who was the fastest mlb pitcher to 500 strikeouts

Antonio Osuna, Alan Foster and Buster Brown are tied for striking out the fewest career hitters when striking out 500+ batters, with 501 strikeouts.

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Who was the fastest MLB pitcher to 500 or more 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	Antonio Osuna A. Osuna	501	411	36	29	.554	0	3.68	0	0	21	488.2	432	200	217	44	209	17	140	27	2,085	12	9.23	3.85	2.40	0.81	24.0	10.0	1.31	.295	4.00	89	3.59	83	7.96	39.7
2	Alan Foster A. Foster	501	217	48	63	.432	148	3.74	26	6	0	1025.1	988	426	481	99	383	21	20	28	4,364	26	4.40	3.36	1.31	0.87	11.5	8.8	1.34	.265	4.22	105	4.01	114	8.67	-58.9
3	Buster Brown B. Brown	501	234	51	103	.331	165	3.21	107	10	4	1451.2	1,368	517	715	36	631	59	55		6,029	53	3.11	3.91	0.79	0.22	8.3	10.5	1.38	.277	4.43	105	3.52	115	8.48	-61.1
4	Rich DeLucia R. DeLucia	502	320	38	51	.427	49	4.62	1	0	7	624.0	590	320	347	91	299	17	80	25	2,718	39	7.24	4.31	1.68	1.31	18.5	11.0	1.42	.276	5.00	110	4.77	114	8.51	-39.9
5	Bob Anderson B. Anderson	502	246	36	46	.439	93	4.26	15	1	13	840.2	858	398	450	80	319	27	62	31	3,634	30	5.37	3.42	1.57	0.86	13.8	8.8	1.40	.288	4.82	108	3.82	99	9.19	4.8
6	Joe Bowman J. Bowman	502	298	77	96	.445	184	4.40	74	5	11	1465.2	1,656	717	837	102	484	41	72		6,494	15	3.08	2.97	1.04	0.63	7.7	7.5	1.46	.290	5.14	112	4.19	104	10.17	-23.3
7	Willie McGill W. McGill	502	166	71	73	.493	148	4.57	114	2	1	1235.0	1,363	627	941	26	696	59	17		5,756	45	3.66	5.07	0.72	0.19	8.7	12.1	1.67	.299	6.86	101	4.45	99	9.93	9.6
8	Kendall Graveman K. Graveman	503	299	38	43	.469	80	4.03	3	1	24	669.2	673	300	326	79	232	34	63	6	2,856	23	6.76	3.12	2.17	1.06	17.6	8.1	1.35	.296	4.38	98	4.37	105	9.04	-17.2
9	Cecilio Guante C. Guante	503	363	29	34	.460	1	3.48	0	0	35	595.0	512	230	256	61	236	27	164	38	2,519	14	7.61	3.57	2.13	0.92	20.0	9.4	1.26	.267	3.87	90	3.72	97	7.74	6.2
10	Ken McBride K. McBride	503	151	40	50	.444	122	3.79	28	7	3	807.2	717	340	388	75	363	49	15	8	3,467	25	5.61	4.04	1.39	0.84	14.5	10.5	1.34	.259	4.32	102	4.05	106	7.99	-20.2
11	Lefty Stewart L. Stewart	503	279	101	98	.508	216	4.19	107	8	8	1722.0	1,895	802	932	118	498	18	43		7,402	6	2.63	2.60	1.01	0.62	6.8	6.7	1.39	.284	4.87	94	4.30	97	9.90	25
12	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	503	149	71	44	.617	128	2.02	75	17	0	1067.1	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	2.32	86	7.33	44.3
13	Doc Newton D. Newton	503	178	54	72	.429	139	3.22	99	8	3	1201.2	1,179	430	611	17	416	70	34		5,066	28	3.77	3.12	1.21	0.13	9.9	8.2	1.33	.286	4.58	104	3.18	103	8.83	-7.6
14	Glen Perkins G. Perkins	504	409	35	25	.583	44	3.88	0	0	120	624.1	646	269	290	74	158	22	228	13	2,635	21	7.27	2.28	3.19	1.07	19.1	6.0	1.29	.305	4.18	92	3.89	94	9.31	14.4
15	Cal Koonce C. Koonce	504	334	47	49	.490	90	3.78	9	3	24	971.0	972	408	464	85	368	25	106	57	4,157	20	4.67	3.41	1.37	0.79	12.1	8.9	1.38	.279	4.30	103	3.85	107	9.01	-26.9
16	Nig Cuppy N. Cuppy	504	302	162	98	.623	262	3.48	224	9	5	2283.0	2,520	884	1,346	62	609	69	39		9,827	32	1.99	2.40	0.83	0.24	5.1	6.2	1.37	.286	5.31	80	3.97	91	9.93	113.3
17	Ross Detwiler R. Detwiler	505	307	30	51	.370	100	4.56	1	0	2	752.0	822	381	428	93	273	43	48	20	3,311	24	6.04	3.27	1.85	1.11	15.3	8.2	1.46	.304	5.12	112	4.63	114	9.84	-48.7
18	Danys Baez D. Baez	505	533	40	57	.412	26	4.25	1	0	114	697.0	652	329	366	71	288	50	279	28	3,013	24	6.52	3.72	1.75	0.92	16.8	9.6	1.35	.277	4.73	98	4.37	100	8.42	0.1
19	Russ Kemmerer R. Kemmerer	505	302	43	59	.422	109	4.46	24	2	8	1066.2	1,144	529	588	103	389	17	60	21	4,629	42	4.26	3.28	1.30	0.87	10.9	8.4	1.44	.288	4.96	116	3.96	102	9.65	-7.3
20	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	505	129	64	52	.552	123	2.87	113	8	1	1030.2	928	329	560	24	172	0	6		4,234	67	4.41	1.50	2.94	0.21	11.9	4.1	1.07	.256	4.89	97	2.97	99	8.10	-9.7
21	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	506	91	22	24	.478	74	3.76	1	0	0	419.1	339	175	188	45	167	10	1	2	1,736	22	10.86	3.58	3.03	0.97	29.1	9.6	1.21	.292	4.03	90	3.41	82	7.28	34.9
22	Griffin Jax G. Jax	506	329	29	41	.414	35	3.99	0	0	15	451.0	395	200	228	60	136	17	49	10	1,879	16	10.10	2.71	3.72	1.20	26.9	7.2	1.18	.289	4.55	96	3.65	88	7.88	24.8
23	Tommy Kahnle T. Kahnle	507	464	11	19	.367	0	3.70	0	0	17	445.2	349	183	212	50	210	12	95	9	1,876	36	10.24	4.24	2.41	1.01	27.0	11.2	1.25	.273	4.28	86	3.83	91	7.05	21.9
24	Randy Lerch R. Lerch	507	253	60	64	.484	164	4.53	18	2	3	1099.1	1,232	553	612	101	432	10	31	26	4,829	39	4.15	3.54	1.17	0.83	10.5	8.9	1.51	.299	5.01	122	4.17	111	10.09	-51.9
25	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	507	183	28	34	.452	76	3.48	18	2	12	692.1	644	268	296	82	269	32	31	33	2,948	18	6.59	3.50	1.88	1.07	17.2	9.1	1.32	.273	3.85	98	3.91	110	8.37	-25.8

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