most career strikeouts by pitcher through june 1, 1947

Before June 2, 1947, Walter Johnson struck out the most hitters, 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	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,148	366	177	128	.580	308	1.03	235	47	5	2653.1	2,205		936	30	736	95	45		72	7.29	2.50	2.92	0.10		7.9	1.11	.347	3.17	7.48
7	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,045	442	197	140	.585	349	3.24	217	29	12	2967.2	2,808	1,068	1,247	132	842	77	52	12,379	37	6.20	2.55	2.43	0.40	16.5	6.8	1.23	.288	3.78	8.52
8	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,979	616	270	220	.551	530	3.78	334	45	18	4289.1	4,226	1,800	2,079	247	1,527	57	69	18,296	44	4.15	3.20	1.30	0.52	10.8	8.3	1.34	.275	4.36	8.87
9	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,971	524	195	205	.488	450	4.01	237	29	18	3473.0	3,471	1,548	1,781	191	1,610	51	49	15,221	56	5.11	4.17	1.22	0.49	12.9	10.6	1.46	.288	4.62	8.99
10	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1,749	431	195	126	.607	315	0.39	250	57	35	2960.2	2,345		885	23	623	56	107		81	5.32	1.89	2.81	0.07		5.9	1.00	.288	2.69	7.13
11	Chief Bender C. Bender	1,744	459	212	127	.625	334	1.32	255	40	34	3018.1	2,658		1,110	39	711	103	114		69	5.20	2.12	2.45	0.12		6.4	1.12	.309	3.31	7.93
12	Red Ames R. Ames	1,731	533	183	167	.523	371	1.42	208	27	32	3190.2	2,892		1,310	41	1,043	64	118	13,135	158	4.88	2.94	1.66	0.12	13.2	7.9	1.23	.278	3.70	8.16
13	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,703	273	143	77	.650	236	2.95	165	30	14	1974.0	1,529	648	722	76	1,046	31	29	8,331	50	7.76	4.77	1.63	0.35	20.4	12.6	1.30	.265	3.29	6.97
14	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,681	424	194	138	.584	362	3.57	200	33	10	2825.2	2,674	1,122	1,322	179	1,193	35	47	12,163	59	5.35	3.80	1.41	0.57	13.8	9.8	1.37	.275	4.21	8.52
15	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1,678	535	253	154	.622	433	2.98	260	36	33	3588.2	3,462	1,188	1,384	227	728	53	82	14,810	53	4.21	1.83	2.30	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.47	8.68
16	Cy Young C. Young	1,597	401	225	146	.606	369	0.87	331	44	9	3312.1	2,902		1,112	44	414	74	28		50	4.34	1.12	3.86	0.12		3.4	1.00	.285	3.02	7.89
17	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	1,595	536	201	177	.532	408	2.66	196	30	19	3305.1	3,237		1,444	108	861	35	85	13,661	81	4.34	2.34	1.85	0.29	11.7	6.3	1.24	.283	3.93	8.81
18	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	1,522	351	184	128	.590	314	1.26	279	35	4	2821.2	2,474		1,091	30	966	79	36		57	4.85	3.08	1.58	0.10		8.9	1.22	.295	3.48	7.89
19	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	1,521	616	270	212	.560	496	3.54	314	35	17	4177.0	4,420		2,048	149	1,297	97	94	17,974	92	3.28	2.79	1.17	0.32	8.5	7.2	1.37	.286	4.41	9.52
20	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	1,509	579	223	212	.513	445	3.46	251	32	29	3643.0	3,911	1,401	1,653	159	765	32	98	15,404	50	3.73	1.89	1.97	0.39	9.8	5.0	1.28	.290	4.08	9.66
21	George Mullin G. Mullin	1,506	487	228	194	.540	428	1.08	353	35	8	3685.1	3,500		1,633	44	1,265	129	51		82	3.68	3.09	1.19	0.11		9.0	1.29	.311	3.99	8.55
22	Red Faber R. Faber	1,476	669	254	213	.544	483	3.15	273	29	27	4088.0	4,110		1,816	112	1,221	106	134		52	3.25	2.69	1.21	0.25		7.1	1.30	.278	4.00	9.05
23	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	1,468	368	189	102	.649	320	3.34	173	28	10	2502.0	2,289	929	1,090	139	1,095	21	31	10,712	39	5.28	3.94	1.34	0.50	13.7	10.2	1.35	.269	3.92	8.23
24	Charlie Root C. Root	1,462	632	201	160	.557	341	3.59	177	21	42	3198.2	3,254	1,275	1,468	190	889	80	186	13,532	22	4.11	2.50	1.64	0.53	10.8	6.6	1.30	.281	4.13	9.16
25	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	1,416	390	178	137	.565	332	1.92	214	41	5	2726.0	2,463		1,038	39	803	88	48		63	4.67	2.65	1.76	0.13		7.1	1.20	.272	3.43	8.13

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Guardians	84	76	.525
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Tigers	76	85	.472	8.5
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RBI Leaders

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Braves - y	93	67	.581
Phillies	87	73	.544	6.0
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