most strikeouts as a cubs pitcher in 1961

Don Cardwell struck out the most hitters for the Cubs in a season in 1961, with 156 strikeouts.

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	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	Don Cardwell D. Cardwell	156	1961	CHC	39	15	14	.517	38	3.82	13	3	0	259.1	243	110	121	22	88	10	1	0	1,106	6	5.41	3.05	1.77	0.76	14.1	8.0	1.28	.266	4.20	93	3.61	90	8.43	11.9
2	Glen Hobbie G. Hobbie	103	1961	CHC	36	7	13	.350	29	4.26	7	2	2	198.2	207	94	113	26	54	6	4	7	848	4	4.67	2.45	1.91	1.18	12.1	6.4	1.31	.275	5.12	104	4.14	103	9.38	-2.5
3	Bob Anderson B. Anderson	96	1961	CHC	57	7	10	.412	12	4.26	1	0	8	152.0	162	72	85	14	56	2	21	11	659	4	5.68	3.32	1.71	0.83	14.6	8.5	1.43	.301	5.03	104	3.65	91	9.59	6.2
4	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	91	1961	CHC	37	10	11	.476	31	3.86	7	1	0	186.2	213	80	90	23	48	3	2	3	799	9	4.39	2.31	1.90	1.11	11.4	6.0	1.40	.300	4.34	94	4.02	100	10.27	0.2
5	Don Elston D. Elston	59	1961	CHC	58	6	7	.462	0	5.59	0	0	8	93.1	108	58	64	11	45	6	32	12	421	3	5.69	4.34	1.31	1.06	14.0	10.7	1.64	.323	6.17	136	4.48	112	10.41	-4.6
6	Barney Schultz B. Schultz	59	1961	CHC	41	7	6	.538	0	2.70	0	0	7	66.2	57	20	32	6	25	4	25	4	286	6	7.97	3.38	2.36	0.81	20.6	8.7	1.23	.266	4.32	66	3.28	82	7.69	5.4
7	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	57	1961	CHC	36	1	7	.125	11	5.82	0	0	0	86.2	116	56	65	17	21	1	11	2	388	4	5.92	2.18	2.71	1.77	14.7	5.4	1.58	.339	6.75	141	4.57	114	12.05	-5.1
8	Jack Curtis J. Curtis	57	1961	CHC	31	10	13	.435	27	4.89	6	0	0	180.1	220	98	117	23	51	1	2	6	802	1	2.84	2.55	1.12	1.15	7.1	6.4	1.50	.294	5.84	119	4.46	111	10.98	-8.6
9	Dick Drott D. Drott	48	1961	CHC	35	1	4	.200	8	4.22	0	0	0	98.0	75	46	54	13	51	1	12	0	414	7	4.41	4.68	0.94	1.19	11.6	12.3	1.29	.206	4.96	103	4.91	122	6.89	-9.4
10	Joe Schaffernoth J. Schaffernoth	23	1961	CHC	21	0	4	.000	0	6.34	0	0	0	38.1	43	27	29	7	18	1	7	2	170	4	5.40	4.23	1.28	1.64	13.5	10.6	1.59	.298	6.81	154	5.23	130	10.10	-5
11	Mel Wright M. Wright	6	1961	CHC	11	0	1	.000	0	10.71	0	0	0	21.0	42	25	26	3	4	0	5	0	107	1	2.57	1.71	1.50	1.29	5.6	3.7	2.19	.415	11.14	261	4.43	110	18.00	-0.9

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