most career strikeouts by pitcher through july 5, 1979

Before July 6, 1979, Walter Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,527 strikeouts.

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	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	H/9
1	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,527	802	417	279	.599	666	1.70	531	110	34	5916.2	4,917		1,902	97	1,374	208	128			155	5.37	2.09	2.57	0.15		5.8	1.06	.262	2.89	7.48
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
3	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,098	645	275	212	.565	560	2.91	282	50	10	4505.0	3,984	1,455	1,685	322	1,160	87	31	148	18,331	128	6.19	2.32	2.67	0.64	16.9	6.3	1.14	.268	3.37	7.96
4	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,827	573	217	191	.532	496	3.43	195	41	10	3622.2	3,342	1,380	1,527	345	1,092	91	36	64	15,064	121	7.02	2.71	2.59	0.86	18.8	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.30
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,825	380	161	151	.516	346	3.11	163	41	3	2596.0	1,806	898	1,018	142	1,587	76	13	42	10,982	119	9.79	5.50	1.78	0.49	25.7	14.5	1.31	.262	3.53	6.26
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,815	439	226	132	.631	433	2.55	193	49	1	3338.2	2,654	947	1,037	240	915	48	5	83	13,349	83	7.59	2.47	3.08	0.65	21.1	6.9	1.07	.259	2.80	7.15
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,701	531	240	172	.583	468	3.20	247	46	7	3691.2	3,309	1,313	1,460	391	742	66	34	96	14,948	47	6.58	1.81	3.64	0.95	18.1	5.0	1.10	.264	3.56	8.07
9	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,833	1,801	2,018	434	1,432	41	67		21,555	78	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.6	1.19	.258	3.46	8.30
10	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.26	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,385	1,557	223	1,764	60	52	6	16,172	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.52	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	7.69
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,564	471	216	157	.579	453	3.06	195	41	1	3369.0	2,980	1,146	1,306	265	1,156	39	7	99	13,941	103	6.85	3.09	2.22	0.71	18.4	8.3	1.23	.274	3.49	7.96
12	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,512	630	373	185	.668	551	0.97	434	79	25	4754.1	4,182		1,585	88	827	54	70			109	4.76	1.57	3.04	0.17		4.4	1.05	.268	3.00	7.92
13	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	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,464	487	212	164	.564	472	3.12	150	49	3	3419.2	2,960	1,185	1,310	275	897	58	10	79	13,968	82	6.48	2.36	2.75	0.72	17.6	6.4	1.13	.261	3.45	7.79
15	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
16	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	6.79
17	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,349	696	263	218	.547	607	3.41	174	30	6	4199.2	4,246	1,591	1,866	372	990	119	33	84	17,599	119	5.03	2.12	2.37	0.80	13.3	5.6	1.25	.281	4.00	9.10
19	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,340	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	15	4564.0	4,292	1,793	2,037	339	1,775	64	67		19,406	53	4.61	3.50	1.32	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.266	4.02	8.46
20	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
21	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,288	587	208	181	.535	445	3.11	193	34	28	3595.0	3,253	1,241	1,471	298	1,089	94	79	73	14,936	174	5.73	2.73	2.10	0.75	15.3	7.3	1.21	.265	3.68	8.14
22	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,269	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3938.1	3,848	1,341	1,596	162	1,184	41	123		16,622	51	5.19	2.71	1.92	0.37	13.7	7.1	1.28	.284	3.65	8.79
23	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2,268	623	326	194	.627	529	1.36	410	69	23	4488.2	3,960		1,566	42	1,076	188	78			86	4.55	2.16	2.11	0.08		6.4	1.12	.294	3.14	7.94
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,210	518	209	151	.581	430	3.18	181	48	15	3162.2	2,755	1,119	1,224	318	1,000	48	51	48	12,994	25	6.29	2.85	2.21	0.90	17.0	7.7	1.19	.259	3.48	7.84
25	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2,209	696	373	208	.642	600	2.41	437	90	33	5182.2	4,866		1,851	165	951	67	80			38	3.84	1.65	2.32	0.29		4.5	1.12	.268	3.21	8.45

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