most strikeouts allowed from september 28, 1950 to october 2, 1972

Between September 28, 1950 and October 2, 1972, Jim Bunning fanned the most batters, with 2,855 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	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	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	2,281	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
6	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
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	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,124	393	163	121	.574	344	3.29	127	32	9	2504.1	2,208	915	998	237	793	82	25	37	10,414	79	7.63	2.85	2.68	0.85	20.4	7.6	1.20	.275	3.59	7.94
9	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,041	575	245	211	.537	521	3.42	266	37	20	4029.0	3,936	1,531	1,690	453	696	43	39		16,464	29	4.56	1.55	2.93	1.01	12.4	4.2	1.15	.263	3.78	8.79
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,932	568	277	188	.596	501	3.10	285	48	22	3964.1	3,692	1,364	1,510	345	1,029	34	53		16,261	53	4.39	2.34	1.88	0.78	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.43	8.38
11	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,902	479	227	105	.684	426	2.75	149	43	10	3060.1	2,682	935	1,070	222	1,035	26	31		12,576	72	5.59	3.04	1.84	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.15	7.89
12	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
13	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
14	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,746	442	199	142	.584	392	3.35	177	38	13	2919.0	2,581	1,088	1,210	246	1,157	44	40		12,263	34	5.38	3.57	1.51	0.76	14.2	9.4	1.28	.257	3.73	7.96
15	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,743	494	190	138	.579	374	3.11	171	37	32	2859.1	2,611	987	1,083	256	869	26	65		11,843	38	5.49	2.74	2.01	0.81	14.7	7.3	1.22	.263	3.41	8.22
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	1,682	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
19	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,662	347	118	91	.565	255	3.05	78	20	8	1876.2	1,632	635	731	87	842	29	34	58	7,953	90	7.97	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.51	7.83
20	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
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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