Rube Waddell has struck out the most hitters by a left-hander in a season against the New York Highlanders, with 58 strikeouts in 1904.
| 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 | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | R. Waddell | 58 | 1904 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7 | 1.92 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 56.1 | 43 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9.27 | 2.24 | 4.14 | 0.32 | 6.3 | 1.01 | .279 | 2.88 | 6.87 | ||||
| 2 | | L. Grove | 54 | 1926 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 7 | 2.39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 45 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 2 | 9.23 | 3.59 | 2.57 | 0.17 | 24.8 | 9.6 | 1.25 | .310 | 2.73 | 7.69 | ||
| 3 | | H. Newhouser | 51 | 1946 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5 | 2.68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 3 | 9.77 | 4.60 | 2.13 | 0.77 | 25.8 | 12.1 | 1.21 | .244 | 3.06 | 6.32 | ||
| 4 |  | C. Sale | 50 | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 2.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 13.24 | 1.85 | 7.14 | 1.32 | 36.0 | 5.0 | 1.06 | .320 | 2.91 | 7.68 | |
| 5 | | B. Pierce | 45 | 1953 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 8 | 3.32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 59.2 | 52 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 248 | 0 | 6.79 | 2.87 | 2.37 | 0.60 | 18.1 | 7.7 | 1.19 | .267 | 3.77 | 7.84 | ||
| 6 | | L. Grove | 43 | 1927 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 5.18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 46 | 23 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 1 | 9.68 | 4.05 | 2.39 | 0.23 | 24.4 | 10.2 | 1.60 | .395 | 6.53 | 10.35 | ||
| 7 | | H. Newhouser | 41 | 1944 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 6 | 3.58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 60.1 | 60 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 243 | 2 | 6.12 | 1.79 | 3.42 | 0.60 | 16.9 | 4.9 | 1.19 | .301 | 3.73 | 8.95 | ||
| 8 |  | G. Crochet | 39 | 2025 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 3.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 12.84 | 1.32 | 9.75 | 1.65 | 36.8 | 3.8 | 0.88 | .259 | 3.29 | 6.59 | |
| 9 | | S. McDowell | 39 | 1969 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4 | 1.54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 2 | 10.03 | 3.60 | 2.79 | 0.00 | 27.9 | 10.0 | 1.14 | .299 | 1.54 | 6.69 | |
| 10 | | S. McDowell | 39 | 1965 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1.13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32.0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 10.97 | 1.69 | 6.50 | 0.56 | 33.3 | 5.1 | 0.72 | .214 | 1.13 | 4.78 | |
| 11 | | D. Mossi | 39 | 1959 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 8 | 2.08 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 57 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 1 | 5.40 | 0.97 | 5.57 | 0.55 | 15.4 | 2.8 | 0.98 | .261 | 2.22 | 7.89 | |
| 12 | | S. McDowell | 38 | 1967 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 1.71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.2 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 2 | 10.80 | 4.55 | 2.38 | 0.00 | 29.7 | 12.5 | 1.17 | .284 | 2.27 | 5.97 | |
| 13 | | S. McDowell | 37 | 1968 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5 | 1.91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 2 | 8.84 | 3.58 | 2.47 | 0.48 | 23.7 | 9.6 | 1.09 | .240 | 2.63 | 6.21 | |
| 14 | | D. White | 37 | 1904 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 10 | 1.47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 79.1 | 66 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.20 | 2.61 | 1.61 | 0.11 | 8.4 | 1.12 | .310 | 2.50 | 7.49 | ||||
| 15 |  | D. Price | 36 | 2014 | TOT | 5 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 5.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 10.92 | 1.52 | 7.20 | 1.52 | 27.1 | 3.8 | 1.58 | .425 | 6.07 | 12.74 |
| 16 | | B. Shantz | 35 | 1952 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7 | 2.97 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57.2 | 48 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 232 | 0 | 5.46 | 2.18 | 2.50 | 0.78 | 15.1 | 6.0 | 1.08 | .244 | 3.43 | 7.49 | ||
| 17 | | H. Aguirre | 34 | 1962 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4 | 2.61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 0 | 7.40 | 1.96 | 3.78 | 0.65 | 20.6 | 5.5 | 1.09 | .277 | 3.05 | 7.84 | |
| 18 | | E. Smith | 34 | 1940 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 26 | 32 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 230 | 1 | 5.88 | 3.46 | 1.70 | 1.38 | 14.8 | 8.7 | 1.38 | .267 | 5.54 | 9.00 | ||
| 19 | | E. Whitehill | 34 | 1926 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6 | 3.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 53 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 6.08 | 1.79 | 3.40 | 1.07 | 16.0 | 4.7 | 1.25 | .292 | 4.47 | 9.48 | ||
| 20 | | C. Finley | 33 | 1995 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4 | 3.73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.1 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 9.48 | 2.59 | 3.67 | 0.29 | 27.3 | 7.4 | 1.02 | .282 | 3.73 | 6.61 | |
| 21 | | S. McDowell | 33 | 1970 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 3.35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 7.88 | 3.82 | 2.06 | 1.43 | 20.4 | 9.9 | 1.33 | .269 | 3.58 | 8.12 | |
| 22 | | B. Pierce | 33 | 1957 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 8 | 4.19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 59 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 0 | 5.53 | 2.18 | 2.54 | 0.67 | 14.5 | 5.7 | 1.34 | .309 | 4.53 | 9.89 | |
| 23 | | L. Grove | 33 | 1936 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7 | 2.56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59.2 | 46 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 0 | 4.98 | 2.56 | 1.94 | 1.06 | 13.7 | 7.1 | 1.06 | .212 | 3.02 | 6.94 | ||
| 24 |  | E. Rodriguez | 32 | 2021 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 12.52 | 1.96 | 6.40 | 0.78 | 34.8 | 5.4 | 1.09 | .340 | 3.13 | 7.83 | |
| 25 | | C. Finley | 32 | 1996 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 3 | 9.19 | 2.30 | 4.00 | 0.29 | 25.6 | 6.4 | 0.96 | .259 | 0.86 | 6.32 | |
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