what pitcher had the most strikeouts from 1955 to 1971

Between the 1955 and 1971 seasons, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,855 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	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,578	414	206	130	.613	376	2.82	209	50	4	3062.1	2,538	959	1,089	197	1,025	87	17	81	12,619	84	7.58	3.01	2.52	0.58	20.4	8.1	1.16	.268	3.20	75	2.77	77	7.46	277.8
3	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
5	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,159	336	122	109	.528	295	2.99	97	22	11	2109.2	1,603	702	805	138	1,072	53	24	61	8,889	114	9.21	4.57	2.01	0.59	24.3	12.1	1.27	.268	3.43	85	2.93	80	6.84	169.8
6	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,122	399	221	109	.670	390	2.73	229	50	2	3071.1	2,674	930	1,102	278	607	34	8	66	12,371	47	6.22	1.78	3.50	0.81	17.2	4.9	1.07	.257	3.23	77	2.95	86	7.84	155.8
7	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,107	481	170	163	.511	400	3.61	131	36	7	2811.1	2,577	1,127	1,269	249	1,008	55	40	51	11,876	82	6.75	3.23	2.09	0.80	17.7	8.5	1.28	.275	4.06	96	3.30	87	8.25	162.6
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,874	352	141	107	.569	303	3.41	104	28	9	2177.0	1,926	824	898	208	719	72	25	32	9,094	74	7.75	2.97	2.61	0.86	20.6	7.9	1.21	.276	3.71	97	3.13	85	7.96	129.8
9	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,709	558	194	183	.515	429	3.40	149	37	20	3262.2	3,206	1,233	1,405	259	824	68	73	106	13,593	56	4.71	2.27	2.07	0.71	12.6	6.1	1.24	.275	3.88	90	3.32	90	8.84	139.8
10	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,694	440	169	145	.538	390	3.32	121	21	5	2719.1	2,682	1,003	1,206	247	670	92	19	58	11,421	101	5.61	2.22	2.53	0.82	14.8	5.9	1.23	.279	3.99	91	3.31	87	8.88	141.2
11	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,662	412	193	91	.680	368	2.72	127	37	9	2640.2	2,322	797	919	198	823	21	24	44	10,816	68	5.66	2.80	2.02	0.67	15.4	7.6	1.19	.262	3.13	75	3.18	86	7.91	150.9
12	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,646	336	116	91	.560	255	3.05	78	20	6	1859.2	1,620	630	724	87	832	29	28	57	7,882	89	7.97	4.03	1.98	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.50	87	2.76	83	7.84	122.7
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,606	367	134	109	.551	283	2.96	125	21	9	2294.1	2,061	755	892	165	581	50	30	89	9,417	81	6.30	2.28	2.76	0.65	17.1	6.2	1.15	.270	3.50	85	2.88	86	8.08	124.4
14	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,605	302	134	84	.615	262	3.19	74	30	4	1849.0	1,518	655	729	138	810	36	18	39	7,745	124	7.81	3.94	1.98	0.67	20.7	10.5	1.26	.268	3.55	87	3.13	88	7.39	84.2
15	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,600	461	185	145	.561	408	3.39	118	39	4	2829.0	2,667	1,066	1,177	260	789	60	32	77	11,712	90	5.09	2.51	2.03	0.83	13.7	6.7	1.22	.267	3.74	93	3.49	96	8.48	50.9
16	Chris Short C. Short	1,565	440	131	126	.510	301	3.37	88	24	15	2230.0	2,105	835	937	175	754	59	61	65	9,365	69	6.32	3.04	2.08	0.71	16.7	8.1	1.28	.283	3.78	95	3.24	95	8.50	44.3
17	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,534	406	128	115	.527	294	2.92	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
18	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,479	466	169	180	.484	408	3.35	142	32	8	2935.1	3,016	1,092	1,253	225	627	39	37	115	12,223	39	4.53	1.92	2.36	0.69	12.1	5.1	1.24	.283	3.84	90	3.17	86	9.25	167.1
19	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,478	448	124	96	.564	235	3.38	78	17	27	1923.2	1,687	723	829	190	833	38	110	57	8,191	61	6.91	3.90	1.77	0.89	18.0	10.2	1.31	.265	3.88	95	3.63	101	7.89	-9.2
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,466	268	115	81	.587	210	2.99	119	20	7	1743.1	1,495	580	641	168	370	30	30	54	7,024	28	7.57	1.91	3.96	0.87	20.9	5.3	1.07	.266	3.31	79	2.77	77	7.72	160.4
21	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	1,452	338	121	109	.526	310	3.69	69	13	0	2051.2	1,863	842	934	236	796	30	15	35	8,677	79	6.37	3.49	1.82	1.04	16.7	9.2	1.30	.264	4.10	101	3.82	101	8.17	-7.9
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,383	383	114	114	.500	300	3.83	81	19	4	2079.2	2,028	886	1,007	213	758	29	26	58	8,869	80	5.99	3.28	1.82	0.92	15.6	8.5	1.34	.280	4.36	104	3.66	102	8.78	-17.6
23	Gary Bell G. Bell	1,378	519	121	117	.508	233	3.68	71	9	50	2015.0	1,794	825	932	207	842	54	163	64	8,561	70	6.15	3.76	1.64	0.92	16.1	9.8	1.31	.261	4.16	102	3.83	103	8.01	-26.4
24	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,374	401	149	157	.487	364	3.72	150	19	10	2682.2	2,734	1,109	1,232	344	463	28	25	69	11,082	17	4.61	1.55	2.97	1.15	12.4	4.2	1.19	.269	4.13	99	3.68	98	9.17	24.7
25	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,358	858	109	106	.507	52	2.49	20	5	194	1813.1	1,406	501	604	120	577	48	541	61	7,322	72	6.74	2.86	2.35	0.60	18.5	7.9	1.09	.246	3.00	68	2.91	79	6.98	154.6