most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher, 1964 to 1965

Between the 1964 and 1965 seasons, Sandy Koufax fanned the most hitters in a season, with 382 strikeouts in 1965.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	382	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	41	2.04	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	1.93	61	5.79	47.9
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	325	1965	CLE	42	17	11	.607	35	2.18	14	3	4	273.0	178	66	80	9	132	6	5	7	1,116	17	10.71	4.35	2.46	0.30	29.1	11.8	1.14	.262	2.64	63	2.08	58	5.87	45.4
3	Bob Veale B. Veale	276	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	37	2.84	14	7	0	266.0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	2.11	62	7.48	38.8
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	270	1965	STL	38	20	12	.625	36	3.07	20	6	1	299.0	243	102	110	34	103	11	1	6	1,233	8	8.13	3.10	2.62	1.02	21.9	8.4	1.16	.256	3.31	80	3.33	90	7.31	12.3
5	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	268	1965	PHI	39	19	9	.679	39	2.60	15	7	0	291.0	253	84	92	23	62	12	0	10	1,191	1	8.29	1.92	4.32	0.71	22.5	5.2	1.08	.278	2.85	73	2.47	72	7.82	30.9
6	Bob Veale B. Veale	250	1964	PIT	40	18	12	.600	38	2.74	14	1	0	279.2	222	85	100	8	124	3	1	9	1,161	18	8.05	3.99	2.02	0.26	21.5	10.7	1.24	.276	3.22	77	2.55	75	7.14	26
7	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	245	1964	STL	40	19	12	.613	36	3.01	17	2	1	287.1	250	96	106	25	86	9	3	9	1,191	6	7.67	2.69	2.85	0.78	20.6	7.2	1.17	.272	3.32	79	3.02	83	7.83	20
8	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	244	1965	CIN	33	20	9	.690	33	2.54	14	5	0	255.1	189	72	77	13	110	5	0	3	1,048	19	8.60	3.88	2.22	0.46	23.3	10.5	1.17	.260	2.71	68	2.62	72	6.66	27.8
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	240	1965	SFG	39	22	13	.629	37	2.13	24	10	1	295.1	224	70	78	27	46	4	2	4	1,153	2	7.31	1.40	5.22	0.82	20.8	4.0	0.91	.236	2.38	60	2.59	76	6.83	27.3
10	Chris Short C. Short	237	1965	PHI	47	18	11	.621	40	2.82	15	5	2	297.1	260	93	102	18	89	5	3	8	1,216	5	7.17	2.69	2.66	0.54	19.5	7.3	1.17	.279	3.09	80	2.66	78	7.87	25.2
11	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	237	1964	LAD	40	18	16	.529	40	2.18	21	5	0	321.1	242	78	91	15	68	10	0	9	1,264	11	6.64	1.90	3.49	0.42	18.8	5.4	0.96	.243	2.55	67	2.46	79	6.78	23.9
12	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	226	1965	DET	43	15	9	.625	37	3.44	7	3	3	243.2	216	93	103	23	72	12	5	2	1,015	7	8.35	2.66	3.14	0.85	22.3	7.1	1.18	.283	3.80	98	2.92	81	7.98	18.6
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	223	1964	LAD	29	19	5	.792	28	1.74	15	7	1	223.0	154	43	49	13	53	0	1	5	870	9	9.00	2.14	4.21	0.52	25.6	6.1	0.93	.243	1.98	53	2.08	67	6.22	27.1
14	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	219	1964	PHI	41	19	8	.704	39	2.63	13	5	2	284.1	248	83	99	23	46	14	2	3	1,145	2	6.93	1.46	4.76	0.73	19.1	4.0	1.03	.267	3.13	76	2.75	83	7.85	18.2
15	Al Downing A. Downing	217	1964	NYY	37	13	8	.619	35	3.47	11	1	2	244.0	201	94	104	18	120	0	2	5	1,041	14	8.00	4.43	1.81	0.66	20.8	11.5	1.32	.267	3.84	99	3.26	89	7.41	10.7
16	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	214	1964	CIN	31	15	10	.600	31	2.71	11	2	0	216.0	175	65	72	16	83	1	0	5	885	16	8.92	3.46	2.58	0.67	24.2	9.4	1.19	.278	3.00	74	2.75	78	7.29	18.3
17	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	213	1964	MIN	36	15	12	.556	36	3.30	14	1	0	267.1	245	98	121	30	98	3	0	6	1,136	8	7.17	3.30	2.17	1.01	18.8	8.6	1.28	.271	4.07	89	3.60	94	8.25	7.3
18	Tony Cloninger T. Cloninger	211	1965	MIL	40	24	11	.686	38	3.29	16	1	1	279.0	247	102	115	20	119	3	2	5	1,180	22	6.81	3.84	1.77	0.65	17.9	10.1	1.31	.274	3.71	95	3.25	97	7.97	3
19	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	210	1965	LAD	44	23	12	.657	42	2.77	20	7	1	308.1	270	95	113	30	66	12	1	11	1,262	11	6.13	1.93	3.18	0.88	16.6	5.2	1.09	.254	3.30	85	3.18	101	7.88	-2.6
20	Dean Chance D. Chance	207	1964	LAA	46	20	9	.690	35	1.65	15	11	4	278.1	194	51	56	7	86	2	7	9	1,093	9	6.69	2.78	2.41	0.23	18.9	7.9	1.01	.236	1.81	48	2.39	67	6.27	37.9
21	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	206	1964	SFG	33	21	8	.724	33	2.48	22	4	0	269.0	241	74	89	18	52	1	0	8	1,089	4	6.89	1.74	3.96	0.60	18.9	4.8	1.09	.275	2.98	70	2.53	75	8.06	25.6
22	Gary Peters G. Peters	205	1964	CWS	37	20	8	.714	36	2.50	11	3	0	273.2	217	76	89	20	104	7	0	9	1,117	15	6.74	3.42	1.97	0.66	18.4	9.3	1.17	.252	2.93	73	3.27	91	7.14	9.1
23	Denny McLain D. McLain	192	1965	DET	33	16	6	.727	29	2.61	13	4	1	220.1	174	64	73	25	62	2	2	1	881	3	7.84	2.53	3.10	1.02	21.8	7.0	1.07	.248	2.98	75	3.12	86	7.11	12
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	192	1964	DET	44	18	9	.667	33	3.26	12	6	2	232.0	196	84	88	26	64	5	5	0	949	7	7.45	2.48	3.00	1.01	20.2	6.7	1.12	.257	3.41	87	3.30	85	7.60	15
25	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	191	1965	CLE	39	16	8	.667	27	2.43	4	1	1	188.2	139	51	58	14	46	5	5	2	742	3	9.11	2.19	4.15	0.67	25.7	6.2	0.98	.257	2.77	70	2.27	63	6.63	27.4