Bob Turley career strikeouts (pitching)
1,265Career Regular Season
Bob Turley has recorded 1,265 strikeouts (pitching) over 12 regular seasons, 349th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 210 in 1955.
- Most recent: 105 in 1963.
Sum of 12 regular seasons, 1951 through 1963. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  BAL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 1.91 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3.28 | 60.1 | 61 | 44 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 35 | 14 | 15 | 3.46 | 247.1 | 185 | 181 | 1.45 | 0 |
| 1955 |  NYY | 36 | 17 | 13 | 3.06 | 246.2 | 210 | 177 | 1.40 | 1 |
| 1956 | NYY | 27 | 8 | 4 | 5.05 | 132.0 | 91 | 103 | 1.83 | 1 |
| 1957 | NYY | 32 | 13 | 6 | 2.71 | 176.1 | 152 | 85 | 1.16 | 3 |
| 1958 | NYY | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2.97 | 245.1 | 168 | 128 | 1.25 | 1 |
| 1959 | NYY | 33 | 8 | 11 | 4.32 | 154.1 | 111 | 83 | 1.45 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3.27 | 173.1 | 87 | 87 | 1.30 | 5 |
| 1961 | NYY | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5.75 | 72.0 | 48 | 51 | 1.74 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYY | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4.57 | 69.0 | 42 | 47 | 1.67 | 1 |
| 1963 |  BOS/LAA | 30 | 3 | 11 | 4.20 | 128.2 | 105 | 79 | 1.49 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV