Tom Sturdivant career strikeouts (pitching)
704Career Regular Season
Tom Sturdivant has recorded 704 strikeouts (pitching) over 10 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 118 in 1957.
- Most recent: 19 in 1964.
Sum of 10 regular seasons, 1955 through 1964. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  NYY | 33 | 1 | 3 | 3.16 | 68.1 | 48 | 42 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 32 | 16 | 8 | 3.30 | 158.1 | 110 | 52 | 1.17 | 5 |
| 1957 | NYY | 28 | 16 | 6 | 2.54 | 201.2 | 118 | 80 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4.20 | 70.2 | 41 | 38 | 1.63 | 0 |
| 1959 |  NYY/ATH | 43 | 2 | 8 | 4.73 | 97.0 | 73 | 43 | 1.37 | 5 |
| 1960 |  BOS | 40 | 3 | 3 | 4.97 | 101.1 | 67 | 45 | 1.49 | 1 |
| 1961 |  TEX/PIT | 28 | 7 | 8 | 3.69 | 165.2 | 84 | 57 | 1.24 | 1 |
| 1962 | PIT | 49 | 9 | 5 | 3.73 | 125.1 | 76 | 39 | 1.27 | 2 |
| 1963 | PIT/DET/ATH | 48 | 2 | 4 | 3.95 | 116.1 | 68 | 45 | 1.23 | 2 |
| 1964 |  ATH/NYM | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.40 | 32.1 | 19 | 8 | 1.42 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV