most strikeouts allowed from may 8, 1955 to october 2, 1977

Between May 8, 1955 and October 2, 1977, Bob Gibson fanned the most hitters, 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	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	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,847	589	246	200	.552	504	2.93	270	48	10	4097.1	3,607	1,336	1,540	304	1,054	82	31	133	16,673	120	6.25	2.32	2.70	0.67	17.1	6.3	1.14	.267	3.38	7.92
4	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
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,530	387	203	113	.642	381	2.48	180	46	1	2980.0	2,350	822	894	206	799	48	5	69	11,870	74	7.64	2.41	3.17	0.62	21.3	6.7	1.06	.259	2.70	7.10
6	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
7	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
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,448	478	213	160	.571	419	3.20	223	40	7	3304.0	2,953	1,176	1,308	349	669	63	31	90	13,394	44	6.67	1.82	3.66	0.95	18.3	5.0	1.10	.264	3.56	8.04
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,426	331	141	132	.516	297	3.06	138	34	3	2234.0	1,537	760	867	122	1,384	71	13	32	9,459	103	9.77	5.58	1.75	0.49	25.6	14.6	1.31	.259	3.49	6.19
10	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
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,309	418	191	136	.584	400	3.06	175	35	1	2987.0	2,638	1,015	1,153	224	1,050	33	7	82	12,376	94	6.96	3.16	2.20	0.67	18.7	8.5	1.23	.276	3.47	7.95
12	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
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,290	649	253	212	.544	582	3.39	172	29	5	4025.2	4,062	1,517	1,788	362	945	113	25	74	16,869	113	5.12	2.11	2.42	0.81	13.6	5.6	1.24	.281	4.00	9.08
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,224	435	190	144	.569	420	3.04	134	47	3	3052.1	2,608	1,031	1,132	232	804	53	10	68	12,437	74	6.56	2.37	2.77	0.68	17.9	6.5	1.12	.260	3.34	7.69
15	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,089	474	170	162	.512	398	3.59	131	36	7	2791.2	2,555	1,115	1,256	248	995	54	38	49	11,784	81	6.73	3.21	2.10	0.80	17.7	8.4	1.27	.275	4.05	8.24
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,052	471	191	140	.577	384	3.15	166	43	15	2855.0	2,468	999	1,096	282	917	43	50	43	11,719	25	6.47	2.89	2.24	0.89	17.5	7.8	1.19	.259	3.45	7.78
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,946	520	178	153	.538	380	3.09	161	30	27	3092.2	2,799	1,062	1,253	258	918	75	78	61	12,821	151	5.66	2.67	2.12	0.75	15.2	7.2	1.20	.264	3.65	8.15
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,921	460	210	151	.582	437	3.18	175	41	1	3226.1	2,732	1,139	1,263	343	885	47	5	57	13,095	45	5.36	2.47	2.17	0.96	14.7	6.8	1.12	.241	3.52	7.62
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,728	282	122	113	.519	279	2.79	130	35	0	2143.2	1,880	664	753	148	553	58	2	30	8,694	46	7.25	2.32	3.12	0.62	19.9	6.4	1.13	.279	3.16	7.89
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,722	386	194	104	.651	360	2.65	168	45	3	2823.2	2,301	830	921	197	952	28	10	33	11,449	71	5.49	3.03	1.81	0.63	15.0	8.3	1.15	.246	2.94	7.33
22	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	1,704	555	193	183	.513	426	3.40	148	37	21	3246.0	3,188	1,227	1,398	258	819	68	73	106	13,524	58	4.72	2.27	2.08	0.72	12.6	6.1	1.23	.274	3.88	8.84
23	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
24	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,682	428	137	135	.504	340	3.68	94	18	7	2464.1	2,305	1,008	1,146	225	958	87	41	61	10,486	110	6.14	3.50	1.76	0.82	16.0	9.1	1.32	.276	4.19	8.42
25	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,646	407	190	90	.679	363	2.72	124	35	9	2610.1	2,303	788	909	197	810	20	24	45	10,697	66	5.68	2.79	2.03	0.68	15.4	7.6	1.19	.262	3.13	7.94

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Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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