Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2013, From Age 26 to 98, Throws LH, (requiring At least 2000 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Strikeouts per 9 IP: Results
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Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
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1 | Randy Johnson | 10.76 | 3948.2 | 1990 | 2009 | 26-45 | 585 | 571 | 97 | 37 | 6 | 293 | 153 | .657 | 2 | 3176 | 1595 | 1420 | 1394 | 4720 | 3.24 | 138 | 395 | 16243 | 35 | 187 | 26 | 99 | SEA-TOT-ARI-NYY-SFG |
2 | Chuck Finley | 7.53 | 2866.0 | 1989 | 2002 | 26-39 | 433 | 433 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 186 | 150 | .554 | 0 | 2736 | 1351 | 1212 | 1184 | 2399 | 3.81 | 117 | 280 | 12204 | 25 | 66 | 11 | 119 | CAL-ANA-CLE-TOT |
3 | Rube Waddell | 7.41 | 2132.0 | 1903 | 1910 | 26-33 | 302 | 251 | 183 | 44 | 39 | 140 | 104 | .574 | 4 | 1725 | 698 | 477 | 589 | 1755 | 2.01 | 132 | 18 | 8363 | 73 | 3 | 51 | PHA-SLB | |
4 | Mark Langston | 7.37 | 2371.2 | 1987 | 1999 | 26-38 | 361 | 335 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 143 | 120 | .544 | 0 | 2179 | 1112 | 1015 | 957 | 1943 | 3.85 | 112 | 243 | 9963 | 26 | 32 | 14 | 72 | SEA-TOT-CAL-ANA-SDP-CLE |
5 | Al Leiter | 7.35 | 2269.2 | 1992 | 2005 | 26-39 | 389 | 359 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 155 | 124 | .556 | 2 | 2043 | 1030 | 943 | 1085 | 1854 | 3.74 | 115 | 187 | 9790 | 53 | 110 | 15 | 56 | TOR-FLA-NYM-TOT |
6 | Jeff Fassero | 7.27 | 2033.2 | 1991 | 2006 | 28-43 | 720 | 242 | 17 | 2 | 146 | 121 | 124 | .494 | 25 | 2083 | 1042 | 929 | 724 | 1643 | 4.11 | 107 | 214 | 8810 | 50 | 37 | 8 | 86 | MON-SEA-BOS-CHC-STL-TOT-SFG |
7 | Steve Carlton | 7.15 | 4225.2 | 1971 | 1988 | 26-43 | 588 | 573 | 206 | 43 | 6 | 272 | 191 | .587 | 1 | 3778 | 1754 | 1536 | 1482 | 3357 | 3.27 | 115 | 348 | 17546 | 121 | 41 | 88 | 143 | STL-PHI-TOT-MIN |
8 | Mickey Lolich | 6.84 | 2814.2 | 1967 | 1979 | 26-38 | 426 | 375 | 167 | 31 | 21 | 165 | 150 | .524 | 3 | 2605 | 1163 | 1048 | 824 | 2138 | 3.35 | 107 | 261 | 11662 | 56 | 64 | 4 | 91 | DET-NYM-SDP |
9 | Andy Pettitte | 6.76 | 2509.1 | 1998 | 2013 | 26-41 | 402 | 398 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 196 | 118 | .624 | 0 | 2618 | 1212 | 1090 | 787 | 1885 | 3.91 | 114 | 227 | 10688 | 36 | 44 | 9 | 43 | HOU-NYY |
10 | Ron Guidry | 6.68 | 2360.1 | 1977 | 1988 | 26-37 | 351 | 322 | 95 | 26 | 16 | 170 | 90 | .654 | 4 | 2163 | 935 | 858 | 620 | 1751 | 3.27 | 120 | 225 | 9653 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 55 | NYY |
