most strikeouts allowed from may 4, 1956 to october 2, 1978

Between May 4, 1956 and October 2, 1978, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 3,117 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	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,001	626	267	206	.564	541	2.92	275	50	10	4358.0	3,848	1,415	1,636	313	1,120	84	31	141	17,728	124	6.20	2.31	2.68	0.65	16.9	6.3	1.14	.268	3.38	7.95
3	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,818	576	221	179	.553	511	3.22	151	40	15	3709.0	3,374	1,329	1,489	364	968	157	36	96	15,374	46	6.84	2.35	2.91	0.88	18.3	6.3	1.17	.272	3.61	8.19
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,812	559	217	189	.534	491	3.42	195	41	10	3589.0	3,307	1,364	1,504	343	1,077	91	33	64	14,916	121	7.05	2.70	2.61	0.86	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.77	8.29
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,756	423	219	127	.633	417	2.51	188	47	1	3239.2	2,568	905	991	232	888	48	5	80	12,945	80	7.66	2.47	3.10	0.64	21.3	6.9	1.07	.259	2.75	7.13
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,686	362	151	145	.510	328	3.12	152	37	3	2468.2	1,720	857	973	134	1,532	74	13	39	10,467	116	9.79	5.59	1.75	0.49	25.7	14.6	1.32	.263	3.55	6.27
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,605	512	231	168	.579	449	3.19	239	44	7	3553.0	3,181	1,260	1,400	370	710	66	34	92	14,384	46	6.60	1.80	3.67	0.94	18.1	4.9	1.10	.264	3.55	8.06
8	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,476	515	208	165	.558	463	2.95	166	49	6	3416.1	3,069	1,118	1,286	280	851	153	33	123	14,032	80	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.74	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	8.08
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,470	452	207	149	.581	434	3.04	187	38	1	3234.1	2,866	1,093	1,244	254	1,113	36	7	89	13,382	97	6.87	3.10	2.22	0.71	18.5	8.3	1.23	.275	3.46	7.98
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	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,378	469	205	155	.569	454	3.08	146	49	3	3290.2	2,836	1,125	1,241	261	858	58	10	75	13,427	80	6.50	2.35	2.77	0.71	17.7	6.4	1.12	.261	3.39	7.76
12	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,365	384	163	85	.657	309	2.74	135	38	9	2282.0	1,716	696	787	201	788	17	40	47	9,306	85	9.33	3.11	3.00	0.79	25.4	8.5	1.10	.255	3.10	6.77
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,338	675	261	217	.546	606	3.42	174	30	5	4166.0	4,212	1,581	1,855	371	977	118	25	80	17,455	118	5.05	2.11	2.39	0.80	13.4	5.6	1.25	.281	4.01	9.10
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	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,194	564	197	171	.535	422	3.07	183	34	28	3427.0	3,094	1,169	1,382	274	1,020	88	79	66	14,210	162	5.76	2.68	2.15	0.72	15.4	7.2	1.20	.265	3.63	8.13
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,166	503	204	148	.580	415	3.16	178	48	15	3067.1	2,653	1,077	1,176	308	974	48	51	47	12,582	25	6.36	2.86	2.22	0.90	17.2	7.7	1.18	.258	3.45	7.78
17	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	1,996	435	166	150	.525	381	3.48	128	36	4	2658.1	2,397	1,028	1,162	241	932	49	28	43	11,168	79	6.76	3.16	2.14	0.82	17.9	8.3	1.25	.271	3.93	8.12
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,977	481	222	157	.586	457	3.19	180	42	1	3344.1	2,830	1,186	1,312	359	920	48	6	57	13,572	47	5.32	2.48	2.15	0.97	14.6	6.8	1.12	.241	3.53	7.62
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,910	316	136	123	.525	313	2.81	141	39	0	2387.1	2,097	746	847	165	619	64	2	35	9,705	52	7.20	2.33	3.09	0.62	19.7	6.4	1.14	.278	3.19	7.91
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,860	424	215	116	.650	398	2.63	187	51	3	3119.2	2,547	911	1,015	216	1,049	29	10	34	12,646	76	5.37	3.03	1.77	0.62	14.7	8.3	1.15	.246	2.93	7.35
21	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,799	376	140	137	.505	346	3.09	108	26	5	2544.2	2,281	875	994	187	820	49	14	92	10,517	66	6.36	2.90	2.19	0.66	17.1	7.8	1.22	.273	3.52	8.07
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	1,714	469	142	135	.513	340	3.69	94	18	7	2544.2	2,384	1,042	1,183	232	993	88	67	64	10,830	116	6.06	3.51	1.73	0.82	15.8	9.2	1.33	.276	4.18	8.43
24	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
25	Al Downing A. Downing	1,639	405	123	107	.535	317	3.22	73	24	3	2269.1	1,946	811	938	177	933	31	37	31	9,537	77	6.50	3.70	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.8	1.27	.262	3.72	7.72

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Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
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Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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