most strikeouts allowed from august 8, 1923 to september 26, 1946

Between August 8, 1923 and September 26, 1946, Lefty Grove fanned the most hitters, with 2,269 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,979	615	270	220	.551	529	3.78	334	45	18	4288.1	4,225	1,799	2,078	247	1,526	57	69	18,291	43	4.15	3.20	1.30	0.52	10.8	8.3	1.34	.275	4.36	8.87
3	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	1,946	516	194	201	.491	443	4.01	237	29	18	3431.0	3,418	1,527	1,756	188	1,597	51	49	15,031	56	5.10	4.19	1.22	0.49	12.9	10.6	1.46	.287	4.61	8.97
4	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	1,786	372	166	116	.589	292	3.20	185	21	12	2515.2	2,366	894	1,037	117	655	59	43	10,423	27	6.39	2.34	2.73	0.42	17.1	6.3	1.20	.288	3.71	8.46
5	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
6	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
7	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,629	260	137	72	.656	225	2.96	159	27	13	1877.2	1,469	617	686	70	993	31	28	7,940	50	7.81	4.76	1.64	0.34	20.5	12.5	1.31	.268	3.29	7.04
8	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
9	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
10	Charlie Root C. Root	1,438	613	201	157	.561	339	3.56	177	21	42	3151.0	3,204	1,248	1,436	187	875	75	177	13,326	22	4.11	2.50	1.64	0.53	10.8	6.6	1.29	.281	4.10	9.15
11	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
12	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
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	1,145	567	217	182	.544	418	3.79	177	24	24	3345.1	3,615	1,407	1,673	156	1,091	58	94	14,516	33	3.08	2.94	1.05	0.42	7.9	7.5	1.41	.287	4.50	9.73
18	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,113	260	114	78	.594	199	2.71	116	23	11	1600.0	1,328	482	594	47	748	7	45	6,752	35	6.26	4.21	1.49	0.26	16.5	11.1	1.30	.265	3.34	7.47
19	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	1,078	425	160	144	.526	325	3.25	187	25	19	2655.2	2,758	959	1,149	99	707	39	76	11,336	19	3.65	2.40	1.52	0.34	9.5	6.2	1.30	.282	3.89	9.35
20	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
21	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	1,069	590	260	230	.531	484	3.66	356	27	25	4151.0	4,484	1,689	2,047	220	1,120	31	88	17,769	55	2.32	2.43	0.95	0.48	6.0	6.3	1.35	.278	4.44	9.72
22	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	1,066	527	152	137	.526	300	4.14	137	15	34	2575.2	2,715	1,184	1,377	159	996	26	140	11,227	40	3.72	3.48	1.07	0.56	9.5	8.9	1.44	.285	4.81	9.49
23	Bucky Walters B. Walters	1,050	400	190	149	.560	373	3.18	236	40	4	2942.2	2,807	1,041	1,234	131	1,052	48	17	12,424	61	3.21	3.22	1.00	0.40	8.5	8.5	1.31	.264	3.77	8.59
24	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
25	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

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