11 | Bruce Hurst | 6.61 | 2035.1 | 1984 | 1994 | 26-36 | 301 | 296 | 77 | 21 | 0 | 126 | 92 | .578 | 0 | 1999 | 910 | 839 | 610 | 1494 | 3.71 | 109 | 215 | 8515 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 44 | BOS-SDP-TOT-TEX |
12 | Harvey Haddix | 6.34 | 2235.0 | 1952 | 1965 | 26-39 | 453 | 285 | 99 | 20 | 84 | 136 | 113 | .546 | 21 | 2154 | 1012 | 901 | 601 | 1575 | 3.63 | 108 | 240 | 9330 | 77 | 43 | 3 | 58 | STL-TOT-PHI-CIN-PIT-BAL |
13 | Gary Peters | 6.14 | 2060.0 | 1963 | 1972 | 26-35 | 347 | 286 | 79 | 23 | 32 | 124 | 102 | .549 | 4 | 1870 | 839 | 744 | 700 | 1405 | 3.25 | 106 | 157 | 8615 | 53 | 61 | 3 | 83 | CHW-BOS |
14 | Jerry Koosman | 6.00 | 3553.1 | 1969 | 1985 | 26-42 | 568 | 490 | 123 | 26 | 42 | 203 | 195 | .510 | 17 | 3392 | 1519 | 1357 | 1110 | 2367 | 3.44 | 109 | 271 | 14833 | 110 | 63 | 28 | 81 | NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI |
15 | Woodie Fryman | 5.92 | 2411.1 | 1966 | 1983 | 26-43 | 625 | 322 | 68 | 27 | 160 | 141 | 155 | .476 | 58 | 2367 | 1136 | 1010 | 890 | 1587 | 3.77 | 96 | 187 | 10291 | 79 | 68 | 16 | 68 | PIT-PHI-DET-CIN-TOT-MON |
16 | Rudy May | 5.92 | 2109.0 | 1971 | 1983 | 26-38 | 424 | 282 | 79 | 21 | 62 | 131 | 121 | .520 | 10 | 1871 | 908 | 791 | 733 | 1387 | 3.38 | 105 | 152 | 8761 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 47 | CAL-TOT-BAL-MON-NYY |
17 | David Wells | 5.68 | 3345.1 | 1989 | 2007 | 26-44 | 601 | 487 | 54 | 12 | 44 | 232 | 149 | .609 | 8 | 3533 | 1652 | 1532 | 676 | 2113 | 4.12 | 108 | 395 | 14002 | 56 | 81 | 15 | 91 | TOR-DET-TOT-BAL-CHW-NYY-SDP-BOS |
18 | Billy Pierce | 5.67 | 2354.2 | 1953 | 1964 | 26-37 | 423 | 312 | 138 | 32 | 57 | 159 | 112 | .587 | 28 | 2151 | 913 | 835 | 716 | 1483 | 3.19 | 120 | 230 | 9761 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 34 | CHW-SFG |
19 | Whitey Ford | 5.66 | 2640.2 | 1955 | 1967 | 26-38 | 412 | 368 | 127 | 37 | 24 | 193 | 91 | .680 | 8 | 2322 | 919 | 797 | 823 | 1662 | 2.72 | 134 | 198 | 10816 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 68 | NYY |
20 | Jimmy Key | 5.47 | 2085.0 | 1987 | 1998 | 26-37 | 336 | 322 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 154 | 95 | .618 | 0 | 2038 | 892 | 815 | 512 | 1268 | 3.52 | 122 | 200 | 8619 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 38 | TOR-NYY-BAL |
