fewest innings pitched in a season by a pitcher with at least 200 strikeouts in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dennis Eckersley pitched the fewest innings with 200+ strikeouts in a season, with 199.1 innings in 1976.

	NAME	IP	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	199.1	200	1976	CLE	36	13	12	.520	30	3.43	9	3	1	155	76	82	13	78	5	3	2	821	6	9.03	3.52	2.56	0.59	24.4	9.5	1.17	.270	3.70	99	2.72	75	7.00	19.4
2	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	214.0	206	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	10	1	4	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	222.2	223	1979	CAL	34	16	14	.533	34	3.60	17	5	0	169	89	104	15	114	6	0	3	937	9	9.01	4.61	1.96	0.61	23.8	12.2	1.27	.266	4.20	88	3.21	78	6.83	22.2
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	234.2	260	1978	CAL	31	10	13	.435	31	3.72	14	3	0	183	97	106	12	148	3	0	7	1,008	13	9.97	5.68	1.76	0.46	25.8	14.7	1.41	.292	4.07	103	2.95	79	7.02	20.3
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	236.0	201	1974	NYM	32	11	11	.500	32	3.20	12	5	0	199	84	89	19	75	3	0	10	956	4	7.67	2.86	2.68	0.72	21.0	7.8	1.16	.274	3.39	92	2.90	82	7.59	16.8
6	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	236.1	201	1979	NYY	33	18	8	.692	30	2.78	15	2	2	203	73	83	20	71	0	3	0	946	9	7.65	2.70	2.83	0.76	21.2	7.5	1.16	.280	3.16	68	3.02	73	7.73	29.6
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	241.1	205	1977	CAL	31	15	9	.625	31	2.54	20	7	0	201	68	72	19	61	12	0	2	973	8	7.65	2.27	3.36	0.71	21.1	6.3	1.09	.269	2.69	66	2.96	75	7.50	26.6
8	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	242.0	205	1973	NYM	34	14	16	.467	34	3.20	14	3	0	210	86	93	16	99	2	0	14	1,011	6	7.62	3.68	2.07	0.60	20.3	9.8	1.28	.282	3.46	90	2.98	83	7.81	16
9	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	243.2	215	1975	SFG	35	15	9	.625	34	2.88	10	4	0	210	78	85	11	86	8	1	12	1,018	6	7.94	3.18	2.50	0.41	21.1	8.4	1.21	.285	3.14	77	2.55	73	7.76	26.4
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	247.1	200	1976	NYM	34	21	10	.677	32	2.69	17	3	0	205	74	81	19	66	1	0	7	994	3	7.28	2.40	3.03	0.69	20.1	6.6	1.10	.263	2.95	80	2.82	83	7.46	16.4
11	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	251.0	213	1979	PHI	35	18	11	.621	35	3.62	13	4	0	202	101	112	25	89	5	0	11	1,029	10	7.64	3.19	2.39	0.90	20.7	8.6	1.16	.254	4.02	94	3.44	90	7.24	11.3
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	256.1	200	1973	LAD	33	18	10	.643	33	2.42	14	3	0	196	69	78	18	56	5	0	4	1,006	10	7.02	1.97	3.57	0.63	19.9	5.6	0.98	.245	2.74	70	2.62	75	6.88	25.3
13	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	257.1	269	1975	CAL	34	16	9	.640	33	2.62	16	5	0	211	75	80	21	73	7	1	6	1,029	8	9.41	2.55	3.68	0.73	26.1	7.1	1.10	.288	2.80	73	2.48	67	7.38	35.3
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	259.2	226	1978	CIN	36	16	14	.533	36	2.88	8	1	0	218	83	97	26	89	0	0	11	1,075	6	7.83	3.08	2.54	0.90	21.0	8.3	1.18	.262	3.36	80	3.16	89	7.56	11.7
15	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	260.0	209	1972	CWS	40	15	14	.517	40	2.98	11	2	0	225	86	94	19	65	2	0	4	1,056	7	7.23	2.25	3.22	0.66	19.8	6.2	1.12	.271	3.25	94	2.51	76	7.79	22.3
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	260.1	201	1970	LAD	38	15	13	.536	38	4.08	10	4	0	251	118	127	38	78	10	0	7	1,109	9	6.95	2.70	2.58	1.31	18.1	7.0	1.26	.272	4.39	107	4.00	111	8.68	-13
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	262.0	249	1972	NYM	35	21	12	.636	35	2.92	13	3	0	215	85	92	23	77	5	0	2	1,060	8	8.55	2.65	3.23	0.79	23.5	7.3	1.11	.272	3.16	86	2.57	79	7.39	20
18	J.R. Richard	267.0	214	1977	HOU	36	18	12	.600	36	2.97	13	3	0	212	88	94	18	104	0	0	1	1,092	6	7.21	3.51	2.06	0.61	19.6	9.5	1.18	.257	3.17	82	3.17	85	7.15	16.2
19	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	267.1	231	1971	SDP	38	15	13	.536	36	2.83	13	2	0	213	84	99	20	103	3	0	14	1,107	13	7.78	3.47	2.24	0.67	20.9	9.3	1.18	.257	3.33	85	2.88	89	7.17	10.5
20	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	271.0	235	1976	NYM	35	14	11	.560	34	2.59	13	5	0	211	78	83	14	77	4	0	9	1,079	12	7.80	2.56	3.05	0.46	21.8	7.1	1.06	.263	2.76	77	2.46	72	7.01	29
21	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	272.0	206	1973	BOS	35	20	13	.606	35	3.34	23	0	0	217	101	105	32	78	7	0	3	1,096	2	6.82	2.58	2.64	1.06	18.8	7.1	1.08	.239	3.47	83	3.51	87	7.18	15.6
22	Don Sutton D. Sutton	272.2	207	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	2.08	18	9	0	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	0.91	.224	2.57	64	2.23	71	6.14	27.9
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	272.2	230	1970	DET	40	14	19	.424	39	3.80	13	3	0	272	115	125	27	109	5	0	3	1,181	14	7.59	3.60	2.11	0.89	19.5	9.2	1.40	.302	4.13	99	3.49	86	8.98	16.7
24	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	273.2	248	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	16	9	0	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
25	J.R. Richard	275.1	303	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9