most strikeouts allowed from september 3, 1950 to october 2, 1973

Between September 3, 1950 and October 2, 1973, Bob Gibson struck out the most hitters, with 2,928 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 3, 1950 to october 2, 1973

	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	2,928	473	237	151	.611	435	2.79	245	55	4	3535.1	2,923	1,095	1,243	223	1,170	93	17	98	14,526	101	7.45	2.98	2.50	0.57	20.2	8.1	1.16	.267	3.16	7.44
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	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	2,391	398	138	127	.521	338	3.15	103	23	14	2409.2	1,876	843	961	158	1,251	59	32	68	10,216	137	8.93	4.67	1.91	0.59	23.4	12.2	1.30	.270	3.59	7.01
6	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,338	435	179	136	.568	386	3.35	144	35	9	2813.0	2,523	1,046	1,141	272	872	87	25	44	11,700	91	7.48	2.79	2.68	0.87	20.0	7.5	1.21	.277	3.65	8.07
7	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,280	458	238	140	.630	446	2.84	244	52	2	3443.2	3,081	1,086	1,288	315	690	38	10	80	13,959	51	5.96	1.80	3.30	0.82	16.3	4.9	1.10	.260	3.37	8.05
8	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
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,078	449	177	144	.551	364	2.89	183	33	10	2981.0	2,629	957	1,114	216	777	67	31	113	12,171	109	6.27	2.35	2.67	0.65	17.1	6.4	1.14	.267	3.36	7.94
10	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,065	582	246	215	.534	528	3.41	268	38	20	4081.0	3,982	1,546	1,709	459	703	43	39		16,670	29	4.55	1.55	2.94	1.01	12.4	4.2	1.15	.263	3.77	8.78
11	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,955	575	282	189	.599	508	3.09	290	49	22	4015.2	3,729	1,378	1,529	348	1,046	34	53		16,469	53	4.38	2.34	1.87	0.78	11.9	6.4	1.19	.258	3.43	8.36
12	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,927	486	231	106	.685	430	2.75	153	43	11	3102.2	2,710	947	1,085	225	1,050	27	34		12,746	73	5.59	3.05	1.84	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.261	3.15	7.86
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1,868	491	194	160	.548	440	3.35	136	24	5	3056.2	3,026	1,138	1,366	283	733	96	20	62	12,818	106	5.50	2.16	2.55	0.83	14.6	5.7	1.23	.279	4.02	8.91
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,819	342	149	109	.578	284	3.13	149	27	7	2303.2	2,015	800	885	235	489	41	30	72	9,323	32	7.11	1.91	3.72	0.92	19.5	5.2	1.09	.264	3.46	7.87
15	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,768	447	201	144	.583	396	3.34	179	39	13	2950.1	2,607	1,096	1,223	250	1,170	45	41		12,398	35	5.39	3.57	1.51	0.76	14.3	9.4	1.28	.257	3.73	7.95
16	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,759	498	192	140	.578	378	3.10	174	37	32	2893.0	2,646	998	1,100	257	885	26	65		11,993	38	5.47	2.75	1.99	0.80	14.7	7.4	1.22	.264	3.42	8.23
17	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
18	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
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	Bob Veale B. Veale	1,687	379	120	94	.561	255	3.05	78	20	19	1913.0	1,669	648	746	89	854	29	58	60	8,107	91	7.94	4.02	1.98	0.42	20.8	10.5	1.32	.290	3.51	7.85
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,655	251	135	76	.640	246	2.38	121	24	1	1931.1	1,524	511	563	143	493	37	5	37	7,689	44	7.71	2.30	3.36	0.67	21.5	6.4	1.04	.258	2.62	7.10
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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