most strikeouts as a braves pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Rick Mahler struck out the most batters for the Braves, with 743 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Rick Mahler R. Mahler	743	279	78	88	.470	216	3.94	36	6	2	1508.0	1,595	660	739	126	477	20	15	50	6,410	32	4.43	2.85	1.56	0.75	11.6	7.4	1.37	.291	4.41	102	3.83	100	9.52	1.5
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	510	132	50	39	.562	129	3.66	20	8	1	853.1	819	347	380	77	325	9	2	9	3,592	21	5.38	3.43	1.57	0.81	14.2	9.0	1.34	.278	4.01	97	3.86	101	8.64	-2.2
3	Zane Smith Z. Smith	487	159	39	58	.402	128	4.06	17	6	1	853.0	866	385	453	45	366	18	5	26	3,683	20	5.14	3.86	1.33	0.47	13.2	9.9	1.44	.297	4.78	103	3.67	94	9.14	24.1
4	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	461	226	34	39	.466	46	3.26	0	0	41	572.1	480	207	227	42	267	15	115	26	2,429	12	7.25	4.20	1.73	0.66	19.0	11.0	1.31	.266	3.57	86	3.53	93	7.55	17.2
5	Gene Garber G. Garber	423	446	43	53	.448	0	3.28	0	0	94	671.2	680	245	290	45	196	10	297	71	2,858	14	5.67	2.63	2.16	0.60	14.8	6.9	1.30	.291	3.89	85	3.26	85	9.11	42.8
6	Pascual Perez P. Perez	375	101	34	33	.507	96	3.92	11	2	0	601.2	621	262	291	60	176	8	2	23	2,539	15	5.61	2.63	2.13	0.90	14.8	6.9	1.32	.292	4.35	103	3.70	97	9.29	8
7	Rick Camp R. Camp	327	313	48	41	.539	60	3.23	5	0	47	778.0	769	279	322	61	255	17	125	35	3,285	20	3.78	2.95	1.28	0.71	10.0	7.8	1.32	.270	3.72	85	3.94	104	8.90	-10.7
8	Craig McMurtry C. McMurtry	282	127	25	35	.417	76	4.06	6	3	1	532.2	526	240	268	42	260	5	9	11	2,330	10	4.76	4.39	1.08	0.71	12.1	11.2	1.48	.278	4.53	105	4.21	110	8.89	-19.9
9	David Palmer D. Palmer	281	63	19	21	.475	63	4.18	2	0	0	362.0	350	168	192	34	166	12	0	12	1,576	14	6.99	4.13	1.69	0.85	17.8	10.5	1.43	.292	4.77	101	3.95	98	8.70	4.3
10	Doyle Alexander D. Alexander	252	68	25	27	.481	68	4.09	12	1	0	466.2	477	212	235	50	118	6	0	11	1,958	6	4.86	2.28	2.14	0.96	12.9	6.0	1.27	.279	4.53	103	3.89	97	9.20	6
11	Pete Smith P. Smith	250	66	13	31	.295	65	4.20	6	3	0	369.0	366	172	193	31	159	1	0	5	1,593	11	6.10	3.88	1.57	0.76	15.7	10.0	1.42	.291	4.71	112	3.80	102	8.93	-2.1
12	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	230	226	17	14	.548	0	3.46	0	0	14	260.0	246	100	118	19	98	3	83	26	1,114	12	7.96	3.39	2.35	0.66	20.6	8.8	1.32	.297	4.08	88	3.13	80	8.52	20.8
13	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	205	41	14	18	.438	41	3.54	5	0	0	272.0	234	107	119	25	105	4	0	6	1,144	10	6.78	3.47	1.95	0.83	17.9	9.2	1.25	.260	3.94	96	3.65	98	7.74	2.6
14	Charlie Puleo C. Puleo	204	108	13	16	.448	23	3.88	2	0	1	283.0	262	122	134	26	115	7	22	9	1,211	4	6.49	3.66	1.77	0.83	16.8	9.5	1.33	.275	4.26	98	3.85	99	8.33	3.2
15	Tommy Boggs T. Boggs	199	72	17	24	.415	60	3.69	6	3	0	387.2	371	159	178	28	123	9	3	5	1,622	11	4.62	2.86	1.62	0.65	12.3	7.6	1.27	.272	4.13	99	3.62	96	8.61	7.6
16	Jim Acker J. Acker	198	169	7	27	.206	15	3.71	0	0	16	349.1	338	144	159	29	111	7	74	18	1,460	7	5.10	2.86	1.78	0.75	13.6	7.6	1.29	.277	4.10	93	3.75	95	8.71	7.5
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	194	72	23	29	.442	72	4.29	7	4	0	431.2	428	206	233	37	136	13	0	14	1,848	5	4.04	2.84	1.43	0.77	10.5	7.4	1.31	.266	4.86	114	4.02	107	8.92	-11.4
18	Jeff Dedmon J. Dedmon	193	229	19	16	.543	3	3.77	0	0	11	360.1	352	151	186	27	165	8	70	29	1,562	10	4.82	4.12	1.17	0.67	12.4	10.6	1.43	.278	4.65	95	4.11	105	8.79	-6.4
19	Len Barker L. Barker	163	47	10	20	.333	44	4.64	1	0	0	233.0	235	120	131	20	89	3	1	5	1,006	8	6.30	3.44	1.83	0.77	16.2	8.8	1.39	.294	5.06	122	3.63	96	9.08	4.1
20	Larry McWilliams L. McWilliams	137	72	13	19	.406	39	4.93	6	2	0	259.1	296	142	155	34	74	11	9	8	1,142	7	4.75	2.57	1.85	1.18	12.0	6.5	1.43	.296	5.38	129	4.36	113	10.27	-12.4
21	Jose Alvarez J. Alvarez	134	98	8	9	.471	0	2.99	0	0	5	162.1	140	54	56	12	79	7	38	15	688	7	7.43	4.38	1.70	0.67	19.5	11.5	1.35	.281	3.10	82	3.65	99	7.76	0.8
22	Pete Falcone P. Falcone	114	68	14	11	.560	31	3.89	4	1	2	226.2	217	98	108	29	117	1	12	5	990	9	4.53	4.65	0.97	1.15	11.5	11.8	1.47	.258	4.29	102	4.97	130	8.62	-27.3
23	Ken Dayley K. Dayley	114	48	10	17	.370	31	4.48	0	0	0	194.2	207	97	116	26	70	3	6	5	841	5	5.27	3.24	1.63	1.20	13.6	8.3	1.42	.288	5.36	118	4.42	116	9.57	-11.8
24	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	108	112	10	11	.476	0	4.55	0	0	40	152.1	157	77	81	20	49	4	87	9	655	0	6.38	2.89	2.20	1.18	16.5	7.5	1.35	.289	4.79	121	4.05	107	9.28	-4.2
25	Donnie Moore D. Moore	105	106	9	9	.500	0	3.47	0	0	23	160.2	167	62	70	10	35	3	50	12	668	1	5.88	1.96	3.00	0.56	15.7	5.2	1.26	.305	3.92	91	2.96	78	9.35	14.9

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