as of 1969, which left handed pitcher had the most career strikeouts in baseball history

Sam McDowell struck out the most batters by a left-hander in 1969, with 279 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	279	1969	CLE	39	18	14	.563	38	2.94	18	4	1	285.0	222	93	111	13	102	7	1	9	1,166	14	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.41	23.9	8.7	1.14	.273	3.51	79	2.29	59	7.01	49.5
2	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	271	1969	DET	37	19	11	.633	36	3.14	15	1	1	280.2	214	98	111	22	122	14	1	10	1,172	14	8.69	3.91	2.22	0.71	23.1	10.4	1.20	.258	3.56	86	3.04	80	6.86	23.7
3	Bob Veale B. Veale	213	1969	PIT	34	13	14	.481	34	3.23	9	1	0	225.2	232	81	93	8	91	3	0	4	980	5	8.49	3.63	2.34	0.32	21.7	9.3	1.43	.337	3.71	92	2.33	69	9.25	26.6
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	210	1969	STL	31	17	11	.607	31	2.17	12	2	0	236.1	185	57	66	15	93	4	0	6	968	7	8.00	3.54	2.26	0.57	21.7	9.6	1.18	.263	2.51	60	2.78	81	7.05	17.4
5	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	183	1969	LAD	41	20	15	.571	41	2.66	16	7	0	321.0	293	95	103	17	74	6	0	8	1,291	8	5.13	2.07	2.47	0.48	14.2	5.7	1.14	.273	2.89	80	2.80	87	8.21	14.2
6	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	182	1969	BAL	39	23	11	.676	39	2.38	18	5	0	290.2	213	77	94	18	79	1	0	7	1,137	3	5.64	2.45	2.30	0.56	16.0	6.9	1.00	.228	2.91	67	2.88	78	6.60	26.5
7	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	180	1969	PHI	38	14	18	.438	35	3.34	13	4	1	253.0	237	94	114	16	92	5	2	3	1,071	7	6.40	3.27	1.96	0.57	16.8	8.6	1.30	.284	4.06	93	3.05	89	8.43	11
8	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	180	1969	NYM	32	17	9	.654	32	2.28	16	6	0	241.0	187	61	66	14	68	4	0	11	957	7	6.72	2.54	2.65	0.52	18.8	7.1	1.06	.250	2.46	64	2.66	78	6.98	20.1
9	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	176	1969	CHC	39	17	13	.567	39	3.58	12	6	0	261.1	248	104	117	18	93	5	0	8	1,112	5	6.06	3.20	1.89	0.62	15.8	8.4	1.30	.280	4.03	91	3.18	85	8.54	16.6
10	Denny Lemaster D. Lemaster	173	1969	HOU	38	13	17	.433	37	3.16	11	1	1	244.2	232	86	97	20	72	1	1	8	1,029	8	6.36	2.65	2.40	0.74	16.8	7.0	1.24	.278	3.57	91	3.05	91	8.53	7.9
11	Dave McNally D. McNally	166	1969	BAL	41	20	7	.741	40	3.22	11	4	0	268.2	232	96	103	21	84	5	0	6	1,093	4	5.56	2.81	1.98	0.70	15.2	7.7	1.18	.258	3.45	91	3.28	89	7.77	12.4
12	Bill Butler B. Butler	156	1969	KCR	34	9	10	.474	29	3.90	5	4	0	193.2	174	84	91	15	91	3	1	5	834	4	7.25	4.23	1.71	0.70	18.7	10.9	1.37	.279	4.23	108	3.36	89	8.09	8.9
13	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	150	1969	PHI	36	12	15	.444	35	4.41	10	1	0	228.1	243	112	123	15	89	11	0	3	1,010	12	5.91	3.51	1.69	0.59	14.9	8.8	1.45	.306	4.85	123	3.36	97	9.58	2.2
14	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	150	1969	NYY	37	17	16	.515	37	2.55	16	4	0	272.0	228	77	95	15	43	3	0	11	1,066	2	4.96	1.42	3.49	0.50	14.1	4.0	1.00	.249	3.14	73	2.62	73	7.54	30.7
15	Jim Merritt J. Merritt	144	1969	CIN	42	17	9	.654	36	4.37	8	1	0	251.0	269	122	127	33	61	5	2	8	1,072	3	5.16	2.19	2.36	1.18	13.4	5.7	1.31	.285	4.55	114	3.85	105	9.65	-3.5
16	Gary Peters G. Peters	140	1969	CWS	36	10	15	.400	32	4.53	7	3	0	218.2	238	110	118	21	78	5	2	1	946	9	5.76	3.21	1.79	0.86	14.8	8.2	1.45	.309	4.86	123	3.61	94	9.80	5.8
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	139	1969	MIN	40	14	13	.519	32	3.49	10	0	1	242.1	252	94	114	23	75	9	4	15	1,048	9	5.16	2.79	1.85	0.85	13.3	7.2	1.35	.286	4.23	94	3.63	94	9.36	5.9
18	Rudy May R. May	133	1969	CAL	43	10	13	.435	25	3.44	4	0	2	180.1	142	69	81	20	66	3	7	5	722	3	6.64	3.29	2.02	1.00	18.4	9.1	1.15	.244	4.04	99	3.62	100	7.09	-0.4
19	Tommy John T. John	128	1969	CWS	33	9	11	.450	33	3.25	6	2	0	232.1	230	84	91	16	90	1	0	10	984	15	4.96	3.49	1.42	0.62	13.0	9.1	1.38	.286	3.53	88	3.47	90	8.91	9.7
20	Dan McGinn D. McGinn	112	1969	MON	74	7	10	.412	1	3.94	0	0	6	132.1	123	58	67	8	65	5	25	8	578	10	7.62	4.42	1.72	0.54	19.4	11.2	1.42	.296	4.56	108	3.18	91	8.37	4.9
21	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	108	1969	KCR	28	4	16	.200	22	3.75	8	1	0	158.1	136	66	80	13	73	1	2	3	679	5	6.14	4.15	1.48	0.74	15.9	10.8	1.32	.254	4.55	104	3.61	96	7.73	2.8
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	104	1969	SFG	29	5	8	.385	17	4.23	4	3	0	138.1	137	65	73	18	53	2	2	4	597	5	6.77	3.45	1.96	1.17	17.4	8.9	1.37	.283	4.75	119	3.88	114	8.91	-7.4
23	George Stone G. Stone	102	1969	ATL	36	13	10	.565	20	3.65	3	0	3	165.1	166	67	82	20	48	5	9	5	702	1	5.55	2.61	2.13	1.09	14.5	6.8	1.29	.277	4.46	99	3.80	107	9.04	-4.3
24	Mike Paul M. Paul	98	1969	CLE	47	5	10	.333	12	3.61	0	0	2	117.1	104	47	48	12	54	2	15	11	497	1	7.52	4.14	1.81	0.92	19.7	10.9	1.35	.278	3.68	97	3.59	93	7.98	3.8
25	Mike Kilkenny M. Kilkenny	97	1969	DET	39	8	6	.571	15	3.37	6	4	2	128.1	99	48	54	13	63	4	11	1	544	1	6.80	4.42	1.54	0.91	17.8	11.6	1.26	.234	3.79	92	3.87	102	6.94	-0.9