most strikeouts as a guardians pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Len Barker fanned the most batters for the Cleveland Indians, with 606 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	Len Barker L. Barker	606	115	50	43	.538	115	4.21	31	6	0	795.0	748	372	408	57	278	9	0	8	3,366	35	6.86	3.15	2.18	0.65	18.0	8.3	1.29	.286	4.62	105	3.19	80	8.47	71.7
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	548	104	48	37	.565	103	3.23	41	9	0	760.2	688	273	302	52	218	28	0	10	3,140	15	6.48	2.58	2.51	0.62	17.5	6.9	1.19	.277	3.57	80	3.12	78	8.14	74.6
3	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	539	130	50	48	.510	128	3.67	39	6	0	876.2	840	357	410	71	307	22	1	10	3,716	34	5.53	3.15	1.76	0.73	14.5	8.3	1.31	.277	4.21	88	3.73	91	8.62	34.1
4	Greg Swindell G. Swindell	452	86	39	30	.565	85	3.69	22	7	0	590.1	573	242	265	61	148	3	0	5	2,433	11	6.89	2.26	3.05	0.93	18.6	6.1	1.22	.289	4.04	90	3.35	84	8.74	42.2
5	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	360	85	35	24	.593	77	3.92	18	3	1	553.2	536	241	272	46	246	12	3	10	2,376	16	5.85	4.00	1.46	0.75	15.2	10.4	1.41	.286	4.42	96	3.91	96	8.71	9.4
6	Dan Spillner D. Spillner	320	205	34	39	.466	43	4.26	8	1	37	568.2	615	269	297	45	218	5	120	23	2,491	22	5.06	3.45	1.47	0.71	12.8	8.8	1.46	.300	4.70	106	3.79	94	9.73	13.8
7	Neal Heaton N. Heaton	270	133	35	47	.427	99	4.77	15	5	7	661.0	737	350	389	60	249	9	23	21	2,904	12	3.68	3.39	1.08	0.82	9.3	8.6	1.49	.292	5.30	115	4.26	104	10.03	-13.2
8	John Farrell J. Farrell	252	72	28	25	.528	70	3.86	12	2	0	487.1	480	209	232	36	160	21	1	8	2,087	7	4.65	2.95	1.58	0.66	12.1	7.7	1.31	.274	4.28	96	3.81	97	8.86	7
9	John Denny J. Denny	247	56	24	23	.511	56	4.15	15	4	0	392.2	381	181	196	24	186	14	0	7	1,696	19	5.66	4.26	1.33	0.55	14.6	11.0	1.44	.291	4.49	104	3.74	94	8.73	10.6
10	Doug Jones D. Jones	236	170	17	19	.472	0	2.60	0	0	78	273.1	264	79	101	9	59	10	133	13	1,148	3	7.77	1.94	4.00	0.30	20.6	5.1	1.18	.306	3.33	62	2.25	55	8.69	55.4
11	Rich Yett R. Yett	227	131	22	24	.478	48	4.97	4	1	2	409.2	437	226	239	52	188	7	35	9	1,818	28	4.99	4.13	1.21	1.14	12.5	10.3	1.53	.286	5.25	120	4.75	116	9.60	-31.4
12	Scott Bailes S. Bailes	225	172	31	41	.431	59	4.70	5	2	13	491.2	533	257	291	62	165	10	53	10	2,141	12	4.12	3.02	1.36	1.13	10.5	7.7	1.42	.281	5.33	113	4.58	112	9.76	-27
13	Rick Waits R. Waits	217	88	23	38	.377	75	4.80	16	3	0	485.1	555	259	279	39	192	3	3	11	2,134	15	4.02	3.56	1.13	0.72	10.2	9.0	1.54	.307	5.17	121	4.05	101	10.29	-3
14	Jamie Easterly J. Easterly	170	146	12	7	.632	8	4.04	0	0	5	274.1	292	123	141	23	123	8	54	12	1,211	19	5.58	4.04	1.38	0.75	14.0	10.2	1.51	.303	4.63	96	4.02	97	9.58	3
15	Ken Schrom K. Schrom	148	66	20	20	.500	62	5.38	7	2	0	359.2	402	215	244	63	106	15	1	4	1,578	6	3.70	2.65	1.40	1.58	9.4	6.7	1.41	.272	6.11	123	5.27	123	10.06	-39.3
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	138	56	18	22	.450	54	4.90	7	0	0	334.0	383	182	209	42	148	10	1	2	1,512	18	3.72	3.99	0.93	1.13	9.1	9.8	1.59	.290	5.63	113	5.02	118	10.32	-28.1
17	Lary Sorensen L. Sorensen	138	68	22	26	.458	64	4.87	14	2	0	412.0	489	223	242	40	120	5	2	15	1,790	14	3.01	2.62	1.15	0.87	7.7	6.7	1.48	.302	5.29	118	4.23	104	10.68	-7.5
18	Bud Black B. Black	132	49	14	14	.500	39	3.71	6	3	1	281.1	272	116	130	20	75	5	4	1	1,172	18	4.22	2.40	1.76	0.64	11.3	6.4	1.23	.268	4.16	94	3.59	95	8.70	6.4
19	Tom Waddell T. Waddell	118	113	15	11	.577	9	4.30	1	0	15	215.1	179	103	106	33	83	3	56	12	893	2	4.93	3.47	1.42	1.38	13.2	9.3	1.22	.223	4.43	103	4.82	117	7.48	-16.8
20	Don Schulze D. Schulze	109	57	11	20	.355	45	5.30	4	0	0	264.2	321	156	176	28	80	9	3	2	1,180	14	3.71	2.72	1.36	0.95	9.2	6.8	1.52	.307	5.98	127	4.29	104	10.92	-5.2
21	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	108	75	4	6	.400	0	5.09	0	0	7	129.0	141	73	79	9	62	3	42	5	570	4	7.53	4.33	1.74	0.63	18.9	10.9	1.57	.340	5.51	129	3.44	87	9.84	7.3
22	Sid Monge S. Monge	102	98	6	10	.375	0	3.84	0	0	18	152.1	138	65	70	21	61	3	62	8	645	4	6.03	3.60	1.67	1.24	15.8	9.5	1.31	.255	4.14	99	4.40	112	8.15	-7.7
23	Ernie Camacho E. Camacho	97	141	7	16	.304	0	3.66	0	0	44	179.2	173	73	77	9	76	7	98	12	785	11	4.86	3.81	1.28	0.45	12.4	9.7	1.39	.275	3.86	87	3.72	91	8.67	7.8
24	Victor Cruz V. Cruz	88	55	6	7	.462	0	3.45	0	0	12	86.0	71	33	36	10	27	3	40	8	355	4	9.21	2.83	3.26	1.05	24.8	7.6	1.14	.269	3.77	86	3.26	81	7.43	7.4
25	Steve Farr S. Farr	83	31	3	11	.214	16	4.58	0	0	1	116.0	106	59	61	14	46	5	4	3	488	2	6.44	3.57	1.80	1.09	17.0	9.4	1.31	.271	4.73	114	4.22	104	8.22	-2.1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	40	35	.533
White Sox	38	34	.528	0.5
Twins	36	40	.474	4.5
Tigers	30	44	.405	9.5
Royals	30	45	.400	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 6/19	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 6/20	CLE	@	HOU	7:15 PM
Sun 6/21	CLE	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Mon 6/22	CLE	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Tue 6/23	CLE	@	CWS	7:40 PM

