kansas city royals pitcher with the most strikeouts in a season

Dennis Leonard has fanned the most batters for the Royals in a season, with 244 strikeouts in 1977.

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1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
244
1977
KCR KCR
38
20
12
.625
37
3.04
21
5
1
292.2
246
99
117
18
79
8
1
0
1,186
14
7.50
2.43
3.09
0.55
20.6
6.7
1.11
.272
3.60
74
2.75
69
7.56
40.3
2Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
242
2009
KCR KCR
33
16
8
.667
33
2.16
6
3
0
229.1
195
55
64
11
51
4
0
0
915
5
9.50
2.00
4.75
0.43
26.4
5.6
1.07
.303
2.51
48
2.32
53
7.65
52.5
3Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
223
2024
KCR KCR
32
11
9
.550
32
3.14
1
0
0
186.1
146
65
71
15
67
6
0
1
762
11
10.77
3.24
3.33
0.72
29.3
8.8
1.14
.290
3.43
76
2.99
73
7.05
22.8
4Kevin Appier
K. Appier
207
1996
KCR KCR
32
14
11
.560
32
3.62
5
1
0
211.1
192
85
87
17
75
5
0
2
874
10
8.82
3.19
2.76
0.72
23.7
8.6
1.26
.307
3.71
71
3.39
68
8.18
37.6
5Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
1970
KCR KCR
40
8
13
.381
26
3.07
10
1
4
214.0
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
6Steve Busby
S. Busby
198
1974
KCR KCR
38
22
14
.611
38
3.39
20
3
0
292.1
284
110
118
14
92
9
0
6
1,220
5
6.10
2.83
2.15
0.43
16.2
7.5
1.29
.298
3.63
91
2.87
81
8.74
22.1
7James Shields
J. Shields
196
2013
KCR KCR
34
13
9
.591
34
3.15
2
0
0
228.2
215
80
82
20
68
8
0
0
946
11
7.71
2.68
2.88
0.79
20.7
7.2
1.24
.298
3.23
78
3.46
88
8.46
11.7
8Kevin Appier
K. Appier
196
1997
KCR KCR
34
9
13
.409
34
3.40
4
1
0
235.2
215
89
96
24
74
4
0
2
972
14
7.49
2.83
2.65
0.92
20.2
7.6
1.23
.283
3.67
74
3.75
81
8.21
22.4
9Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
193
1989
KCR KCR
36
23
6
.793
35
2.16
12
4
0
262.1
209
63
74
13
43
2
0
6
1,021
8
6.62
1.48
4.49
0.45
18.9
4.2
0.96
.255
2.54
56
2.44
66
7.17
36.9
10David Cone
D. Cone
191
1993
KCR KCR
34
11
14
.440
34
3.33
6
1
0
254.0
205
94
102
20
114
10
0
2
1,060
14
6.77
4.04
1.68
0.71
18.0
10.8
1.26
.255
3.61
76
3.96
94
7.26
7.3
11Danny Duffy
D. Duffy
188
2016
KCR KCR
42
12
3
.800
26
3.51
1
0
0
179.2
163
70
71
27
42
7
5
0
731
4
9.42
2.10
4.48
1.35
25.7
5.7
1.14
.291
3.56
83
3.82
92
8.17
6.7
12Kevin Appier
K. Appier
186
1993
KCR KCR
34
18
8
.692
34
2.56
5
1
0
238.2
183
68
74
8
81
1
0
3
953
5
7.01
3.05
2.30
0.30
19.5
8.5
1.11
.258
2.79
58
2.89
68
6.90
36
13Kevin Appier
K. Appier
185
1995
KCR KCR
31
15
10
.600
31
3.89
4
1
0
201.1
163
87
90
14
80
8
0
1
832
5
8.27
3.58
2.31
0.63
22.2
9.6
1.21
.273
4.02
81
3.48
74
7.29
27.8
14Ian Kennedy
I. Kennedy
184
2016
KCR KCR
33
11
11
.500
33
3.68
0
0
0
195.2
173
80
81
33
66
13
0
1
818
4
8.46
3.04
2.79
1.52
22.5
8.1
1.22
.268
3.73
87
4.66
112
7.96
-11.4
15Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
183
2008
KCR KCR
32
13
10
.565
32
3.47
1
0
0
202.1
202
78
87
21
56
4
0
1
851
8
8.14
2.49
3.27
0.93
21.5
6.6
1.28
.308
3.87
78
3.55
83
8.99
16.3
16Gil Meche
G. Meche
183
2008
KCR KCR
34
14
11
.560
34
3.98
0
0
0
210.1
204
93
98
19
73
0
0
2
886
5
7.83
3.12
2.51
0.81
20.7
8.2
1.32
.303
4.19
90
3.60
84
8.73
15.8
17Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
183
1988
KCR KCR
35
20
8
.714
35
2.70
8
4
0
269.2
237
81
94
11
83
6
0
3
1,111
12
6.11
2.77
2.20
0.37
16.5
7.5
1.19
.273
3.14
68
2.92
77
7.91
26.6
18Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
183
1978
KCR KCR
40
21
17
.553
40
3.33
20
4
0
294.2
283
109
125
27
78
9
0
7
1,218
12
5.59
2.38
2.35
0.82
15.0
6.4
1.23
.278
3.82
88
3.41
91
8.64
11.5
19Seth Lugo
S. Lugo
181
2024
KCR KCR
33
16
9
.640
33
3.00
1
0
0
206.2
177
69
75
16
48
9
0
1
836
4
7.88
2.09
3.77
0.70
21.7
5.7
1.09
.277
3.27
73
3.24
79
7.71
19.4
20Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
181
2010
KCR KCR
33
10
14
.417
33
4.17
3
0
0
220.0
219
102
114
18
55
7
0
1
919
4
7.40
2.25
3.29
0.74
19.7
6.0
1.25
.305
4.66
100
3.34
81
8.96
19.4
21James Shields
J. Shields
180
2014
KCR KCR
34
14
8
.636
34
3.21
1
1
0
227.0
224
81
95
23
44
11
0
0
939
12
7.14
1.74
4.09
0.91
19.2
4.7
1.18
.295
3.77
82
3.59
96
8.88
4
22Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
175
1990
KCR KCR
32
12
11
.522
32
3.73
6
1
0
195.1
192
81
99
17
99
3
0
1
858
11
8.06
4.56
1.77
0.78
20.4
11.5
1.49
.310
4.56
96
3.71
99
8.85
0.7
23Steve Busby
S. Busby
174
1973
KCR KCR
37
16
15
.516
37
4.23
7
1
0
238.1
246
112
125
18
105
6
0
7
1,037
9
6.57
3.97
1.66
0.68
16.8
10.1
1.47
.311
4.72
108
3.48
89
9.29
11.6
24Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
173
1989
KCR KCR
36
15
11
.577
36
3.04
8
2
0
255.0
252
86
100
10
63
5
0
8
1,060
9
6.11
2.22
2.75
0.35
16.3
5.9
1.24
.299
3.53
78
2.71
74
8.89
28.1
25Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
171
1988
KCR KCR
35
14
16
.467
35
3.80
9
0
0
260.2
271
110
122
18
59
4
0
5
1,089
9
5.90
2.04
2.90
0.62
15.7
5.4
1.27
.302
4.21
96
3.07
81
9.36
21.3
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