pitchers with 1245 strikeouts, in <1,580 ip in mlb history

Lee Smith got 1,251 strikeouts when pitching fewer than 1580 innings in his career.

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	NAME	SO	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,251	1289.1	1,022	71	92	.436	6	3.03	0	0	478	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
2	Kelvim Escobar K. Escobar	1,310	1507.0	411	101	91	.526	202	4.15	10	4	59	1,461	695	755	137	611	47	132	28	6,483	54	7.82	3.65	2.14	0.82	20.2	9.4	1.37	.302	4.51	89	3.85	85	8.73	114.2
3	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1,582	1380.0	446	86	75	.534	178	3.67	11	5	63	1,083	563	599	148	666	99	138	22	5,863	64	10.32	4.34	2.38	0.97	27.0	11.4	1.27	.278	3.91	86	3.82	87	7.06	84
4	Erik Bedard E. Bedard	1,246	1303.2	241	71	82	.464	230	3.99	1	1	1	1,242	578	643	131	533	42	4	4	5,618	35	8.60	3.68	2.34	0.90	22.2	9.5	1.36	.303	4.44	95	3.81	90	8.57	66.4
5	Oliver Perez O. Perez	1,546	1465.2	703	74	94	.440	195	4.37	3	2	5	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	9.49	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
6	Jorge De La Rosa J. De La Rosa	1,273	1522.2	430	104	87	.545	241	4.58	2	0	1	1,510	775	838	178	688	58	40	42	6,650	96	7.52	4.07	1.85	1.05	19.1	10.3	1.44	.299	4.95	101	4.43	104	8.93	-25.9
7	Rich Hill R. Hill	1,432	1418.0	388	90	76	.542	250	4.02	4	2	0	1,240	633	681	177	551	81	17	21	5,997	24	9.09	3.50	2.60	1.12	23.9	9.2	1.26	.283	4.32	94	4.09	96	7.87	27.5
8	Wandy Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	1,281	1557.1	275	97	98	.497	263	4.10	2	2	0	1,560	710	796	185	534	53	3	37	6,671	38	7.40	3.09	2.40	1.07	19.2	8.0	1.34	.298	4.60	100	4.13	100	9.02	5.8
9	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	1,323	1546.1	294	95	89	.516	273	4.45	4	2	0	1,507	765	829	159	735	76	5	27	6,797	77	7.70	4.28	1.80	0.93	19.5	10.8	1.45	.299	4.82	112	4.31	107	8.77	-50.2
10	C.J. Wilson	1,259	1430.1	444	94	70	.573	192	3.74	7	2	52	1,287	594	672	117	602	76	110	20	6,090	66	7.92	3.79	2.09	0.74	20.7	9.9	1.32	.290	4.23	92	3.81	93	8.10	44
11	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,402	873.0	916	63	52	.548	0	2.48	0	0	402	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	14.45	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.26	171.1
12	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,329	972.1	984	58	46	.558	0	2.60	0	0	498	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.87	144.6
13	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,322	867.2	897	57	53	.518	0	2.69	0	0	441	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	2.68	66	5.52	132.4
14	Mike Minor M. Minor	1,273	1409.0	295	83	90	.480	228	4.25	4	2	6	1,350	665	696	203	416	43	14	25	5,904	31	8.13	2.66	3.06	1.30	21.6	7.0	1.25	.289	4.45	102	4.17	102	8.62	-10.1
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,723	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
16	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	1,260	1470.2	255	81	82	.497	248	3.85	5	3	0	1,306	629	675	203	492	71	1	22	6,133	28	7.71	3.01	2.56	1.24	20.5	8.0	1.22	.269	4.13	95	4.37	110	7.99	-66.2
17	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,454	1357.0	243	63	89	.414	240	3.93	3	3	0	1,232	592	654	165	476	41	1	8	5,723	72	9.64	3.16	3.05	1.09	25.4	8.3	1.26	.297	4.34	98	3.71	92	8.17	47.9
18	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,416	1297.2	222	83	69	.546	212	3.79	6	3	1	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	9.82	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
19	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	1,265	1380.2	252	92	70	.568	236	3.70	3	2	0	1,304	567	612	153	447	105	6	6	5,870	36	8.25	2.91	2.83	1.00	21.6	7.6	1.27	.295	3.99	91	3.97	95	8.50	30.9
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,500	1366.1	247	100	75	.571	242	3.67	3	1	0	1,136	557	604	166	515	67	1	5	5,718	68	9.88	3.39	2.91	1.09	26.2	9.0	1.21	.280	3.98	89	3.80	90	7.48	63.7
21	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,440	1494.1	273	110	73	.601	267	4.02	0	0	0	1,453	668	709	186	517	33	1	9	6,367	18	8.67	3.11	2.79	1.12	22.6	8.1	1.32	.302	4.27	92	3.95	94	8.75	40.6
22	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	1571.2	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
23	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,328	1395.2	276	85	74	.535	229	4.16	3	3	1	1,302	645	699	196	391	77	11	4	5,849	38	8.56	2.52	3.40	1.26	22.7	6.7	1.21	.287	4.51	102	4.08	99	8.40	8.3
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,495	1200.2	231	85	63	.574	231	3.10	1	1	0	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	11.21	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,605	1541.1	272	88	95	.481	266	3.75	1	0	0	1,359	642	703	199	497	55	4	10	6,416	21	9.37	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.10	91	3.83	91	7.94	63.2

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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