most strikeouts allowed from june 12, 1954 to october 3, 1976

Between June 12, 1954 and October 3, 1976, Bob Gibson fanned the most hitters, with 3,117 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from June 12, 1954 to october 3, 1976

	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
2	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.0	3,433	1,365	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,615	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.66	8.22
3	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,799	539	215	188	.533	489	3.44	195	41	9	3554.1	3,277	1,358	1,498	343	1,066	90	26	61	14,776	119	7.09	2.70	2.63	0.87	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.30
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,670	555	231	188	.551	470	2.91	257	44	10	3859.1	3,368	1,247	1,432	283	998	77	31	129	15,687	117	6.23	2.33	2.68	0.66	17.0	6.4	1.13	.265	3.34	7.85
5	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
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
7	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
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,343	450	203	150	.575	391	3.17	212	39	7	3111.0	2,763	1,097	1,217	319	633	63	31	88	12,604	42	6.78	1.83	3.70	0.92	18.6	5.0	1.09	.264	3.52	7.99
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,334	354	182	107	.630	348	2.47	161	39	1	2718.2	2,151	747	816	187	733	48	5	63	10,839	67	7.73	2.43	3.18	0.62	21.5	6.8	1.06	.261	2.70	7.12
10	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,235	614	247	201	.551	555	3.31	170	29	5	3865.1	3,851	1,421	1,688	342	905	111	22	68	16,160	111	5.20	2.11	2.47	0.80	13.8	5.6	1.23	.279	3.93	8.97
12	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,146	514	173	167	.509	401	3.60	131	36	10	2892.1	2,659	1,158	1,308	255	1,046	58	63		12,234	85	6.68	3.25	2.05	0.79	17.5	8.5	1.28	.275	4.07	8.27
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,111	382	168	126	.571	364	3.10	158	33	1	2704.0	2,409	932	1,054	199	961	29	7	77	11,241	91	7.03	3.20	2.20	0.66	18.8	8.5	1.25	.278	3.51	8.02
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,085	294	122	116	.513	260	3.11	116	30	3	1935.0	1,339	668	757	110	1,180	62	13	25	8,187	82	9.70	5.49	1.77	0.51	25.5	14.4	1.30	.259	3.52	6.23
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,074	402	176	136	.564	387	3.03	125	44	3	2812.0	2,401	946	1,039	209	735	50	10	66	11,458	69	6.64	2.35	2.82	0.67	18.1	6.4	1.12	.261	3.33	7.68
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,928	439	179	132	.576	352	3.05	163	40	15	2666.1	2,258	904	998	256	866	41	50	40	10,905	25	6.51	2.92	2.23	0.86	17.7	7.9	1.17	.256	3.37	7.62
17	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,869	438	201	142	.586	415	3.11	167	40	1	3083.0	2,595	1,064	1,180	314	838	44	5	54	12,487	43	5.46	2.45	2.23	0.92	15.0	6.7	1.11	.242	3.44	7.58
18	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,761	435	206	95	.684	388	2.69	137	40	10	2799.0	2,440	838	963	205	895	22	27		11,456	68	5.66	2.88	1.97	0.66	15.4	7.8	1.19	.261	3.10	7.85
19	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,730	520	209	164	.560	465	3.40	129	43	4	3186.0	3,046	1,203	1,331	298	858	72	33	88	13,195	97	4.89	2.42	2.02	0.84	13.1	6.5	1.23	.268	3.76	8.60
20	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
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,703	397	120	95	.558	255	3.07	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	656	754	91	858	29	63	61	8,165	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.290	3.52	7.87
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,684	476	162	133	.549	337	2.98	141	28	27	2762.1	2,484	914	1,087	232	754	67	77	49	11,393	134	5.49	2.46	2.23	0.76	14.8	6.6	1.17	.260	3.54	8.09
23	Chris Short C. Short	1,629	501	135	132	.506	308	3.43	88	24	18	2325.0	2,215	886	991	183	806	61	78	73	9,802	73	6.31	3.12	2.02	0.71	16.6	8.2	1.30	.285	3.84	8.57
24	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	1,629	451	185	129	.589	378	3.12	172	36	11	2804.1	2,529	972	1,123	220	819	12	33	60	11,485	53	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.19	.262	3.60	8.12
25	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,627	385	133	131	.504	328	3.72	92	18	5	2336.2	2,191	966	1,095	214	909	85	27	59	9,954	102	6.27	3.50	1.79	0.82	16.3	9.1	1.33	.278	4.22	8.44

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