most strikeouts allowed from september 6, 1952 to october 2, 1974

Between September 6, 1952 and October 2, 1974, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 3,057 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 6, 1952 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	Whitey Ford W. Ford	1,900	478	227	105	.684	426	2.75	149	43	10	3058.1	2,679	933	1,068	221	1,034	26	30		12,566	72	5.59	3.04	1.84	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	7.88
13	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
14	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,785	496	201	188	.517	449	3.53	218	28	16	3428.0	3,404	1,344	1,490	412	587	36	33		14,067	22	4.69	1.54	3.04	1.08	12.7	4.2	1.16	.266	3.91	8.94
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,626	536	186	204	.477	454	3.51	155	34	10	3296.1	3,427	1,284	1,467	261	744	43	48	114	13,807	43	4.44	2.03	2.19	0.71	11.8	5.4	1.27	.284	4.01	9.36
23	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,615	493	243	157	.608	434	3.11	243	38	19	3400.2	3,180	1,174	1,298	312	860	27	45		13,932	42	4.27	2.28	1.88	0.83	11.6	6.2	1.19	.258	3.44	8.42
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	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

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