most strikeouts allowed from may 9, 1940 to october 1, 1972

Between May 9, 1940 and October 1, 1972, Jim Bunning struck out the most batters, with 2,855 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	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	2,775	447	224	141	.614	409	2.79	231	54	4	3331.1	2,751	1,032	1,169	211	1,110	90	17	92	13,695	95	7.50	3.00	2.50	0.57	20.3	8.1	1.16	.267	3.16	7.43
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,833	1,801	2,018	434	1,432	41	67		21,555	78	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.6	1.19	.258	3.46	8.30
4	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
5	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
6	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,362	676	286	245	.539	609	3.40	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,773	1,962	505	901	54	49		19,222	34	4.53	1.73	2.62	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	8.80
7	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,339	688	300	242	.554	608	3.53	288	49	15	4543.2	4,266	1,780	2,022	339	1,765	64	67		19,309	51	4.63	3.50	1.33	0.67	12.1	9.1	1.33	.265	4.01	8.45
8	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,281	364	132	117	.530	320	3.09	101	22	11	2274.0	1,758	781	891	150	1,158	59	25	66	9,609	125	9.03	4.58	1.97	0.59	23.7	12.1	1.28	.270	3.53	6.96
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,193	424	227	125	.645	414	2.78	235	50	2	3236.1	2,850	998	1,184	293	653	37	9	73	13,071	49	6.10	1.82	3.36	0.81	16.8	5.0	1.08	.258	3.29	7.93
10	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
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,109	392	162	121	.572	343	3.30	126	32	9	2495.1	2,202	914	997	237	788	80	25	37	10,376	79	7.61	2.84	2.68	0.85	20.3	7.6	1.20	.274	3.60	7.94
12	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,998	585	211	169	.555	433	3.26	193	38	33	3306.2	2,989	1,198	1,324	284	1,179	30	85		13,851	48	5.44	3.21	1.69	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.261	3.60	8.14
13	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
14	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,840	408	158	125	.558	323	2.83	154	26	10	2637.0	2,314	828	971	182	662	62	31	104	10,761	91	6.28	2.26	2.78	0.62	17.1	6.2	1.13	.266	3.31	7.90
15	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,838	447	208	130	.615	381	3.22	217	37	18	3004.0	2,624	1,074	1,207	192	1,245	42	37	6	12,598	36	5.51	3.73	1.48	0.58	14.6	9.9	1.29	.262	3.62	7.86
16	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,777	484	205	148	.581	370	3.06	209	33	26	2962.0	2,648	1,006	1,185	135	1,229	19	79	1	12,510	62	5.40	3.73	1.45	0.41	14.2	9.8	1.31	.269	3.60	8.05
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	1,698	569	193	183	.513	462	3.54	163	36	5	3348.1	3,316	1,318	1,551	255	1,065	52	54		14,203	41	4.56	2.86	1.59	0.69	12.0	7.5	1.31	.275	4.17	8.91
21	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1,682	490	202	152	.571	436	3.35	128	42	4	3024.0	2,854	1,126	1,249	278	818	68	32	79	12,500	92	5.01	2.43	2.06	0.83	13.5	6.5	1.21	.267	3.72	8.49
22	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,661	346	118	91	.565	255	3.05	78	20	8	1876.0	1,632	635	731	87	842	29	34	58	7,951	90	7.97	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.51	7.83
23	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,649	304	135	93	.592	246	3.02	142	25	7	2032.2	1,748	683	752	200	432	37	30	62	8,204	31	7.30	1.91	3.82	0.89	20.1	5.3	1.07	.263	3.33	7.74
24	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
25	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

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