most strikeouts allowed from september 4, 1955 to october 2, 1977

Between September 4, 1955 and October 2, 1977, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 3,117 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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,066	109	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.269	3.29	7.60
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,847	589	246	200	.552	504	2.93	270	48	10	4097.1	3,607	1,336	1,540	304	1,054	82	31	133	16,673	120	6.25	2.32	2.70	0.67	17.1	6.3	1.14	.267	3.38	7.92
3	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,822	580	222	180	.552	512	3.23	151	40	15	3716.1	3,383	1,334	1,495	364	973	157	37	96	15,408	46	6.83	2.36	2.90	0.88	18.3	6.3	1.17	.272	3.62	8.19
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,799	539	215	188	.533	489	3.44	195	41	9	3554.1	3,277	1,358	1,498	343	1,066	90	26	61	14,776	119	7.09	2.70	2.63	0.87	18.9	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	8.30
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,530	387	203	113	.642	381	2.48	180	46	1	2980.0	2,350	822	894	206	799	48	5	69	11,870	74	7.64	2.41	3.17	0.62	21.3	6.7	1.06	.259	2.70	7.10
6	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
7	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	73	10,589	141	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	7.03
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,448	478	213	160	.571	419	3.20	223	40	7	3304.0	2,953	1,176	1,308	349	669	63	31	90	13,394	44	6.67	1.82	3.66	0.95	18.3	5.0	1.10	.264	3.56	8.04
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,426	331	141	132	.516	297	3.06	138	34	3	2234.0	1,537	760	867	122	1,384	71	13	32	9,459	103	9.77	5.58	1.75	0.49	25.6	14.6	1.31	.259	3.49	6.19
10	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,368	388	163	87	.652	311	2.77	135	38	9	2293.2	1,734	706	799	204	798	17	40	47	9,368	86	9.29	3.13	2.97	0.80	25.3	8.5	1.10	.256	3.14	6.80
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,309	418	191	136	.584	400	3.06	175	35	1	2987.0	2,638	1,015	1,153	224	1,050	33	7	82	12,376	94	6.96	3.16	2.20	0.67	18.7	8.5	1.23	.276	3.47	7.95
12	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,302	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,237	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	8.09
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,290	649	253	212	.544	582	3.39	172	29	5	4025.2	4,062	1,517	1,788	362	945	113	25	74	16,869	113	5.12	2.11	2.42	0.81	13.6	5.6	1.24	.281	4.00	9.08
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,224	435	190	144	.569	420	3.04	134	47	3	3052.1	2,608	1,031	1,132	232	804	53	10	68	12,437	74	6.56	2.37	2.77	0.68	17.9	6.5	1.12	.260	3.34	7.69
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,052	471	191	140	.577	384	3.15	166	43	15	2855.0	2,468	999	1,096	282	917	43	50	43	11,719	25	6.47	2.89	2.24	0.89	17.5	7.8	1.19	.259	3.45	7.78
16	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,028	443	168	152	.525	384	3.50	130	36	4	2696.1	2,442	1,048	1,184	244	945	50	31	44	11,339	80	6.77	3.15	2.15	0.81	17.9	8.3	1.26	.272	3.95	8.15
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,946	520	178	153	.538	380	3.09	161	30	27	3092.2	2,799	1,062	1,253	258	918	75	78	61	12,821	151	5.66	2.67	2.12	0.75	15.2	7.2	1.20	.264	3.65	8.15
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,921	460	210	151	.582	437	3.18	175	41	1	3226.1	2,732	1,139	1,263	343	885	47	5	57	13,095	45	5.36	2.47	2.17	0.96	14.7	6.8	1.12	.241	3.52	7.62
19	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
20	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,728	282	122	113	.519	279	2.79	130	35	0	2143.2	1,880	664	753	148	553	58	2	30	8,694	46	7.25	2.32	3.12	0.62	19.9	6.4	1.13	.279	3.16	7.89
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,722	386	194	104	.651	360	2.65	168	45	3	2823.2	2,301	830	921	197	952	28	10	33	11,449	71	5.49	3.03	1.81	0.63	15.0	8.3	1.15	.246	2.94	7.33
22	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
23	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	1,682	428	137	135	.504	340	3.68	94	18	7	2464.1	2,305	1,008	1,146	225	958	87	41	61	10,486	110	6.14	3.50	1.76	0.82	16.0	9.1	1.32	.276	4.19	8.42
24	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,639	338	137	122	.529	314	3.03	105	26	3	2309.1	2,060	777	884	170	736	41	8	81	9,531	61	6.39	2.87	2.23	0.66	17.2	7.7	1.21	.272	3.45	8.03
25	Al Downing A. Downing	1,639	405	123	107	.535	317	3.22	73	24	3	2269.1	1,946	811	938	177	933	31	37	31	9,537	77	6.50	3.70	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.8	1.27	.262	3.72	7.72

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