mlb pitcher with the most strikeouts 1978

J.R. Richard struck out the most batters in 1978, with 303 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	J.R. Richard	303	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	275.1	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
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	260	1978	CAL	31	10	13	.435	31	3.72	14	3	0	234.2	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
3	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	248	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	16	9	0	273.2	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
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	248	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	2.88	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	226	1978	CIN	36	16	14	.533	36	2.88	8	1	0	259.2	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
6	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	183	1978	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
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	182	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	3.03	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	94	17	66	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
8	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	177	1978	SFG	36	11	9	.550	36	3.81	3	0	0	238.2	233	101	110	25	68	4	0	6	1,003	4	6.67	2.56	2.60	0.94	17.6	6.8	1.26	.285	4.15	109	3.36	99	8.79	0.4
9	Vida Blue V. Blue	171	1978	SFG	35	18	10	.643	35	2.79	9	4	0	258.0	233	80	87	12	70	0	0	4	1,042	5	5.97	2.44	2.44	0.42	16.4	6.7	1.17	.280	3.03	80	2.67	79	8.13	21.1
10	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	167	1978	BAL	40	19	15	.559	40	4.03	17	2	0	281.1	271	126	128	22	87	3	0	2	1,160	8	5.34	2.78	1.92	0.70	14.4	7.5	1.27	.283	4.09	113	3.36	90	8.67	11.2
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	162	1978	BOS	35	20	8	.714	35	2.99	16	3	0	268.1	258	89	99	30	71	7	0	8	1,121	3	5.43	2.38	2.28	1.01	14.5	6.3	1.23	.268	3.32	74	3.69	94	8.65	6.8
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	161	1978	PHI	34	16	13	.552	34	2.84	12	3	0	247.1	228	78	91	30	63	3	0	7	1,006	3	5.86	2.29	2.56	1.09	16.0	6.3	1.18	.264	3.31	78	3.65	101	8.30	-1
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	160	1978	NYM	38	3	15	.167	32	3.75	3	0	2	235.1	221	98	110	17	84	8	6	11	986	5	6.12	3.21	1.90	0.65	16.2	8.5	1.30	.285	4.21	109	3.33	95	8.45	4.4
14	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	157	1978	TEX	34	18	8	.692	30	3.04	16	4	0	249.0	228	84	92	21	41	3	3	2	990	2	5.67	1.48	3.83	0.76	15.9	4.1	1.08	.270	3.33	81	2.94	79	8.24	21.9
15	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	157	1978	TEX	35	15	13	.536	33	2.27	18	2	1	270.0	252	68	93	14	51	4	2	4	1,097	8	5.23	1.70	3.08	0.47	14.3	4.6	1.12	.273	3.10	60	2.70	72	8.40	31.2
16	Ken Kravec K. Kravec	154	1978	CWS	30	11	16	.407	30	4.08	7	2	0	203.0	188	92	104	22	95	10	0	1	890	7	6.83	4.21	1.62	0.98	17.3	10.7	1.39	.273	4.61	108	4.02	108	8.33	-7
17	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	154	1978	SDP	37	21	6	.778	37	2.73	5	2	0	260.2	241	79	96	9	66	2	0	8	1,055	4	5.32	2.28	2.33	0.31	14.6	6.3	1.18	.282	3.31	82	2.62	77	8.32	23.5
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	154	1978	LAD	34	15	11	.577	34	3.55	12	2	0	238.1	228	94	109	29	54	5	0	7	990	6	5.82	2.04	2.85	1.10	15.6	5.5	1.18	.266	4.12	101	3.61	101	8.61	-0.9
19	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	149	1978	STL	45	12	12	.500	23	2.54	6	2	1	198.1	187	56	65	9	59	2	15	5	819	7	6.76	2.68	2.53	0.41	18.2	7.2	1.24	.297	2.95	70	2.58	75	8.49	18.8
20	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	147	1978	SFG	36	17	11	.607	35	2.63	16	6	0	260.0	218	76	85	10	85	4	1	11	1,062	6	5.09	2.94	1.73	0.35	13.8	8.0	1.17	.255	2.94	75	2.97	88	7.55	12.1
21	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	142	1978	BAL	40	16	11	.593	38	3.52	15	2	0	276.1	257	108	121	20	93	3	0	4	1,140	8	4.62	3.03	1.53	0.65	12.5	8.2	1.27	.269	3.94	98	3.53	95	8.37	5.8
22	Tom Underwood T. Underwood	139	1978	TOR	31	6	14	.300	30	4.10	7	1	0	197.2	201	90	105	23	87	2	0	4	864	7	6.33	3.96	1.60	1.05	16.1	10.1	1.46	.290	4.78	105	4.03	104	9.15	-3.1
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	138	1978	BAL	38	21	12	.636	38	2.46	19	6	0	296.0	246	81	94	19	97	1	0	1	1,197	5	4.20	2.95	1.42	0.58	11.5	8.1	1.16	.241	2.86	69	3.47	93	7.48	8.2
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	137	1978	CAL	33	18	12	.600	33	3.65	10	4	0	239.0	239	97	108	26	60	9	0	7	1,014	5	5.16	2.26	2.28	0.98	13.5	5.9	1.25	.272	4.07	101	3.71	100	9.00	0.2
25	Don Robinson D. Robinson	135	1978	PIT	35	14	6	.700	32	3.47	9	1	1	228.1	203	88	98	20	57	3	1	4	937	9	5.32	2.25	2.37	0.79	14.4	6.1	1.14	.253	3.86	95	3.32	92	8.00	7.3

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