most strikeouts allowed from may 12, 1949 to october 2, 1969

Between May 12, 1949 and October 2, 1969, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,650 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 12, 1949 to October 2, 1969

	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	2,650	528	209	157	.571	470	3.14	146	40	15	3431.0	3,074	1,198	1,344	342	907	146	31	82	14,194	45	6.95	2.38	2.92	0.90	18.7	6.4	1.16	.269	3.53	8.06
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	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,269	652	277	234	.542	585	3.41	295	45	25	4518.0	4,408	1,711	1,886	495	832	50	49		18,481	33	4.52	1.66	2.73	0.99	12.3	4.5	1.16	.264	3.76	8.78
5	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,245	640	315	217	.592	571	3.10	331	51	23	4507.0	4,185	1,553	1,737	388	1,208	38	55		18,523	65	4.48	2.41	1.86	0.77	12.1	6.5	1.20	.259	3.47	8.36
6	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,140	510	172	168	.506	403	3.64	132	36	10	2893.1	2,675	1,170	1,320	254	1,053	59	63		12,262	86	6.66	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.11	8.32
7	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,119	349	167	110	.603	311	2.76	166	42	4	2522.2	2,061	774	882	170	861	76	17	61	10,379	70	7.56	3.07	2.46	0.61	20.4	8.3	1.16	.264	3.15	7.35
8	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
9	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,947	498	228	157	.592	442	3.37	197	40	13	3288.0	2,917	1,231	1,374	275	1,310	49	46		13,842	35	5.33	3.59	1.49	0.75	14.1	9.5	1.29	.257	3.76	7.98
10	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,938	553	206	167	.552	425	3.20	193	38	33	3223.0	2,918	1,146	1,270	277	1,107	28	70		13,465	47	5.41	3.09	1.75	0.77	14.4	8.2	1.25	.261	3.55	8.15
11	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1,839	328	191	88	.685	320	2.57	197	45	2	2549.2	2,161	728	861	223	503	30	8	57	10,213	37	6.49	1.78	3.66	0.79	18.0	4.9	1.04	.254	3.04	7.63
12	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
13	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
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,663	262	89	80	.527	225	2.95	70	19	10	1590.0	1,207	522	608	91	788	43	19	37	6,690	84	9.41	4.46	2.11	0.52	24.9	11.8	1.25	.272	3.44	6.83
15	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,587	533	185	169	.523	435	3.47	155	36	5	3146.2	3,117	1,212	1,427	246	939	50	49		13,288	35	4.54	2.69	1.69	0.70	11.9	7.1	1.29	.274	4.08	8.92
16	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,585	282	134	80	.626	255	3.08	74	30	3	1802.0	1,457	617	689	132	771	33	10	35	7,507	121	7.92	3.85	2.06	0.66	21.1	10.3	1.24	.266	3.44	7.28
17	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
18	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,520	989	137	115	.544	52	2.46	20	5	211	2128.1	1,651	582	716	139	714	61	596	56	8,633	84	6.43	3.02	2.13	0.59	17.6	8.3	1.11	.244	3.03	6.98
19	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,438	356	142	121	.540	318	3.30	102	16	5	2228.1	2,163	816	992	205	565	83	16	42	9,353	82	5.81	2.28	2.55	0.83	15.4	6.0	1.22	.277	4.01	8.74
20	Johnny Podres J. Podres	1,435	440	148	116	.561	340	3.68	77	24	10	2265.0	2,239	925	1,026	242	743	28	46		9,571	67	5.70	2.95	1.93	0.96	15.0	7.8	1.32	.280	4.08	8.90
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,428	265	100	76	.568	223	2.82	73	19	4	1611.1	1,372	505	587	67	714	26	16	43	6,784	77	7.98	3.99	2.00	0.37	21.0	10.5	1.29	.287	3.28	7.66
22	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,398	394	156	121	.563	350	3.38	97	32	4	2387.1	2,209	897	990	215	684	53	29	60	9,858	80	5.27	2.58	2.04	0.81	14.2	6.9	1.21	.266	3.73	8.33
23	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	1,397	420	117	90	.565	221	3.37	72	14	26	1806.2	1,593	676	777	178	784	35	106	54	7,698	59	6.96	3.91	1.78	0.89	18.1	10.2	1.32	.267	3.87	7.94
24	Gary Bell G. Bell	1,378	519	121	117	.508	233	3.68	71	9	50	2015.0	1,794	823	932	207	842	54	163	62	8,559	69	6.15	3.76	1.64	0.92	16.1	9.8	1.31	.261	4.16	8.01
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,378	322	102	101	.502	222	3.59	76	17	10	1643.1	1,401	655	752	151	822	60	45	37	7,073	45	7.55	4.50	1.68	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.12	7.67

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