most strikeouts allowed from june 4, 1957 to september 30, 1979

Between June 4, 1957 and September 30, 1979, Gaylord Perry fanned the most hitters, with 3,141 strikeouts.

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	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,141	658	279	217	.563	573	2.93	285	50	10	4590.2	4,073	1,494	1,726	325	1,187	88	31	151	18,691	130	6.16	2.33	2.65	0.64	16.8	6.4	1.15	.269	3.38	7.99
2	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
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,909	396	167	159	.512	362	3.16	169	42	3	2691.1	1,889	946	1,077	149	1,646	80	13	42	11,404	125	9.73	5.50	1.77	0.50	25.5	14.4	1.31	.263	3.60	6.32
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,887	455	235	133	.639	449	2.55	197	52	1	3454.2	2,755	980	1,076	248	949	48	5	86	13,813	84	7.52	2.47	3.04	0.65	20.9	6.9	1.07	.259	2.80	7.18
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	91	40	67	15,139	123	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	8.33
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,769	549	247	182	.576	486	3.25	249	47	7	3812.0	3,433	1,377	1,527	410	791	69	34	98	15,473	50	6.54	1.87	3.50	0.97	17.9	5.1	1.11	.264	3.61	8.11
7	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,731	545	212	177	.545	503	3.25	149	40	13	3592.2	3,273	1,296	1,451	355	919	154	29	91	14,883	42	6.84	2.30	2.97	0.89	18.3	6.2	1.17	.272	3.63	8.20
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,683	487	225	160	.584	469	3.08	200	42	1	3485.1	3,068	1,194	1,356	279	1,202	41	7	100	14,411	107	6.93	3.10	2.23	0.72	18.6	8.3	1.23	.273	3.50	7.92
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,524	502	217	170	.561	486	3.12	152	50	4	3516.2	3,037	1,221	1,350	282	919	59	11	81	14,354	84	6.46	2.35	2.75	0.72	17.6	6.4	1.12	.261	3.45	7.77
10	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
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,402	608	218	191	.533	466	3.10	206	35	28	3769.0	3,405	1,298	1,542	315	1,133	99	79	74	15,646	180	5.74	2.71	2.12	0.75	15.4	7.2	1.20	.264	3.68	8.13
12	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,390	485	200	159	.557	446	2.96	163	49	6	3278.2	2,943	1,080	1,239	268	811	149	27	120	13,463	78	6.56	2.23	2.95	0.74	17.8	6.0	1.14	.272	3.40	8.08
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,363	718	264	220	.545	608	3.42	174	30	7	4232.2	4,285	1,610	1,888	376	996	120	40	84	17,741	120	5.02	2.12	2.37	0.80	13.3	5.6	1.25	.282	4.01	9.11
14	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
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,289	358	158	79	.667	294	2.71	134	38	9	2182.0	1,620	656	740	189	741	15	37	46	8,868	82	9.44	3.06	3.09	0.78	25.8	8.4	1.08	.254	3.05	6.68
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,270	533	217	156	.582	445	3.21	183	49	15	3263.0	2,843	1,162	1,270	330	1,027	48	51	48	13,401	25	6.26	2.83	2.21	0.91	16.9	7.7	1.19	.258	3.50	7.84
17	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,082	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,723	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	8.01
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,011	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
19	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,956	413	160	150	.516	382	3.12	118	28	5	2808.1	2,549	974	1,102	206	903	52	14	96	11,618	68	6.27	2.89	2.17	0.66	16.8	7.8	1.23	.276	3.53	8.17
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,927	447	225	122	.648	420	2.66	194	51	3	3275.1	2,691	968	1,081	228	1,092	29	11	34	13,285	77	5.30	3.00	1.76	0.63	14.5	8.2	1.15	.246	2.97	7.39
21	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,822	389	158	129	.551	348	3.27	121	35	2	2432.2	2,154	884	1,009	209	823	43	18	38	10,153	71	6.74	3.04	2.21	0.77	17.9	8.1	1.22	.268	3.73	7.97
22	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
23	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,728	484	142	135	.513	340	3.70	94	18	7	2569.0	2,416	1,056	1,202	233	1,004	90	70	65	10,949	119	6.05	3.52	1.72	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.277	4.21	8.46
24	Tommy John T. John	1,722	487	192	142	.575	446	2.99	112	36	3	3082.0	2,919	1,023	1,205	183	862	61	13	75	12,742	122	5.03	2.52	2.00	0.53	13.5	6.8	1.23	.276	3.52	8.52
25	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

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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