21 | Frank Tanana | 5.36 | 2777.0 | 1980 | 1993 | 26-39 | 445 | 429 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 149 | 170 | .467 | 1 | 2825 | 1403 | 1245 | 878 | 1653 | 4.03 | 100 | 320 | 11866 | 92 | 82 | 14 | 81 | CAL-BOS-TEX-DET-TOT |
22 | Tom Glavine | 5.35 | 3520.2 | 1992 | 2008 | 26-42 | 543 | 543 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 252 | 151 | .625 | 0 | 3437 | 1473 | 1356 | 1217 | 2092 | 3.47 | 122 | 284 | 14838 | 115 | 50 | 1 | 42 | ATL-NYM |
23 | Jamie Moyer | 5.34 | 3583.2 | 1989 | 2012 | 26-49 | 611 | 559 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 241 | 175 | .579 | 0 | 3702 | 1813 | 1685 | 961 | 2128 | 4.23 | 106 | 464 | 15207 | 52 | 134 | 7 | 39 | TEX-STL-BAL-SEA-TOT-PHI-COL |
24 | Kenny Rogers | 5.26 | 3131.1 | 1991 | 2008 | 26-43 | 620 | 471 | 36 | 9 | 63 | 206 | 146 | .585 | 11 | 3304 | 1671 | 1510 | 1091 | 1831 | 4.34 | 107 | 331 | 13538 | 39 | 122 | 23 | 68 | NYY-OAK-TOT-MIN-TEX-DET |
25 | Mike Cuellar | 5.22 | 2804.0 | 1964 | 1977 | 27-40 | 451 | 379 | 172 | 36 | 33 | 185 | 130 | .587 | 11 | 2531 | 1122 | 972 | 818 | 1627 | 3.12 | 110 | 221 | 11481 | 60 | 12 | 6 | 52 | STL-HOU-BAL-CAL |
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
26 | Lefty Grove | 5.17 | 3743.2 | 1926 | 1941 | 26-41 | 571 | 439 | 293 | 35 | 111 | 290 | 129 | .692 | 54 | 3642 | 1474 | 1235 | 1056 | 2150 | 2.97 | 152 | 151 | 15714 | 37 | 1 | 42 | PHA-BOS | |
27 | Bob Knepper | 4.79 | 2049.2 | 1980 | 1990 | 26-36 | 344 | 313 | 50 | 20 | 9 | 108 | 121 | .472 | 1 | 2101 | 974 | 852 | 616 | 1092 | 3.74 | 93 | 174 | 8686 | 56 | 37 | 12 | 40 | HOU-TOT-SFG |
28 | Wilbur Wood | 4.76 | 2429.0 | 1968 | 1978 | 26-36 | 527 | 278 | 113 | 24 | 164 | 159 | 146 | .521 | 53 | 2327 | 1010 | 865 | 643 | 1285 | 3.21 | 115 | 191 | 10068 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 57 | CHW |
29 | Mike Flanagan | 4.72 | 2440.1 | 1978 | 1992 | 26-40 | 468 | 360 | 82 | 17 | 40 | 149 | 127 | .540 | 3 | 2479 | 1156 | 1062 | 781 | 1279 | 3.92 | 100 | 227 | 10310 | 35 | 39 | 11 | 77 | TOT-TOR-BAL |
30 | Jim Kaat | 4.68 | 3584.1 | 1965 | 1983 | 26-44 | 740 | 489 | 136 | 24 | 93 | 228 | 178 | .562 | 15 | 3708 | 1583 | 1349 | 793 | 1863 | 3.39 | 108 | 304 | 15016 | 102 | 68 | 4 | 84 | MIN-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL |
31 | Terry Mulholland | 4.65 | 2475.0 | 1989 | 2006 | 26-43 | 661 | 316 | 44 | 9 | 126 | 121 | 134 | .475 | 5 | 2732 | 1343 | 1213 | 639 | 1280 | 4.41 | 94 | 287 | 10624 | 63 | 68 | 3 | 57 | TOT-PHI-NYY-SFG-CHC-ATL-CLE-MIN-ARI |
