	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	995	25	200	82	72	.532	200	3.32	61	13	0	1378.1	1,216	508	572	111	484	46	0	26	5,746	56	6.50	3.16	2.06	0.72	17.3	8.4	1.23	.269	3.73	7.94
17	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	961	26	143	77	44	.636	143	3.00	48	16	0	1009.1	782	337	366	79	434	17	0	15	4,172	65	8.57	3.87	2.21	0.70	23.0	10.4	1.20	.262	3.26	6.97
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	951	25	185	87	64	.576	185	3.33	68	13	0	1317.2	1,176	488	526	142	383	32	0	36	5,460	17	6.50	2.62	2.48	0.97	17.4	7.0	1.18	.262	3.59	8.03
19	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	935	26	149	64	46	.582	149	3.35	5	3	0	937.1	822	349	374	99	300	35	0	26	3,892	16	8.98	2.88	3.12	0.95	24.0	7.7	1.20	.287	3.59	7.89
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	935	25	175	65	70	.481	175	3.49	45	15	0	1195.2	1,100	463	497	105	327	23	0	36	4,965	29	7.04	2.46	2.86	0.79	18.8	6.6	1.19	.278	3.74	8.28
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	926	25	128	75	27	.735	128	2.92	47	17	0	958.1	800	311	337	68	251	22	0	8	3,883	22	8.70	2.36	3.69	0.64	23.8	6.5	1.10	.280	3.16	7.51
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	920	25	174	84	50	.627	174	2.77	66	21	0	1262.0	989	389	449	93	420	15	0	19	5,085	38	6.56	3.00	2.19	0.66	18.1	8.3	1.12	.246	3.20	7.05
23	Kerry Wood K. Wood	918	26	124	50	35	.588	124	3.69	7	3	0	782.2	592	321	342	79	403	57	0	10	3,324	32	10.56	4.63	2.28	0.91	27.6	12.1	1.27	.275	3.93	6.81
24	Matt Cain M. Cain	901	25	169	57	61	.483	169	3.42	12	4	0	1089.2	916	414	435	96	409	25	0	24	4,519	46	7.44	3.38	2.20	0.79	19.9	9.1	1.22	.266	3.59	7.57
25	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	901	26	157	68	45	.602	157	3.38	6	2	0	1026.2	845	385	435	86	463	56	0	26	4,343	36	7.90	4.06	1.95	0.75	20.7	10.7	1.27	.268	3.81	7.41

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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