most strikeouts allowed from may 16, 1952 to october 3, 1973

Between May 16, 1952 and October 3, 1973, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 2,928 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from may 16, 1952 to october 3, 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	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
11	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1,878	522	217	194	.528	473	3.50	235	29	18	3633.0	3,595	1,411	1,558	428	616	39	35		14,884	23	4.65	1.53	3.05	1.06	12.6	4.1	1.16	.266	3.86	8.91
12	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
13	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
14	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,745	522	254	170	.599	458	3.11	257	41	22	3607.1	3,354	1,245	1,375	324	909	32	50		14,770	45	4.35	2.27	1.92	0.81	11.8	6.2	1.18	.258	3.43	8.37
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	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
17	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
18	Bob Friend B. Friend	1,675	561	189	216	.467	469	3.53	158	34	10	3426.1	3,559	1,343	1,536	271	810	45	51	114	14,394	47	4.40	2.13	2.07	0.71	11.6	5.6	1.28	.284	4.03	9.35
19	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
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	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,602	1,064	140	122	.534	52	2.52	20	5	228	2241.1	1,741	627	767	149	766	60	650	63	9,107	90	6.43	3.08	2.09	0.60	17.6	8.4	1.12	.244	3.08	6.99
23	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	1,593	449	171	121	.586	338	3.12	151	35	30	2558.2	2,322	887	969	240	781	24	59		10,592	35	5.60	2.75	2.04	0.84	15.0	7.4	1.21	.262	3.41	8.17
24	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,592	397	175	127	.579	352	3.36	154	35	11	2600.0	2,314	972	1,082	222	1,024	41	35		10,934	31	5.51	3.54	1.55	0.77	14.6	9.4	1.28	.260	3.75	8.01
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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Between May 16, 1952 and October 3, 1973, Bob Gibson struck out the most batters, with 2,928 strikeouts.

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