most strikeouts allowed from june 12, 1940 to september 29, 1963

Between June 12, 1940 and September 29, 1963, Warren Spahn fanned the most batters, with 2,415 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from June 12, 1940 to September 29, 1963

	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	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,415	676	350	216	.618	610	2.98	370	62	24	4872.1	4,419	1,611	1,804	385	1,324	36	53		19,950	70	4.46	2.45	1.82	0.71	12.1	6.6	1.18	.255	3.33	8.16
2	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,339	688	300	242	.554	608	3.53	288	49	15	4543.2	4,266	1,780	2,022	339	1,765	64	67		19,309	51	4.63	3.50	1.33	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.265	4.01	8.45
3	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,102	591	258	221	.539	532	3.42	287	37	24	4182.0	4,067	1,588	1,754	454	798	49	44		17,130	28	4.52	1.72	2.63	0.98	12.3	4.7	1.16	.263	3.77	8.75
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,969	551	208	169	.552	432	3.28	193	38	29	3257.2	2,949	1,186	1,310	278	1,169	30	71		13,656	47	5.44	3.23	1.68	0.77	14.4	8.6	1.26	.262	3.62	8.15
5	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,788	438	203	128	.613	373	3.22	211	36	17	2941.1	2,570	1,052	1,181	189	1,221	42	36	6	12,334	34	5.47	3.74	1.46	0.58	14.5	9.9	1.29	.262	3.61	7.86
6	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,760	479	204	146	.583	366	3.04	208	33	26	2939.2	2,619	993	1,171	133	1,214	18	78	1	12,403	62	5.39	3.72	1.45	0.41	14.2	9.8	1.30	.268	3.59	8.02
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,561	393	199	78	.718	350	2.78	133	34	9	2564.1	2,194	793	899	186	946	25	25	34	10,544	59	5.48	3.32	1.65	0.65	14.8	9.0	1.22	.257	3.16	7.70
8	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	1,535	517	177	135	.567	328	3.38	124	33	30	2682.1	2,416	1,007	1,125	189	1,088	49	114	20	11,381	64	5.15	3.65	1.41	0.63	13.5	9.6	1.31	.261	3.77	8.11
9	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,521	348	113	120	.485	249	3.67	98	29	10	1938.2	1,800	790	876	163	718	37	59		8,231	51	7.06	3.33	2.12	0.76	18.5	8.7	1.30	.283	4.07	8.36
10	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,487	313	123	90	.577	262	3.11	93	22	5	1945.0	1,752	673	771	175	547	93	33	66	8,064	43	6.88	2.53	2.72	0.81	18.4	6.8	1.18	.274	3.57	8.11
11	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,480	499	170	188	.475	408	3.58	140	30	9	3017.2	3,135	1,201	1,388	246	772	33	46	88	12,722	47	4.41	2.30	1.92	0.73	11.6	6.1	1.29	.283	4.14	9.35
12	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1,474	284	93	65	.589	204	3.32	68	20	6	1442.2	1,143	532	593	146	616	13	41	35	6,056	60	9.20	3.84	2.39	0.91	24.3	10.2	1.22	.262	3.70	7.13
13	Harvey Haddix H. Haddix	1,465	380	128	106	.547	286	3.69	99	20	10	2111.2	2,055	865	964	231	554	39	46		8,821	53	6.24	2.36	2.64	0.98	16.6	6.3	1.24	.279	4.11	8.76
14	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	1,423	434	182	107	.630	309	3.30	137	36	48	2492.0	2,193	913	1,026	133	1,261	56	97		10,654	59	5.14	4.55	1.13	0.48	13.4	11.8	1.39	.265	3.71	7.92
15	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,416	441	156	143	.522	363	3.45	138	31	4	2674.0	2,596	1,026	1,220	191	895	38	43		11,327	33	4.77	3.01	1.58	0.64	12.5	7.9	1.31	.274	4.11	8.74
16	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,406	304	118	87	.576	251	3.44	78	16	12	1867.0	1,692	714	796	223	564	73	27	31	7,812	26	6.78	2.72	2.49	1.07	18.0	7.2	1.21	.265	3.84	8.16
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,372	315	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1633.0	1,396	652	749	150	817	60	41	37	7,035	45	7.56	4.50	1.68	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.36	.269	4.13	7.69
18	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	1,287	623	172	181	.487	337	3.68	149	27	23	3047.1	3,021	1,247	1,427	302	1,057	36	147		12,925	33	3.80	3.12	1.22	0.89	10.0	8.2	1.34	.265	4.21	8.92
19	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	1,278	460	207	128	.618	350	3.24	188	31	22	2851.1	2,559	1,025	1,184	180	1,251	57	73		12,106	63	4.03	3.95	1.02	0.57	10.6	10.3	1.34	.255	3.74	8.08
20	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,267	336	129	96	.573	286	3.66	72	22	5	1891.0	1,876	770	853	193	627	23	22		7,990	50	6.03	2.98	2.02	0.92	15.9	7.8	1.32	.286	4.06	8.93
21	Bob Turley B. Turley	1,265	310	101	85	.543	237	3.64	78	24	13	1713.0	1,365	693	752	140	1,068	56	38	21	7,445	39	6.65	5.61	1.18	0.74	17.0	14.3	1.42	.249	3.95	7.17
22	Bob Rush B. Rush	1,249	417	127	152	.455	321	3.65	118	16	8	2410.2	2,338	978	1,128	176	788	34	44	30	10,224	52	4.66	2.94	1.59	0.66	12.2	7.7	1.30	.271	4.21	8.73
23	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	1,170	480	160	150	.516	297	3.17	152	28	35	2540.0	2,434	896	1,062	104	958	30	127	0	10,778	44	4.15	3.39	1.22	0.37	10.9	8.9	1.34	.274	3.76	8.62
24	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	1,164	377	126	110	.534	268	3.35	102	25	21	1991.0	1,871	742	860	186	687	38	61		8,414	28	5.26	3.11	1.69	0.84	13.8	8.2	1.28	.266	3.89	8.46
25	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	1,130	344	149	90	.623	294	3.56	136	24	7	2154.2	2,102	853	956	252	490	30	34		8,893	24	4.72	2.05	2.31	1.05	12.7	5.5	1.20	.265	3.99	8.78

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