most strikeouts allowed from september 2, 1923 to september 26, 1947

Between September 2, 1923 and September 26, 1947, Lefty Grove struck out the most batters, with 2,269 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,269	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3938.1	3,848	1,341	1,596	162	1,184	41	123	16,622	51	5.19	2.71	1.92	0.37	13.7	7.1	1.28	.284	3.65	8.79
2	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2,030	548	205	213	.490	472	3.97	244	31	18	3634.2	3,635	1,605	1,842	199	1,665	54	50	15,908	57	5.03	4.12	1.22	0.49	12.8	10.5	1.46	.287	4.56	9.00
3	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	1,990	624	273	225	.548	538	3.80	335	45	18	4341.1	4,288	1,835	2,117	254	1,542	57	69	18,525	46	4.13	3.20	1.29	0.53	10.7	8.3	1.34	.275	4.39	8.89
4	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,835	303	158	82	.658	262	2.93	179	32	17	2181.2	1,700	710	787	87	1,128	35	33	9,184	57	7.57	4.65	1.63	0.36	20.0	12.3	1.30	.264	3.25	7.01
5	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	1,740	366	164	113	.592	286	3.19	182	21	12	2463.2	2,312	873	1,012	116	642	56	43	10,203	27	6.36	2.35	2.71	0.42	17.1	6.3	1.20	.287	3.70	8.45
6	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	1,681	424	194	138	.584	362	3.57	200	33	10	2825.2	2,674	1,122	1,322	179	1,193	35	47	12,163	59	5.35	3.80	1.41	0.57	13.8	9.8	1.37	.275	4.21	8.52
7	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1,678	535	253	154	.622	433	2.98	260	36	33	3588.2	3,462	1,188	1,384	227	728	53	82	14,810	53	4.21	1.83	2.30	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.47	8.68
8	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	1,509	579	223	212	.513	445	3.46	251	32	29	3643.0	3,911	1,401	1,653	159	765	32	98	15,404	50	3.73	1.89	1.97	0.39	9.8	5.0	1.28	.290	4.08	9.66
9	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	1,468	368	189	102	.649	320	3.34	173	28	10	2502.0	2,289	929	1,090	139	1,095	21	31	10,712	39	5.28	3.94	1.34	0.50	13.7	10.2	1.35	.269	3.92	8.23
10	Charlie Root C. Root	1,438	613	201	157	.561	339	3.56	177	21	42	3151.0	3,204	1,248	1,436	187	875	75	177	13,326	22	4.11	2.50	1.64	0.53	10.8	6.6	1.29	.281	4.10	9.15
11	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	1,353	541	218	185	.541	473	4.36	226	16	11	3564.0	3,915	1,728	2,018	192	1,431	102	46	15,773	43	3.42	3.61	0.95	0.48	8.6	9.1	1.50	.293	5.10	9.89
12	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	1,316	528	161	165	.494	355	4.24	134	14	25	2945.0	2,978	1,389	1,610	167	1,446	63	108	13,012	72	4.02	4.42	0.91	0.51	10.1	11.1	1.50	.281	4.92	9.10
13	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1,288	300	130	96	.575	235	2.75	140	26	13	1885.0	1,598	575	701	56	857	9	49	7,966	45	6.15	4.09	1.50	0.27	16.2	10.8	1.30	.268	3.35	7.63
14	Van Mungo V. Mungo	1,245	364	120	115	.511	259	3.48	123	20	16	2110.2	1,954	815	958	89	874	33	61	9,031	52	5.31	3.73	1.42	0.38	13.8	9.7	1.34	.275	4.08	8.33
15	Larry French L. French	1,186	570	197	171	.535	383	3.45	199	40	17	3150.1	3,372	1,207	1,441	163	822	42	108	13,458	34	3.39	2.35	1.44	0.47	8.8	6.1	1.33	.285	4.12	9.63
16	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	1,163	316	150	83	.644	229	3.03	154	26	31	1964.2	1,917	661	774	93	450	27	77	8,162	12	5.33	2.06	2.58	0.43	14.2	5.5	1.20	.284	3.55	8.78
17	Mel Harder M. Harder	1,162	582	223	186	.545	433	3.80	181	25	24	3425.1	3,706	1,447	1,714	159	1,118	59	94	14,862	33	3.05	2.94	1.04	0.42	7.8	7.5	1.41	.287	4.50	9.74
18	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	1,145	445	192	121	.613	343	3.19	192	30	14	2780.2	2,729	987	1,167	174	740	27	66	11,610	50	3.71	2.40	1.55	0.56	9.9	6.4	1.25	.268	3.78	8.83
19	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	1,104	444	162	150	.519	331	3.32	188	26	21	2719.0	2,856	1,003	1,203	106	731	40	85	11,645	22	3.65	2.42	1.51	0.35	9.5	6.3	1.32	.285	3.98	9.45
20	Bucky Walters B. Walters	1,092	420	198	157	.558	393	3.29	241	42	4	3064.2	2,944	1,119	1,317	146	1,102	52	17	12,974	61	3.21	3.24	0.99	0.43	8.4	8.5	1.32	.264	3.87	8.65
21	Johnny Allen J. Allen	1,072	352	142	75	.654	241	3.76	109	17	16	1950.1	1,850	814	927	103	738	38	68	8,296	68	4.95	3.41	1.45	0.48	12.9	8.9	1.33	.275	4.28	8.54
22	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	1,069	590	260	230	.531	484	3.66	356	27	25	4151.0	4,484	1,689	2,047	220	1,120	31	88	17,769	55	2.32	2.43	0.95	0.48	6.0	6.3	1.35	.278	4.44	9.72
23	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	1,064	252	94	92	.505	222	3.26	110	23	1	1636.0	1,355	593	674	62	863	18	9	6,987	27	5.85	4.75	1.23	0.34	15.2	12.4	1.36	.260	3.71	7.45
24	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	1,064	522	152	137	.526	299	4.12	137	15	34	2566.0	2,699	1,174	1,367	159	993	25	137	11,178	40	3.73	3.48	1.07	0.56	9.5	8.9	1.44	.284	4.79	9.47
25	Pat Malone P. Malone	1,033	357	134	92	.593	219	3.73	114	15	27	1915.0	1,933	794	935	103	696	46	107	8,275	51	4.85	3.27	1.48	0.48	12.5	8.4	1.37	.286	4.39	9.08

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