most strikeout season left handed pitcher yankees

Ron Guidry has struck out the most batters by a Yankees left-hander in a season, with 248 strikeouts in 1978.

	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	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
2	CC Sabathia	230	2011	NYY	33	19	8	.704	33	3.00	3	1	0	237.1	230	79	87	17	61	7	0	4	985	2	8.72	2.31	3.77	0.64	23.4	6.2	1.23	.318	3.30	71	2.87	68	8.72	34.1
3	Al Downing A. Downing	217	1964	NYY	37	13	8	.619	35	3.47	11	1	2	244.0	201	94	104	18	120	0	2	5	1,041	14	8.00	4.43	1.81	0.66	20.8	11.5	1.32	.267	3.84	99	3.26	89	7.41	10.7
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	211	2005	NYY	34	17	8	.680	34	3.79	4	0	0	225.2	207	95	102	32	47	12	0	2	920	3	8.42	1.87	4.49	1.28	22.9	5.1	1.13	.283	4.07	88	3.77	87	8.26	13.8
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	209	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.862	39	3.21	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7
6	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	203	2025	NYY	33	18	9	.667	33	3.09	0	0	0	195.1	132	67	74	22	73	9	0	0	789	4	9.35	3.36	2.78	1.01	25.7	9.3	1.05	.228	3.41	76	3.77	89	6.08	10.4
7	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	201	1979	NYY	33	18	8	.692	30	2.78	15	2	2	236.1	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
8	CC Sabathia	197	2012	NYY	28	15	6	.714	28	3.38	2	0	0	200.0	184	75	89	22	44	8	0	2	833	4	8.87	1.98	4.48	0.99	23.6	5.3	1.14	.288	4.01	80	3.33	77	8.28	20.9
9	CC Sabathia	197	2010	NYY	34	21	7	.750	34	3.18	2	0	0	237.2	209	84	92	20	74	7	0	6	970	8	7.46	2.80	2.66	0.76	20.3	7.6	1.19	.281	3.48	75	3.53	81	7.91	20.7
10	CC Sabathia	197	2009	NYY	34	19	8	.704	34	3.37	2	1	0	230.0	197	86	96	18	67	9	0	7	938	5	7.71	2.62	2.94	0.70	21.0	7.1	1.15	.277	3.76	73	3.38	74	7.71	29.9
11	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	195	2024	NYY	32	16	9	.640	32	3.96	0	0	0	175.0	157	77	81	31	57	10	0	0	736	3	10.03	2.93	3.42	1.59	26.5	7.7	1.22	.284	4.17	100	4.38	105	8.07	-3.9
12	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	194	1937	NYY	34	21	11	.656	34	2.33	25	6	0	278.1	233	72	88	10	93	1	0		1,148	2	6.27	3.01	2.09	0.32	16.9	8.1	1.17	.262	2.85	53	3.13	73	7.53	37.4
13	Max Fried M. Fried	189	2025	NYY	32	19	5	.792	32	2.86	0	0	0	195.1	164	62	73	14	51	10	0	0	801	8	8.71	2.35	3.71	0.65	23.6	6.4	1.10	.279	3.36	71	3.06	72	7.56	25.5
14	Whitey Ford W. Ford	189	1963	NYY	38	24	7	.774	37	2.74	13	3	1	269.1	240	82	94	26	56	2	1	3	1,068	9	6.32	1.87	3.38	0.87	17.7	5.2	1.10	.269	3.14	78	2.98	84	8.02	16.9
15	James Paxton J. Paxton	186	2019	NYY	29	15	6	.714	29	3.82	0	0	0	150.2	138	64	71	23	55	2	0	0	633	7	11.11	3.29	3.38	1.37	29.4	8.7	1.28	.313	4.24	84	3.85	83	8.24	13.3
16	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	180	2003	NYY	33	21	8	.724	33	4.02	1	0	0	208.1	227	93	109	21	50	1	0	3	896	5	7.78	2.16	3.60	0.91	20.1	5.6	1.33	.320	4.71	90	3.34	75	9.81	25.9
17	Al Downing A. Downing	179	1965	NYY	35	12	14	.462	32	3.40	8	2	0	212.0	185	80	92	16	105	2	2	2	902	5	7.60	4.46	1.70	0.68	19.8	11.6	1.37	.282	3.91	100	3.32	95	7.85	4.1
18	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	176	1977	NYY	31	16	7	.696	25	2.82	9	5	1	210.2	174	66	72	12	65	0	4	2	850	6	7.52	2.78	2.71	0.51	20.7	7.6	1.13	.271	3.08	72	2.72	68	7.43	30.5
19	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	176	1932	NYY	37	24	7	.774	31	4.21	21	1	1	265.1	266	124	140	23	105	2	3		1,149	0	5.97	3.56	1.68	0.78	15.3	9.1	1.40	.288	4.75	100	4.03	98	9.02	1.1
20	CC Sabathia	175	2013	NYY	32	14	13	.519	32	4.78	2	0	0	211.0	224	112	122	28	65	4	0	5	908	7	7.46	2.77	2.69	1.19	19.3	7.2	1.37	.308	5.20	119	4.09	100	9.55	0
21	Jimmy Key J. Key	173	1993	NYY	34	18	6	.750	34	3.00	4	2	0	236.2	219	79	84	26	43	1	0	1	948	3	6.58	1.64	4.02	0.99	18.2	4.5	1.11	.274	3.19	70	3.50	80	8.33	22.3
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	172	2006	NYY	33	17	11	.607	33	5.00	2	0	0	205.0	194	114	125	28	60	10	0	1	860	3	7.55	2.63	2.87	1.23	20.0	7.0	1.24	.281	5.49	110	4.26	94	8.52	5.8
23	Whitey Ford W. Ford	172	1964	NYY	39	17	6	.739	36	2.13	12	8	1	244.2	212	58	67	10	57	2	2	3	996	6	6.33	2.10	3.02	0.37	17.3	5.7	1.10	.268	2.46	61	2.45	67	7.80	33.3
24	Al Downing A. Downing	171	1967	NYY	31	14	10	.583	28	2.63	10	4	0	201.2	158	59	65	13	61	6	2	1	807	5	7.63	2.72	2.80	0.58	21.2	7.6	1.09	.261	2.90	84	2.68	82	7.05	12.9
25	Al Downing A. Downing	171	1963	NYY	24	13	5	.722	22	2.56	10	4	0	175.2	114	50	52	7	80	0	2	1	707	5	8.76	4.10	2.14	0.36	24.2	11.3	1.10	.238	2.66	73	2.42	68	5.84	22.3

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