32 | Hippo Vaughn | 4.59 | 2160.1 | 1914 | 1921 | 26-33 | 298 | 264 | 172 | 33 | 30 | 146 | 104 | .584 | 4 | 1934 | 776 | 566 | 594 | 1102 | 2.36 | 124 | 35 | 8862 | 61 | 5 | 39 | CHC | |
33 | Eddie Plank | 4.58 | 4235.0 | 1902 | 1917 | 26-41 | 590 | 497 | 382 | 68 | 75 | 309 | 181 | .631 | 23 | 3704 | 1433 | 1078 | 1004 | 2156 | 2.29 | 123 | 39 | 16722 | 183 | 6 | 75 | PHA-SLM-SLB | |
34 | Warren Spahn | 4.43 | 5102.1 | 1947 | 1965 | 26-44 | 722 | 647 | 373 | 63 | 60 | 355 | 240 | .597 | 28 | 4698 | 1955 | 1747 | 1387 | 2509 | 3.08 | 119 | 428 | 20954 | 60 | 41 | 5 | 77 | BSN-MLN-TOT |
35 | Jerry Reuss | 4.31 | 2593.0 | 1975 | 1990 | 26-41 | 462 | 386 | 85 | 30 | 39 | 157 | 132 | .543 | 10 | 2665 | 1174 | 1007 | 665 | 1243 | 3.50 | 104 | 170 | 10900 | 80 | 35 | 15 | 66 | LAD-CHW-TOT-PIT |
36 | Carl Hubbell | 4.26 | 3466.1 | 1929 | 1943 | 26-40 | 515 | 419 | 252 | 35 | 77 | 243 | 148 | .621 | 32 | 3344 | 1331 | 1149 | 704 | 1640 | 2.98 | 130 | 220 | 14294 | 50 | 1 | 52 | NYG | |
37 | Curt Simmons | 4.09 | 2131.0 | 1955 | 1967 | 26-38 | 374 | 306 | 87 | 21 | 32 | 120 | 116 | .508 | 2 | 2221 | 1000 | 850 | 556 | 969 | 3.59 | 108 | 179 | 9005 | 62 | 39 | 2 | 25 | PHI-STL-TOT |
38 | Claude Osteen | 4.05 | 2475.1 | 1966 | 1975 | 26-35 | 367 | 355 | 103 | 35 | 5 | 148 | 138 | .517 | 0 | 2518 | 1019 | 900 | 640 | 1114 | 3.27 | 102 | 166 | 10311 | 60 | 32 | 4 | 43 | LAD-TOT-CHW |
39 | Tommy John | 3.94 | 3833.1 | 1969 | 1989 | 26-46 | 600 | 569 | 130 | 32 | 16 | 238 | 184 | .564 | 1 | 4028 | 1704 | 1487 | 1007 | 1680 | 3.49 | 109 | 244 | 16113 | 76 | 72 | 13 | 156 | CHW-LAD-CAL-TOT-NYY |
40 | Rube Walberg | 3.69 | 2644.0 | 1923 | 1937 | 26-40 | 544 | 306 | 139 | 15 | 146 | 155 | 141 | .524 | 32 | 2795 | 1423 | 1223 | 1031 | 1085 | 4.16 | 107 | 163 | 11531 | 27 | 2 | 40 | TOT-PHA-BOS | |
41 | Rube Marquard | 3.69 | 2485.2 | 1913 | 1925 | 26-38 | 405 | 306 | 143 | 24 | 67 | 142 | 141 | .502 | 14 | 2500 | 1112 | 882 | 557 | 1018 | 3.19 | 99 | 85 | 10265 | 18 | 4 | 50 | NYG-TOT-BRO-CIN-BSN | |
42 | Thornton Lee | 3.62 | 2331.1 | 1933 | 1948 | 26-41 | 374 | 272 | 155 | 14 | 50 | 117 | 124 | .485 | 10 | 2327 | 1105 | 921 | 838 | 937 | 3.56 | 119 | 122 | 9999 | 43 | 7 | 24 | CLE-CHW-NYG | |
43 | Earl Whitehill | 3.45 | 3298.2 | 1925 | 1939 | 26-40 | 498 | 438 | 209 | 14 | 42 | 199 | 176 | .531 | 11 | 3635 | 1879 | 1616 | 1337 | 1266 | 4.41 | 99 | 182 | 14616 | 85 | 5 | 42 | DET-WSH-CLE-CHC | |
