who was the fastest to 1000 strikeouts pitching

Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times in his career.

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Who was the fastest to 1000 or more strikeouts pitching?

	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	1,330	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,214	2,062	43	123		10,617	5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,311	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,922	1,452	13	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
3	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	1,137	2,071	7,030	1,105	1,921	295	48	370	1,274	943	25	63	31	8,104	3,422	713	56	50	31	165	.273	.359	.487	.846	1243	303.6	.378	121	209.2
4	Larry Doby L. Doby	1,011	1,533	5,348	960	1,515	243	52	253	970	871	38	47	12	6,302	2,621	548	20	25	19	97	.283	.386	.490	.876	1045	312	.396	137	289.3
5	Duke Snider D. Snider	1,237	2,143	7,161	1,259	2,116	358	85	407	1,333	971	21	99	50	8,237	3,865	850	52	32	104	166	.295	.380	.540	.919	1439	489.8	.404	139	398.8
6	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	1,059	1,959	6,606	823	1,832	295	35	336	1,122	594	17	20	25	7,304	3,205	666	52	35	55	223	.277	.337	.485	.822	1056	224.4	.362	123	203.7
7	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,710	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	1,733	13	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
8	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,526	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
9	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	1,487	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	512	1,453	1,444	26	68	39	10,101	4,349	938	36	58	107	123	.271	.376	.509	.885	1685	557.5	.389	143	531.2
10	Ernie Banks E. Banks	1,236	2,528	9,421	1,305	2,583	407	90	512	1,636	763	70	50	53	10,395	4,706	1,009	45	96	198	229	.274	.330	.500	.830	1496	354.6	.359	118	228.9
11	Al Kaline A. Kaline	1,020	2,834	10,116	1,622	3,007	498	75	399	1,582	1,277	55	137	65	11,597	4,852	972	45	104	131	271	.297	.376	.480	.855	1825	555.2	.378	134	453.6
12	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1,383	3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	1,402	32	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
13	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,699	2,435	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	573	1,584	1,559	48	19	18	9,831	4,143	887	0	77	160	243	.256	.376	.509	.884	1630	569	.389	142	477.8
14	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	1,017	2,034	7,455	1,104	2,143	318	68	282	1,141	713	20	105	77	8,268	3,443	668	17	63	97	185	.287	.349	.462	.810	1178	264.1	.355	116	157.9
15	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	1,230	2,433	9,454	1,416	3,000	440	166	240	1,305	621	35	83	46	10,212	4,492	846	36	66	167	275	.317	.359	.475	.834	1513	405.9	.365	129	334.6
16	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,532	2,808	10,006	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	1,420	198	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
17	Bob Allison B. Allison	1,033	1,541	5,032	811	1,281	216	53	256	796	795	34	84	50	5,921	2,371	525	25	35	30	115	.255	.358	.471	.829	900	258.7	.369	129	196.4
18	Johnny Callison J. Callison	1,064	1,886	6,652	926	1,757	321	89	226	840	650	41	74	51	7,437	2,934	636	51	43	73	98	.264	.331	.441	.773	978	182.4	.342	115	123.3
19	Norm Cash N. Cash	1,091	2,089	6,705	1,045	1,820	241	41	377	1,104	1,043	90	43	30	7,910	3,274	659	17	55	112	139	.271	.374	.488	.862	1274	427.7	.382	139	355.6
20	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	1,169	2,124	7,927	1,131	2,351	417	27	379	1,365	588	102	142	80	8,695	3,959	823	4	74	154	218	.297	.350	.499	.849	1328	385.4	.370	131	316.2
21	Frank Howard F. Howard	1,460	1,895	6,488	864	1,774	245	35	382	1,119	782	33	8	9	7,353	3,235	662	7	43	135	219	.273	.352	.499	.851	1134	353.9	.374	140	326.1
22	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	1,196	2,469	9,645	1,365	2,757	485	127	256	1,169	574	54	305	122	10,403	4,264	868	52	78	69	164	.286	.327	.442	.769	1348	228.9	.340	110	126.9
23	Tony Taylor T. Taylor	1,083	2,195	7,680	1,005	2,007	298	86	75	598	613	78	234	111	8,501	2,702	459	91	39	49	166	.261	.321	.352	.673	870	-48	.304	89	-113.7
24	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	1,550	2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	521	1,555	1,345	69	26	22	9,686	4,219	920	5	70	260	176	.270	.374	.515	.889	1594	551.5	.388	145	497.9
25	Billy Williams B. Williams	1,046	2,488	9,350	1,410	2,711	434	88	426	1,475	1,045	43	90	49	10,519	4,599	948	8	73	182	200	.290	.361	.492	.853	1630	511.5	.376	132	377.3

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