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Skenes

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	46	27	.630
Phillies	40	34	.541	6.5
Nationals	39	36	.520	8.0
Marlins	37	38	.493	10.0
Mets	33	41	.446	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	45	27	.625
Cardinals	40	32	.556	5.0
Cubs	39	36	.520	7.5
Pirates	38	37	.507	8.5
Reds	35	38	.479	10.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	48	27	.640
Padres	38	35	.521	9.0
Diamondbacks	38	36	.514	9.5
Giants	31	43	.419	16.5
Rockies	28	47	.373	20.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Rays	41	30	.577	3.5
Blue Jays	37	38	.493	9.5
Orioles	35	41	.461	12.0
Red Sox	29	43	.403	16.0
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Guardians	40	35	.533
White Sox	38	34	.528	0.5
Twins	36	40	.474	4.5
Tigers	30	44	.405	9.5
Royals	30	45	.400	10.0
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Rangers	35	39	.473	3.0
Astros	35	41	.461	4.0
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Wed 6/3	MIA	@	WSH	4-1
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Wed 6/3	NYM	@	SEA	7-1
Wed 6/3	SDP	@	PHI	2-3

Schedule

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Thu 6/18	LAA	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Fri 6/19	TOR	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 6/19	CWS	@	DET	6:40 PM
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