most strikeouts allowed from may 17, 1950 to september 9, 1972

Between May 17, 1950 and September 9, 1972, Jim Bunning fanned the most batters, with 2,855 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 17, 1950 to september 9, 1972

	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	2,855	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
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,753	443	221	140	.612	405	2.81	227	54	4	3294.1	2,730	1,027	1,163	211	1,097	90	17	89	13,556	93	7.52	3.00	2.51	0.58	20.3	8.1	1.16	.268	3.18	7.46
3	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
4	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
5	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,267	360	130	117	.526	317	3.09	101	22	11	2254.2	1,738	774	883	148	1,147	58	25	65	9,524	122	9.05	4.58	1.98	0.59	23.8	12.0	1.28	.269	3.52	6.94
6	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,190	422	226	124	.646	413	2.78	235	50	2	3228.1	2,840	996	1,181	293	651	37	8	73	13,036	49	6.11	1.81	3.36	0.82	16.8	5.0	1.08	.258	3.29	7.92
7	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,168	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,704	1,182	1,333	256	1,069	61	67		12,418	86	6.66	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.09	8.30
8	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,147	605	259	220	.541	551	3.42	279	41	20	4255.1	4,158	1,615	1,782	476	747	45	39		17,389	32	4.54	1.58	2.87	1.01	12.3	4.3	1.15	.263	3.77	8.79
9	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,092	601	294	201	.594	532	3.10	305	49	23	4204.0	3,888	1,446	1,605	364	1,120	35	55		17,250	58	4.48	2.40	1.87	0.78	12.1	6.5	1.19	.258	3.44	8.32
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,084	387	161	118	.577	338	3.32	124	32	9	2453.1	2,166	904	984	232	780	79	25	36	10,210	79	7.65	2.86	2.67	0.85	20.4	7.6	1.20	.275	3.61	7.95
11	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
12	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,872	470	214	149	.590	416	3.34	190	40	13	3106.1	2,727	1,154	1,286	265	1,244	48	44		13,053	35	5.42	3.60	1.50	0.77	14.3	9.5	1.28	.256	3.73	7.90
13	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,839	521	200	151	.570	399	3.16	185	38	33	3047.2	2,768	1,071	1,181	265	989	28	67		12,685	42	5.43	2.92	1.86	0.78	14.5	7.8	1.23	.262	3.49	8.17
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,805	403	154	124	.554	318	2.86	150	25	10	2592.0	2,284	823	964	180	648	59	31	102	10,581	90	6.27	2.25	2.79	0.63	17.1	6.1	1.13	.267	3.35	7.93
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,759	455	179	147	.549	405	3.27	126	21	5	2832.1	2,776	1,029	1,242	253	690	92	19	61	11,867	103	5.59	2.19	2.55	0.80	14.8	5.8	1.22	.278	3.95	8.82
16	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
17	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
18	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,667	485	197	152	.564	431	3.37	126	41	4	2988.0	2,823	1,119	1,241	275	813	68	32	79	12,368	91	5.02	2.45	2.05	0.83	13.5	6.6	1.22	.267	3.74	8.50
19	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,652	341	116	91	.560	255	3.06	78	20	6	1868.2	1,630	635	731	87	839	29	31	58	7,926	90	7.96	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.8	10.6	1.32	.290	3.52	7.85
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,641	302	135	91	.597	244	3.01	142	25	7	2020.2	1,736	676	742	198	430	36	30	62	8,152	31	7.31	1.92	3.82	0.88	20.1	5.3	1.07	.263	3.30	7.73
21	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,613	1,070	143	122	.540	52	2.52	20	5	228	2255.2	1,756	632	772	150	776	62	651	63	9,173	92	6.44	3.10	2.08	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.244	3.08	7.01
22	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	1,605	302	134	84	.615	262	3.19	74	30	4	1849.0	1,518	655	729	138	810	36	18	37	7,746	125	7.81	3.94	1.98	0.67	20.7	10.5	1.26	.268	3.55	7.39
23	Chris Short C. Short	1,585	459	132	127	.510	301	3.38	88	24	16	2253.0	2,129	845	949	178	762	59	70	66	9,466	71	6.33	3.04	2.08	0.71	16.7	8.0	1.28	.283	3.79	8.50
24	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
25	Dean Chance D. Chance	1,533	406	128	115	.527	294	2.93	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	698	833	122	739	65	61	75	8,911	69	6.43	3.10	2.07	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	7.81

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