most strikeouts allowed from april 14, 1922 to october 2, 1945

Between April 14, 1922 and October 2, 1945, Lefty Grove fanned the most batters, with 2,269 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	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
2	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,022	430	197	135	.593	344	3.22	215	29	12	2926.2	2,764	1,046	1,221	130	815	73	47	12,191	36	6.22	2.51	2.48	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.22	.288	3.75	8.50
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,960	607	265	219	.548	521	3.80	330	43	18	4227.1	4,188	1,787	2,065	245	1,503	57	69	18,048	43	4.17	3.20	1.30	0.52	10.9	8.3	1.35	.276	4.40	8.92
4	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,834	483	180	189	.488	413	4.09	220	26	17	3198.2	3,203	1,454	1,670	182	1,508	44	48	14,039	53	5.16	4.24	1.22	0.51	13.1	10.7	1.47	.289	4.70	9.01
5	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
6	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,664	415	193	137	.585	361	3.56	200	33	9	2804.1	2,650	1,108	1,306	174	1,185	34	41	12,068	58	5.34	3.80	1.40	0.56	13.8	9.8	1.37	.275	4.19	8.50
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	1,353	541	218	185	.541	473	4.36	226	16	11	3564.0	3,915	1,728	2,018	192	1,431	102	46	15,773	43	3.42	3.61	0.95	0.48	8.6	9.1	1.50	.293	5.10	9.89
11	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	1,316	528	161	165	.494	355	4.24	134	14	25	2945.0	2,978	1,389	1,610	167	1,446	63	108	13,012	72	4.02	4.42	0.91	0.51	10.1	11.1	1.50	.281	4.92	9.10
12	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,292	214	112	57	.663	184	3.15	124	17	10	1520.1	1,199	532	590	59	850	28	24	6,487	47	7.65	5.03	1.52	0.35	19.9	13.1	1.35	.268	3.49	7.10
13	Van Mungo V. Mungo	1,245	364	120	115	.511	259	3.48	123	20	16	2110.2	1,954	815	958	89	874	33	61	9,031	52	5.31	3.73	1.42	0.38	13.8	9.7	1.34	.275	4.08	8.33
14	Larry French L. French	1,186	570	197	171	.535	383	3.45	199	40	17	3150.1	3,372	1,207	1,441	163	822	42	108	13,458	34	3.39	2.35	1.44	0.47	8.8	6.1	1.33	.285	4.12	9.63
15	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	1,163	316	150	83	.644	229	3.03	154	26	31	1964.2	1,917	661	774	93	450	27	77	8,162	12	5.33	2.06	2.58	0.43	14.2	5.5	1.20	.284	3.55	8.78
16	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	1,145	445	192	121	.613	343	3.19	192	30	14	2780.2	2,729	987	1,167	174	740	27	66	11,610	50	3.71	2.40	1.55	0.56	9.9	6.4	1.25	.268	3.78	8.83
17	Mel Harder M. Harder	1,124	554	212	178	.544	406	3.80	173	23	24	3253.0	3,530	1,372	1,636	152	1,060	58	93	14,134	33	3.11	2.93	1.06	0.42	8.0	7.5	1.41	.288	4.53	9.77
18	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	1,089	544	155	141	.524	306	4.17	139	15	34	2642.0	2,793	1,224	1,425	164	1,029	27	146	11,532	40	3.71	3.51	1.06	0.56	9.4	8.9	1.45	.285	4.85	9.51
19	Johnny Allen J. Allen	1,072	352	142	75	.654	241	3.76	109	17	16	1950.1	1,850	814	927	103	738	38	68	8,296	68	4.95	3.41	1.45	0.48	12.9	8.9	1.33	.275	4.28	8.54
20	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	1,062	589	259	226	.534	479	3.68	351	27	25	4116.0	4,454	1,685	2,038	219	1,115	31	91	17,632	55	2.32	2.44	0.95	0.48	6.0	6.3	1.35	.279	4.46	9.74
21	Pat Malone P. Malone	1,033	357	134	92	.593	219	3.73	114	15	27	1915.0	1,933	794	935	103	696	46	107	8,275	51	4.85	3.27	1.48	0.48	12.5	8.4	1.37	.286	4.39	9.08
22	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	1,031	404	151	136	.526	304	3.26	177	23	19	2526.1	2,640	914	1,096	94	665	38	76	10,790	18	3.67	2.37	1.55	0.33	9.6	6.2	1.31	.284	3.90	9.40
23	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	1,024	595	208	157	.570	371	3.62	193	22	49	3251.0	3,515	1,308	1,546	148	855	43	153	13,924	32	2.83	2.37	1.20	0.41	7.4	6.1	1.34	.284	4.28	9.73
24	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1,008	319	127	93	.577	249	4.38	115	18	12	1914.0	1,981	932	1,062	143	813	26	45	8,450	55	4.74	3.82	1.24	0.67	11.9	9.6	1.46	.285	4.99	9.32
25	George Uhle G. Uhle	998	418	169	143	.542	321	4.02	210	18	24	2662.0	2,899		1,397	106	831	98	84	11,626	50	3.37	2.81	1.20	0.36	8.6	7.1	1.40	.291	4.72	9.80

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