Between June 20, 1966 and September 22, 1966, Sandy Koufax struck out the most hitters, with 162 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts allowed by a player From June 20, 1966 to September 22, 19983| 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 |  | S. Koufax | 162 | 22 | 13 | 6 | .684 | 22 | 1.90 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 170.2 | 133 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 682 | 4 | 8.54 | 2.48 | 3.45 | 0.63 | 23.8 | 6.9 | 1.05 | .262 | 2.06 | 7.01 |
| 2 |  | J. Bunning | 129 | 22 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 22 | 2.61 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 165.2 | 135 | 48 | 52 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 662 | 0 | 7.01 | 1.52 | 4.61 | 0.76 | 19.5 | 4.2 | 0.98 | .253 | 2.82 | 7.33 |
| 3 | | S. McDowell | 128 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 15 | 3.38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 106.2 | 84 | 40 | 42 | 8 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 441 | 1 | 10.80 | 3.80 | 2.84 | 0.68 | 29.0 | 10.2 | 1.21 | .295 | 3.54 | 7.09 |
| 4 | | G. Perry | 127 | 22 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 22 | 3.21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 159.2 | 157 | 57 | 60 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 5 | 7.16 | 1.30 | 5.52 | 0.73 | 19.4 | 3.5 | 1.13 | .296 | 3.38 | 8.85 |
| 5 | | K. Holtzman | 123 | 20 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 20 | 4.04 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140.1 | 128 | 63 | 70 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 582 | 6 | 7.89 | 2.63 | 3.00 | 1.41 | 21.1 | 7.0 | 1.20 | .268 | 4.49 | 8.21 |
| 6 | | J. Kaat | 123 | 23 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 23 | 2.81 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 176.0 | 149 | 55 | 59 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 705 | 7 | 6.29 | 1.64 | 3.84 | 1.02 | 17.4 | 4.5 | 1.03 | .244 | 3.02 | 7.62 |
| 7 | | J. Marichal | 122 | 20 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 19 | 2.64 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 160.1 | 125 | 47 | 56 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 616 | 2 | 6.85 | 0.90 | 7.63 | 1.23 | 19.8 | 2.6 | 0.88 | .226 | 3.14 | 7.02 |
| 8 | | E. Wilson | 117 | 20 | 13 | 4 | .765 | 20 | 2.36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 107 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 566 | 5 | 7.26 | 2.23 | 3.25 | 0.87 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 0.99 | .235 | 2.48 | 6.64 |
| 9 | | M. Cuellar | 117 | 23 | 7 | 10 | .412 | 17 | 2.37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 140.1 | 123 | 37 | 54 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 570 | 5 | 7.50 | 2.05 | 3.66 | 0.38 | 20.5 | 5.6 | 1.10 | .282 | 3.46 | 7.89 |
| 10 | | D. Sutton | 114 | 20 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 18 | 3.14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 117.1 | 93 | 41 | 42 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 465 | 2 | 8.74 | 2.30 | 3.80 | 0.84 | 24.5 | 6.5 | 1.05 | .265 | 3.22 | 7.13 |
| 11 | | G. Bell | 109 | 23 | 8 | 11 | .421 | 22 | 3.51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 116 | 57 | 63 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 589 | 7 | 6.72 | 3.14 | 2.14 | 0.74 | 18.5 | 8.7 | 1.14 | .250 | 3.88 | 7.15 |
| 12 | | J. Maloney | 108 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 18 | 3.59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115.1 | 99 | 46 | 51 | 11 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 504 | 7 | 8.43 | 4.76 | 1.77 | 0.86 | 21.4 | 12.1 | 1.39 | .278 | 3.98 | 7.73 |
| 13 | | S. Siebert | 105 | 19 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 19 | 2.66 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 142.1 | 112 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 568 | 5 | 6.64 | 2.66 | 2.50 | 1.01 | 18.5 | 7.4 | 1.08 | .239 | 3.10 | 7.08 |
| 14 | | D. McLain | 105 | 21 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 21 | 4.05 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 121 | 63 | 65 | 20 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 582 | 3 | 6.75 | 3.21 | 2.10 | 1.29 | 18.0 | 8.6 | 1.22 | .249 | 4.18 | 7.78 |
| 15 | | M. Lolich | 103 | 24 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 19 | 5.22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 119.0 | 130 | 69 | 74 | 13 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 536 | 6 | 7.79 | 4.01 | 1.94 | 0.98 | 19.2 | 9.9 | 1.54 | .321 | 5.60 | 9.83 |
| 16 | | T. Cloninger | 103 | 21 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 20 | 3.87 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 146.2 | 134 | 63 | 70 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 625 | 18 | 6.32 | 3.74 | 1.69 | 0.74 | 16.5 | 9.8 | 1.33 | .273 | 4.30 | 8.22 |
| 17 | | D. McNally | 96 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 19 | 2.86 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 122.2 | 130 | 39 | 53 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 529 | 6 | 7.04 | 2.57 | 2.74 | 0.88 | 18.1 | 6.6 | 1.35 | .309 | 3.89 | 9.54 |
| 18 | | B. Veale | 95 | 18 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 18 | 3.64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128.2 | 111 | 52 | 60 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 535 | 5 | 6.65 | 3.29 | 2.02 | 0.70 | 17.8 | 8.8 | 1.23 | .265 | 4.20 | 7.76 |
| 19 | | D. Chance | 95 | 21 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 20 | 3.17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 136.1 | 103 | 48 | 59 | 11 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 561 | 5 | 6.27 | 4.22 | 1.48 | 0.73 | 16.9 | 11.4 | 1.22 | .237 | 3.89 | 6.80 |
| 20 | | C. Short | 94 | 23 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 21 | 4.22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 134.1 | 140 | 63 | 71 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 558 | 4 | 6.30 | 2.01 | 3.13 | 1.00 | 16.8 | 5.4 | 1.27 | .303 | 4.76 | 9.38 |
| 21 | | S. Hargan | 93 | 20 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 19 | 2.43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 137.0 | 116 | 37 | 42 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 545 | 6 | 6.11 | 1.77 | 3.44 | 0.53 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 1.04 | .260 | 2.76 | 7.62 |
| 22 | | D. Drysdale | 91 | 22 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 22 | 3.07 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 149.2 | 155 | 51 | 57 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 618 | 6 | 5.47 | 1.32 | 4.14 | 0.54 | 14.7 | 3.6 | 1.18 | .299 | 3.43 | 9.32 |
| 23 | | B. Shaw | 89 | 21 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 20 | 3.98 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 133.1 | 139 | 59 | 71 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 575 | 6 | 6.01 | 2.43 | 2.47 | 0.68 | 15.5 | 6.3 | 1.31 | .297 | 4.79 | 9.38 |
| 24 | | D. Boswell | 87 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .889 | 12 | 2.87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 64 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 366 | 5 | 8.60 | 2.97 | 2.90 | 0.89 | 23.8 | 8.2 | 1.03 | .231 | 2.97 | 6.33 |
| 25 | | P. Richert | 87 | 19 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 17 | 3.99 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 109 | 55 | 59 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 506 | 1 | 6.31 | 2.61 | 2.42 | 1.52 | 17.2 | 7.1 | 1.17 | .244 | 4.28 | 7.91 |
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