most strikeouts allowed from september 28, 1953 to october 2, 1974

Between September 28, 1953 and October 2, 1974, Bob Gibson fanned the most batters, with 3,057 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 28, 1953 to October 2, 1974

	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	3,057	506	248	164	.602	468	2.85	254	56	4	3775.1	3,159	1,197	1,354	247	1,274	98	17	112	15,567	103	7.29	3.04	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.2	1.17	.267	3.23	7.53
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	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,540	476	195	157	.554	427	3.43	171	38	9	3121.0	2,833	1,188	1,296	310	950	90	25	55	12,963	101	7.32	2.74	2.67	0.89	19.6	7.3	1.21	.278	3.74	8.17
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	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,424	411	139	133	.511	345	3.18	103	23	14	2457.2	1,918	868	988	164	1,292	59	35	70	10,440	140	8.88	4.73	1.88	0.60	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.62	7.02
6	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
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,301	469	243	141	.633	455	2.87	244	52	2	3501.0	3,142	1,117	1,320	318	704	40	11	81	14,203	51	5.92	1.81	3.27	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.39	8.08
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,294	486	198	157	.558	401	2.85	211	37	10	3303.1	2,859	1,047	1,212	241	876	73	31	120	13,434	111	6.25	2.39	2.62	0.66	17.1	6.5	1.13	.263	3.30	7.79
9	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
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,044	383	174	121	.590	325	3.09	178	33	7	2632.0	2,301	903	1,002	262	534	49	30	75	10,628	36	6.99	1.83	3.83	0.90	19.2	5.0	1.08	.263	3.43	7.87
11	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,010	533	215	173	.554	479	3.31	151	27	5	3334.0	3,289	1,228	1,472	301	796	102	20	65	13,957	110	5.43	2.15	2.53	0.81	14.4	5.7	1.23	.278	3.97	8.88
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,856	283	146	87	.627	278	2.47	133	29	1	2167.1	1,723	595	652	162	568	40	5	47	8,645	48	7.71	2.36	3.27	0.67	21.5	6.6	1.06	.259	2.71	7.15
13	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,790	446	209	99	.679	396	2.73	138	40	10	2851.1	2,492	864	991	208	924	22	28		11,688	69	5.65	2.92	1.94	0.66	15.3	7.9	1.20	.261	3.13	7.87
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,738	332	139	113	.552	318	3.04	99	36	3	2290.0	1,968	774	854	170	591	44	9	55	9,334	58	6.83	2.32	2.94	0.67	18.6	6.3	1.12	.265	3.36	7.73
15	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
16	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1,724	310	133	105	.559	292	3.05	131	28	1	2196.0	1,968	743	844	156	785	26	7	68	9,147	78	7.07	3.22	2.20	0.64	18.8	8.6	1.25	.281	3.46	8.07
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	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
19	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1,655	366	140	106	.569	279	2.93	126	35	15	2127.1	1,722	693	765	206	730	34	50	38	8,689	22	7.00	3.09	2.27	0.87	19.0	8.4	1.15	.250	3.24	7.29
20	Chris Short C. Short	1,629	501	135	132	.506	308	3.43	88	24	18	2325.0	2,215	886	991	183	806	61	78	73	9,802	73	6.31	3.12	2.02	0.71	16.6	8.2	1.30	.285	3.84	8.57
21	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
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,572	227	91	86	.514	193	3.01	85	18	3	1452.2	994	486	550	84	865	50	13	23	6,128	65	9.74	5.36	1.82	0.52	25.7	14.1	1.28	.256	3.41	6.16
23	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,559	446	172	172	.500	402	3.64	179	23	14	3019.1	3,022	1,221	1,348	379	519	33	31		12,411	19	4.65	1.55	3.00	1.13	12.6	4.2	1.17	.266	4.02	9.01
24	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	1,554	482	129	127	.504	323	3.77	85	20	5	2375.0	2,317	995	1,136	234	865	34	54	73	10,126	89	5.89	3.28	1.80	0.89	15.3	8.5	1.34	.280	4.30	8.78
25	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,552	501	176	192	.478	428	3.44	146	34	10	3105.1	3,220	1,186	1,359	241	685	40	45	114	12,983	40	4.50	1.99	2.27	0.70	12.0	5.3	1.26	.285	3.94	9.33

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