44 | Paul Splittorff | 3.41 | 2185.2 | 1973 | 1984 | 26-37 | 370 | 336 | 70 | 12 | 13 | 146 | 121 | .547 | 1 | 2310 | 1104 | 957 | 673 | 827 | 3.94 | 100 | 176 | 9324 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 34 | KCR |
45 | Fritz Ostermueller | 3.37 | 2066.2 | 1934 | 1948 | 26-40 | 390 | 246 | 113 | 11 | 85 | 114 | 115 | .498 | 15 | 2170 | 1062 | 917 | 835 | 774 | 3.99 | 109 | 105 | 9116 | 21 | 1 | 60 | BOS-SLB-TOT-PIT | |
46 | Ken Raffensberger | 3.32 | 2010.0 | 1944 | 1954 | 26-36 | 341 | 270 | 129 | 31 | 44 | 112 | 143 | .439 | 13 | 2111 | 927 | 807 | 411 | 742 | 3.61 | 109 | 181 | 8460 | 17 | 2 | 9 | PHI-TOT-CIN | |
47 | Casey Patten | 3.30 | 2062.1 | 1901 | 1908 | 27-34 | 270 | 238 | 206 | 17 | 28 | 106 | 128 | .453 | 4 | 2154 | 1079 | 770 | 557 | 757 | 3.36 | 88 | 40 | 8622 | 74 | 2 | 28 | WSH-TOT | |
48 | Eddie Lopat | 3.17 | 2439.1 | 1944 | 1955 | 26-37 | 340 | 318 | 164 | 27 | 14 | 166 | 112 | .597 | 3 | 2464 | 1008 | 869 | 650 | 859 | 3.21 | 116 | 179 | 10197 | 5 | 43 | 6 | 16 | CHW-NYY-TOT |
49 | Wilbur Cooper | 3.06 | 2353.0 | 1918 | 1926 | 26-34 | 321 | 282 | 204 | 22 | 30 | 158 | 122 | .564 | 7 | 2394 | 988 | 818 | 534 | 800 | 3.13 | 117 | 86 | 9787 | 76 | 0 | 23 | PIT-CHC-TOT | |
50 | Herb Pennock | 2.87 | 2932.1 | 1920 | 1934 | 26-40 | 477 | 358 | 214 | 25 | 82 | 203 | 134 | .602 | 25 | 3281 | 1400 | 1184 | 681 | 934 | 3.63 | 111 | 116 | 12480 | 22 | 5 | 44 | BOS-NYY | |
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | ||||
51 | Slim Sallee | 2.66 | 2359.0 | 1911 | 1921 | 26-36 | 401 | 253 | 161 | 22 | 106 | 154 | 116 | .570 | 34 | 2250 | 876 | 662 | 454 | 696 | 2.53 | 118 | 60 | 9530 | 34 | 4 | 9 | STL-CIN-TOT-NYG | |
52 | George Mogridge | 2.64 | 2188.1 | 1915 | 1927 | 26-38 | 377 | 252 | 136 | 20 | 94 | 129 | 127 | .504 | 17 | 2271 | 961 | 776 | 549 | 642 | 3.19 | 110 | 74 | 9107 | 75 | 1 | 23 | NYY-WSH-TOT-BSN | |
53 | Eppa Rixey | 2.38 | 3610.1 | 1917 | 1933 | 26-42 | 543 | 445 | 239 | 28 | 76 | 212 | 203 | .511 | 11 | 3812 | 1631 | 1317 | 789 | 953 | 3.28 | 115 | 83 | 15094 | 56 | 5 | 58 | PHI-CIN | |
54 | Clarence Mitchell | 2.18 | 2008.0 | 1917 | 1932 | 26-41 | 356 | 253 | 128 | 11 | 69 | 113 | 129 | .467 | 9 | 2382 | 1115 | 935 | 572 | 487 | 4.19 | 97 | 111 | 8803 | 42 | 4 | 35 | CIN-BRO-PHI-STL-TOT-NYG | |
55 | Tom Zachary | 2.14 | 2544.0 | 1922 | 1936 | 26-40 | 431 | 338 | 150 | 19 | 58 | 150 | 154 | .493 | 19 | 2900 | 1246 | 1050 | 750 | 604 | 3.71 | 108 | 101 | 10998 | 30 | 10 | 26 | WSH-SLB-NYY-BSN-BRO-TOT |
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