most strikeout in a season through 12 games by pitcher

Matt Kilroy has struck out the most hitters with 12+ games pitched in a season, with 513 strikeouts in his rookie season in 1886.

Interpreted as:

most strikeout in a season through 12 or more games by pitcher

	NAME	SO	G	SEASON	TM	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	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	513	68	1886	BAL	29	34	.460	68	3.37	66	5	0	583.0	476	218	350	10	182	19	0		2,469	61	7.92	2.81	2.82	0.15	20.8	7.4	1.13	.267	5.40	100	2.60	77	7.35	47
2	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	499	67	1886	LOU	38	27	.585	67	2.45	66	3	0	588.2	447	160	297	3	207	12	0		2,477	35	7.63	3.16	2.41	0.05	20.1	8.4	1.11	.253	4.54	71	2.59	76	6.83	54.7
3	Hugh Daily H. Daily	483	58	1884	TOT	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
4	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	451	67	1884	TOT	30	33	.476	66	2.30	60	5	0	543.1	446	139	281	9	109		1		2,244	24	7.47	1.81	4.14	0.15	20.1	4.9	1.02		4.65	77	2.43	81	7.39	29
5	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	441	75	1884	PRO	59	12	.831	73	1.38	73	11	2	678.2	528	104	216	18	98		2		2,672	34	5.85	1.30	4.50	0.24	16.5	3.7	0.92		2.86	48	2.75	84	7.00	31.9
6	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	417	67	1884	BSN	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
7	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	385	75	1884	LOU	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
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	383	41	1973	CAL	21	16	.568	39	2.87	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
9	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	382	43	1965	LAD	26	8	.765	41	2.04	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	1.93	61	5.79	47.9
10	Bill Sweeney B. Sweeney	374	62	1884	BLU	40	21	.656	60	2.59	58	4	0	538.0	522	155	294	13	74		2		2,270	43	6.26	1.24	5.05	0.22	16.5	3.3	1.11		4.92	80	2.61	93	8.73	19.5
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	372	35	2001	ARI	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
12	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	369	72	1884	BUF	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
13	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	368	63	1889	COL	27	34	.443	59	3.61	54	6	1	513.2	458	206	358	9	274	20	4		2,275	83	6.45	4.80	1.34	0.16	16.2	12.0	1.43	.280	6.27	100	3.52	98	8.02	-3
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	367	42	1974	CAL	22	16	.579	41	2.89	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	364	35	1999	ARI	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
16	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	359	68	1883	NYM	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
17	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	355	65	1887	LOU	37	27	.578	64	3.43	61	0	0	561.0	544	214	358	9	167	16	1		2,430	46	5.70	2.68	2.13	0.14	14.6	6.9	1.27	.284	5.74	78	3.20	76	8.73	64.2
18	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	349	46	1904	PHA	25	19	.568	46	1.62	39	8	0	383.0	307	69	109	5	91	14	0		1,496	8	8.20	2.14	3.84	0.12	23.3	6.1	1.04	.291	2.56	61	1.59	62	7.21	41.5
19	Bob Feller B. Feller	348	48	1946	CLE	26	15	.634	42	2.18	36	10	4	371.1	277	90	101	11	153	3	5		1,512	3	8.43	3.71	2.27	0.27	23.0	10.1	1.16	.267	2.45	65	2.16	65	6.71	48.3
20	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	35	2000	ARI	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
21	Hardie Henderson H. Henderson	346	52	1884	BLA	27	23	.540	52	2.62	50	4	0	439.1	382	128	235	9	116	16	0		1,900	45	7.09	2.38	2.98	0.18	18.2	6.1	1.13	.264	4.81	81	2.87	89	7.83	16.5
22	Mickey Welch M. Welch	345	65	1884	NYG	39	21	.650	65	2.50	62	4	0	557.1	528	155	275	12	146		1		2,370	39	5.57	2.36	2.36	0.19	14.6	6.2	1.21		4.44	85	3.10	92	8.53	14.6
23	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	345	62	1883	BSN	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
24	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	343	66	1884	TOT	40	25	.615	65	2.37	63	10	0	569.0	508	150	263	19	89		2		2,336	15	5.43	1.41	3.85	0.30	14.7	3.8	1.05		4.16	80	2.97	94	8.04	9.6
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	341	37	1977	CAL	19	16	.543	37	2.77	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9

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