least amount of innings to reach 200 strikeouts in a single season by a pitcher

John Ward fanned 239 hitters in 1879.

Interpreted as:

least amount of innings to reach 200 or more strikeouts in a single season by a pitcher

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	John Ward J. Ward	239	1879	PRO	70	47	19	.712	60	2.15	58	2	1	587.0	571	140	270	5	36		10	2,425	29	3.66	0.55	6.64	0.08	9.9	1.5	1.03		4.14	89	2.22	92	8.75	7.9
2	Will White W. White	232	1879	CIN	76	43	31	.581	75	1.99	75	4	0	680.0	676	150	404	10	68		1	2,906	49	3.07	0.90	3.41	0.13	8.0	2.3	1.09		5.35	84	2.55	107	8.95	-25.2
3	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	268	1880	CWS	63	43	14	.754	60	1.95	57	4	2	536.1	404	116	218	6	99		3	2,133	19	4.50	1.66	2.71	0.10	12.6	4.6	0.94		3.66	80	2.23	91	6.78	16.5
4	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	260	1880	CLE	74	45	28	.616	74	1.85	72	7	0	657.2	585	135	274	2	75		0	2,669	21	3.56	1.03	3.47	0.03	9.7	2.8	1.00		3.75	81	2.12	93	8.01	4.6
5	Lee Richmond L. Richmond	243	1880	WOR	74	32	32	.500	66	2.15	57	5	3	590.2	541	141	278	7	74		9	2,410	29	3.70	1.13	3.28	0.11	10.1	3.1	1.04		4.24	85	2.24	88	8.24	28.7
6	John Ward J. Ward	230	1880	PRO	70	39	24	.619	67	1.74	59	8	1	595.0	501	115	230	5	45		4	2,351	19	3.48	0.68	5.11	0.08	9.8	1.9	0.92		3.48	76	2.10	91	7.58	9.3
7	George Derby G. Derby	212	1881	DET	56	29	26	.527	55	2.20	55	9	0	494.2	505	121	252	3	86		1	2,101	14	3.86	1.56	2.47	0.05	10.1	4.1	1.19		4.58	80	2.43	88	9.19	16.3
8	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	200	1882	CLE	68	36	30	.545	67	2.37	65	4	0	595.2	550	157	274	14	103		1	2,412	22	3.02	1.56	1.94	0.21	8.3	4.3	1.10		4.14	84	2.92	106	8.31	-15.4
9	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	201	1882	PRO	54	33	19	.635	51	2.11	50	6	0	466.0	422	109	213	6	51		3	1,916	23	3.88	0.98	3.94	0.12	10.5	2.7	1.02		4.11	76	2.40	89	8.15	9.9
10	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	216	1883	CWS	56	34	20	.630	53	2.49	51	3	0	473.2	483	131	281	7	82		3	2,041	19	4.10	1.56	2.63	0.13	10.6	4.0	1.19		5.34	75	3.05	92	9.18	21.6
11	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	279	1883	BUF	76	46	29	.613	75	2.72	72	5	0	656.1	676	198	367	9	50		1	2,741	28	3.83	0.69	5.58	0.12	10.2	1.8	1.11		5.03	85	2.81	88	9.27	32
12	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	359	1883	NYM	68	41	27	.603	68	2.41	68	5	0	619.0	488	166	244	6	108		0	2,517	27	5.22	1.57	3.32	0.09	14.3	4.3	0.96		3.55	72	2.74	82	7.10	45.1
13	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	203	1883	PHA	44	30	13	.698	44	2.46	41	1	0	381.0	396	104	224	11	31		0	1,609	11	4.80	0.73	6.55	0.26	12.6	1.9	1.12		5.29	72	2.81	83	9.35	27.3
14	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	315	1883	PRO	76	48	25	.658	68	2.05	66	4	1	632.1	563	144	275	7	56		8	2,540	36	4.48	0.80	5.63	0.10	12.4	2.2	0.98		3.91	68	2.67	88	8.01	17.8
15	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	345	1883	BSN	62	37	21	.638	56	2.24	54	1	2	514.0	492	128	258	7	35		5	2,101	37	6.04	0.61	9.86	0.12	16.4	1.7	1.03		4.52	74	2.29	75	8.61	39.8
16	Al Atkinson A. Atkinson	247	1884	TOT	46	20	26	.435	46	3.36	44	2	0	393.2	373	147	247	8	54	10	0	1,664	40	5.65	1.23	4.57	0.18	14.8	3.2	1.08	.271	5.65	104	2.77	93	8.53	11.2
17	Jersey Bakley J. Bakley	226	1884	TOT	46	16	30	.348	45	4.29	43	1	0	394.2	443	188	338	0	81		1	1,752	56	5.15	1.85	2.79	0.00	12.9	4.6	1.33		7.71	144	2.74	106	10.10	-9.3
18	Bob Barr B. Barr	207	1884	TOT	48	12	34	.261	48	3.94	47	2	0	413.0	471	181	327	11	50	18	0	1,853	39	4.51	1.09	4.14	0.24	11.2	2.7	1.26	.294	7.13	125	3.11	100	10.26	-3.1
19	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	417	1884	BSN	67	48	16	.750	67	2.15	63	8	0	587.0	506	140	225	15	76		0	2,383	24	6.39	1.17	5.49	0.23	17.5	3.2	0.99		3.45	74	2.57	77	7.76	46.8
20	James Burke J. Burke	255	1884	BSU	38	19	15	.559	36	2.85	34	0	0	322.0	326	102	201	10	31		2	1,359	40	7.13	0.87	8.23	0.28	18.8	2.3	1.11		5.62	95	2.38	91	9.11	7.7
21	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	272	1884	CWS	60	35	23	.603	59	2.40	57	7	0	516.2	473	138	286	35	116		1	2,180	27	4.74	2.02	2.34	0.61	12.5	5.3	1.14		4.98	76	3.78	105	8.24	-1.5
22	Hugh Daily H. Daily	483	1884	TOT	58	28	28	.500	58	2.43	56	5	0	500.2	446	135	268	11	72		0	2,076	50	8.68	1.29	6.71	0.20	23.3	3.5	1.03		4.82	81	2.06	79	8.02	27.4
23	Bob Emslie B. Emslie	264	1884	BLA	50	32	17	.653	50	2.75	50	4	0	455.1	419	139	241	5	88	14	0	1,971	35	5.22	1.74	3.00	0.10	13.4	4.5	1.11	.259	4.76	85	2.93	91	8.28	14
24	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	369	1884	BUF	72	46	22	.676	72	1.99	71	12	0	636.1	566	141	254	23	63		0	2,554	16	5.22	0.89	5.86	0.33	14.4	2.5	0.99		3.59	64	2.88	82	8.01	50.9
25	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	385	1884	LOU	75	52	20	.722	73	1.80	72	6	0	670.2	526	134	230	4	56	16	2	2,649	27	5.17	0.75	6.88	0.05	14.5	2.1	0.87	.239	3.09	57	2.53	80	7.06	43