most strikeouts allowed from july 26, 1949 to september 30, 1970

Between July 26, 1949 and September 30, 1970, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,797 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,797	562	219	172	.560	503	3.20	150	40	15	3650.0	3,307	1,298	1,455	361	963	154	31	91	15,131	46	6.90	2.37	2.90	0.89	18.5	6.4	1.17	.271	3.59	8.15
2	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	81	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.09
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	6.79
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,393	383	190	117	.619	345	2.80	189	45	4	2816.2	2,323	876	993	183	949	80	17	70	11,592	75	7.65	3.03	2.52	0.58	20.6	8.2	1.16	.268	3.17	7.42
5	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,227	631	270	228	.542	572	3.42	291	42	22	4411.1	4,313	1,677	1,850	488	797	47	42		18,039	33	4.54	1.63	2.79	1.00	12.3	4.4	1.16	.264	3.77	8.80
6	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,190	624	308	210	.595	555	3.10	322	51	23	4377.2	4,063	1,510	1,683	378	1,185	36	55		17,993	62	4.50	2.44	1.85	0.78	12.2	6.6	1.20	.259	3.46	8.35
7	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,148	520	172	168	.506	403	3.63	132	36	10	2907.1	2,687	1,174	1,324	256	1,058	60	66		12,321	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.4	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	8.32
8	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,967	301	109	92	.542	264	2.95	89	20	10	1895.0	1,443	621	716	116	919	50	21	47	7,948	101	9.34	4.36	2.14	0.55	24.7	11.6	1.25	.271	3.40	6.85
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,962	362	203	98	.674	353	2.70	211	46	2	2792.1	2,430	839	989	251	551	31	8	60	11,248	41	6.32	1.78	3.56	0.81	17.4	4.9	1.07	.258	3.19	7.83
10	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,959	498	236	106	.690	438	2.75	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	968	1,107	228	1,086	28	35		13,031	75	5.56	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	7.85
11	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,916	486	220	155	.587	431	3.37	193	40	13	3208.1	2,843	1,202	1,342	270	1,280	49	45		13,504	35	5.37	3.59	1.50	0.76	14.2	9.5	1.29	.258	3.76	7.98
12	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,893	539	203	161	.558	412	3.19	190	38	33	3139.0	2,848	1,112	1,228	272	1,048	28	69		13,095	46	5.43	3.00	1.81	0.78	14.5	8.0	1.24	.261	3.52	8.17
13	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,734	602	197	230	.461	497	3.58	163	36	10	3610.2	3,771	1,436	1,652	286	894	46	56	114	15,216	50	4.32	2.23	1.94	0.71	11.4	5.9	1.29	.284	4.12	9.40
14	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,710	558	194	183	.515	429	3.40	149	37	21	3262.2	3,206	1,234	1,406	259	823	68	73	106	13,594	58	4.72	2.27	2.08	0.71	12.6	6.1	1.23	.275	3.88	8.84
15	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,606	299	110	91	.547	255	2.94	78	20	4	1813.1	1,561	593	686	82	808	29	16	54	7,666	86	7.97	4.01	1.99	0.41	20.9	10.5	1.31	.288	3.40	7.75
16	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,592	289	134	81	.623	258	3.16	74	30	4	1818.2	1,483	638	711	135	786	35	13	35	7,599	122	7.88	3.89	2.03	0.67	21.0	10.3	1.25	.267	3.52	7.34
17	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,588	1,042	143	120	.544	52	2.50	20	5	224	2210.1	1,724	613	749	147	756	62	635	63	8,989	88	6.47	3.08	2.10	0.60	17.7	8.4	1.12	.245	3.05	7.02
18	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,576	453	136	113	.546	286	3.63	99	20	20	2235.0	2,154	901	1,012	240	600	43	84		9,330	57	6.35	2.42	2.63	0.97	16.9	6.4	1.23	.279	4.08	8.67
19	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,566	307	116	93	.555	258	3.51	75	24	9	1801.0	1,590	702	765	172	627	64	25	30	7,555	66	7.83	3.13	2.50	0.86	20.7	8.3	1.23	.277	3.82	7.95
20	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,551	400	155	131	.542	351	3.33	106	17	5	2451.2	2,404	907	1,102	231	622	86	19	50	10,303	93	5.69	2.28	2.49	0.85	15.1	6.0	1.23	.278	4.05	8.83
21	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,538	514	182	160	.532	424	3.43	153	36	5	3066.1	3,033	1,170	1,380	243	908	49	43		12,933	34	4.51	2.67	1.69	0.71	11.9	7.0	1.29	.274	4.05	8.90
22	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,503	426	168	131	.562	373	3.38	104	34	4	2567.2	2,388	964	1,068	235	727	55	32	70	10,610	84	5.27	2.55	2.07	0.82	14.2	6.9	1.21	.266	3.74	8.37
23	Chris Short C. Short	1,470	409	124	112	.525	275	3.33	83	22	14	2057.0	1,923	761	852	153	691	56	58	62	8,621	63	6.43	3.02	2.13	0.67	17.1	8.0	1.27	.283	3.73	8.41
24	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,469	375	124	109	.532	280	2.90	83	33	23	2057.2	1,773	663	790	117	689	61	56	71	8,506	65	6.43	3.01	2.13	0.51	17.3	8.1	1.20	.268	3.46	7.75
25	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	1,453	338	121	109	.526	310	3.69	69	13	0	2051.2	1,862	842	934	236	796	30	15	35	8,673	79	6.37	3.49	1.83	1.04	16.8	9.2	1.30	.264	4.10	8.17

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