most strikeouts as a pirates pitcher 1975 to 1993

Between the 1975 and 1993 seasons, John Candelaria struck out the most batters for the Pirates, with 1,159 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	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	1,159	345	124	87	.588	271	3.17	45	9	16	1873.0	1,763	660	731	172	436	26	42	45	7,651	13	5.57	2.10	2.66	0.83	15.1	5.7	1.17	.272	3.51	86	3.39	92	8.47	61.3
2	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	852	215	79	73	.520	213	3.51	39	9	1	1448.0	1,461	565	620	90	440	18	1	40	6,060	51	5.30	2.73	1.94	0.56	14.1	7.3	1.31	.294	3.85	96	3.30	90	9.08	57.7
3	Don Robinson D. Robinson	825	343	65	69	.485	126	3.85	22	3	43	1203.0	1,155	515	567	104	441	19	140	53	5,106	61	6.17	3.30	1.87	0.78	16.2	8.6	1.33	.283	4.24	104	3.60	98	8.64	12.7
4	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	820	199	92	62	.597	196	3.02	36	16	0	1362.2	1,227	457	506	112	337	21	1	25	5,511	34	5.42	2.23	2.43	0.74	14.9	6.1	1.15	.264	3.34	84	3.45	94	8.10	34.4
5	Bob Walk B. Walk	650	278	82	61	.573	196	3.83	11	5	5	1303.0	1,281	555	618	110	451	32	22	32	5,528	66	4.49	3.12	1.44	0.76	11.8	8.2	1.33	.273	4.27	104	4.02	108	8.85	-42.6
6	Larry McWilliams L. McWilliams	574	167	43	44	.494	119	3.64	19	8	2	835.2	805	338	379	71	300	23	15	31	3,565	23	6.18	3.23	1.91	0.76	16.1	8.4	1.32	.283	4.08	99	3.63	99	8.67	4.5
7	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	546	714	69	60	.535	0	2.65	0	0	158	1008.1	888	297	350	40	362	12	465	126	4,191	17	4.87	3.23	1.51	0.36	13.0	8.6	1.24	.262	3.12	72	3.23	88	7.93	49.2
8	John Smiley J. Smiley	534	196	60	42	.588	117	3.57	17	3	4	854.0	787	339	375	78	229	12	21	18	3,516	21	5.63	2.41	2.33	0.82	15.2	6.5	1.19	.266	3.95	99	3.58	97	8.29	10.4
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	522	105	34	28	.548	103	3.47	20	6	0	697.2	674	269	298	58	217	12	1	18	2,936	17	6.73	2.80	2.41	0.75	17.8	7.4	1.28	.290	3.84	93	3.25	87	8.69	35.9
10	Bruce Kison B. Kison	476	158	54	43	.557	126	3.56	18	3	1	846.1	787	335	395	61	283	22	7	24	3,560	28	5.06	3.01	1.68	0.65	13.4	7.9	1.26	.267	4.20	96	3.54	96	8.37	14.9
11	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	431	85	17	38	.309	69	4.02	9	3	4	479.1	377	214	231	32	245	8	10	13	2,016	19	8.09	4.60	1.76	0.60	21.4	12.2	1.30	.265	4.34	110	3.38	92	7.08	15.1
12	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	411	146	50	32	.610	91	3.53	15	6	3	654.2	591	257	288	53	251	15	19	17	2,759	18	5.65	3.45	1.64	0.73	14.9	9.1	1.29	.265	3.96	95	3.71	101	8.12	-2.1
13	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	411	139	57	48	.543	136	3.52	26	4	1	884.2	856	346	409	76	344	8	1	31	3,780	27	4.18	3.50	1.19	0.77	10.9	9.1	1.36	.265	4.16	96	4.02	109	8.71	-32.6
14	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	398	123	45	35	.563	107	3.53	37	12	2	745.0	763	292	331	43	226	9	5	22	3,153	26	4.81	2.73	1.76	0.52	12.6	7.2	1.33	.291	4.00	96	3.26	89	9.22	33.2
15	Bob Kipper B. Kipper	347	244	24	33	.421	44	4.22	1	1	11	520.0	480	244	270	72	200	9	57	21	2,218	15	6.01	3.46	1.74	1.25	15.6	9.0	1.31	.257	4.67	113	4.46	117	8.31	-38.6
16	Rod Scurry R. Scurry	345	257	17	28	.378	7	3.15	0	0	34	377.1	309	132	152	22	224	13	115	23	1,645	34	8.23	5.34	1.54	0.52	21.0	13.6	1.41	.276	3.63	86	3.51	97	7.37	4.2
17	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	343	91	31	30	.508	85	3.04	22	6	1	586.2	548	198	227	39	144	17	4	13	2,418	15	5.26	2.21	2.38	0.60	14.2	6.0	1.18	.271	3.48	80	3.28	85	8.41	38
18	Cecilio Guante C. Guante	293	201	13	17	.433	0	3.06	0	0	20	355.2	299	121	139	25	136	14	90	20	1,485	10	7.41	3.44	2.15	0.63	19.7	9.2	1.22	.269	3.52	83	3.26	88	7.57	17.4
19	Randy Tomlin R. Tomlin	280	96	30	28	.517	90	3.41	8	3	0	559.2	567	212	241	36	123	17	0	9	2,310	14	4.50	1.98	2.28	0.58	12.1	5.3	1.23	.286	3.88	93	3.42	93	9.12	14.9
20	Enrique Romo E. Romo	269	236	25	16	.610	0	3.56	0	0	26	381.1	367	151	173	37	125	5	91	26	1,603	8	6.35	2.95	2.15	0.87	16.8	7.8	1.29	.283	4.08	96	3.58	98	8.66	4.7
21	Zane Smith Z. Smith	258	83	33	27	.550	81	3.10	14	8	0	528.0	524	182	214	32	79	4	1	10	2,117	4	4.40	1.35	3.27	0.55	12.2	3.7	1.14	.282	3.65	85	3.13	85	8.93	33.2
22	Bob Patterson B. Patterson	237	207	25	21	.543	21	3.97	0	0	17	331.0	335	146	154	31	94	4	70	22	1,393	5	6.44	2.56	2.52	0.84	17.0	6.7	1.30	.296	4.19	107	3.48	93	9.11	9
23	Lee Tunnell L. Tunnell	224	90	17	24	.415	57	4.06	5	3	1	396.2	391	179	203	33	160	5	12	13	1,688	20	5.08	3.63	1.40	0.75	13.3	9.5	1.39	.283	4.61	111	3.92	107	8.87	-10.5
24	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	223	222	19	15	.559	0	3.52	0	0	61	260.2	204	102	105	26	106	6	135	16	1,079	5	7.70	3.66	2.10	0.90	20.7	9.8	1.19	.248	3.63	97	3.71	101	7.04	-0.9
25	Jeff Robinson J. Robinson	201	143	20	19	.513	19	3.78	0	0	17	292.2	294	123	145	21	104	4	60	17	1,256	27	6.18	3.20	1.93	0.65	16.0	8.3	1.36	.295	4.46	109	3.43	95	9.04	6.1

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