most strikeouts as a pitcher 1979

J.R. Richard struck out the most batters in a season in 1979, with 313 strikeouts.

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1J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
313
1979
HOU HOU
38
18
13
.581
38
2.71
19
4
0
292.1
220
88
98
13
98
3
0
5
1,175
19
9.64
3.02
3.19
0.40
26.6
8.3
1.09
.277
3.02
78
2.19
62
6.77
45.6
2Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
223
1979
CAL CAL
34
16
14
.533
34
3.60
17
5
0
222.2
169
89
104
15
114
6
0
3
937
9
9.01
4.61
1.96
0.61
23.8
12.2
1.27
.266
4.20
88
3.21
78
6.83
22.2
3Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
213
1979
PHI PHI
35
18
11
.621
35
3.62
13
4
0
251.0
202
101
112
25
89
5
0
11
1,029
10
7.64
3.19
2.39
0.90
20.7
8.6
1.16
.254
4.02
94
3.44
90
7.24
11.3
4Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
208
1979
ATL ATL
44
21
20
.512
44
3.39
23
1
0
342.0
311
129
160
41
113
11
0
8
1,436
18
5.47
2.97
1.84
1.08
14.5
7.9
1.24
.254
4.21
84
4.15
101
8.18
0.1
5Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
201
1979
NYY 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
6Mike Flanagan
M. Flanagan
190
1979
BAL BAL
39
23
9
.719
38
3.08
16
5
0
265.2
245
91
107
23
70
3
0
1
1,085
6
6.44
2.37
2.71
0.78
17.5
6.5
1.19
.278
3.62
77
3.24
79
8.30
25.6
7Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
172
1979
PIT PIT
37
12
5
.706
37
3.60
4
0
0
237.1
238
95
102
21
92
6
0
8
1,018
9
6.52
3.49
1.87
0.80
16.9
9.0
1.39
.298
3.87
95
3.66
95
9.03
5
8Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
164
1979
TEX TEX
37
16
14
.533
37
4.07
10
3
0
259.0
252
117
127
40
81
3
0
6
1,089
4
5.70
2.81
2.02
1.39
15.1
7.4
1.29
.265
4.41
98
4.43
109
8.76
-11.6
9Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
157
1979
MIN MIN
37
20
13
.606
36
3.38
10
2
0
263.2
268
99
108
19
83
3
0
4
1,101
2
5.36
2.83
1.89
0.65
14.3
7.5
1.33
.297
3.69
78
3.44
82
9.15
21.7
10Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
150
1979
BOS BOS
33
17
10
.630
33
2.99
17
2
0
246.2
234
82
89
29
59
6
0
4
1,018
1
5.47
2.15
2.54
1.06
14.7
5.8
1.19
.265
3.25
66
3.82
89
8.54
13.4
11Lynn McGlothen
L. McGlothen
147
1979
CHC CHC
42
13
14
.481
29
4.12
6
1
2
212.0
236
97
103
27
55
3
6
8
906
1
6.24
2.33
2.67
1.15
16.2
6.1
1.37
.310
4.37
100
3.81
96
10.02
3.9
12Don Sutton
D. Sutton
146
1979
LAD LAD
33
12
15
.444
32
3.82
6
1
1
226.0
201
96
109
21
61
1
1
6
927
4
5.81
2.43
2.39
0.84
15.7
6.6
1.16
.258
4.34
105
3.46
91
8.00
8.8
13Craig Swan
C. Swan
145
1979
NYM NYM
35
14
13
.519
35
3.29
10
3
0
251.1
241
92
102
20
57
2
0
9
1,027
2
5.19
2.04
2.54
0.72
14.1
5.6
1.19
.275
3.65
90
3.30
88
8.63
12.9
14Pete Vuckovich
P. Vuckovich
145
1979
STL STL
34
15
10
.600
32
3.59
9
0
0
233.0
229
93
108
22
64
3
0
4
968
7
5.60
2.47
2.27
0.85
15.0
6.6
1.26
.282
4.17
96
3.57
98
8.85
2
15Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
143
1979
MON MON
37
13
12
.520
37
3.00
13
5
0
248.2
232
83
97
14
78
4
0
9
1,032
10
5.18
2.82
1.83
0.51
13.9
7.6
1.25
.275
3.51
82
3.29
89
8.40
11.1
16Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
140
1979
SDP SDP
32
12
11
.522
32
3.06
10
0
0
232.2
225
79
90
12
67
4
0
10
963
6
5.42
2.59
2.09
0.46
14.5
7.0
1.26
.288
3.48
87
3.10
86
8.70
13.3
17Vida Blue
V. Blue
138
1979
SFG SFG
34
14
14
.500
34
5.01
10
0
0
237.0
246
132
143
23
111
1
0
11
1,041
8
5.24
4.22
1.24
0.87
13.3
10.7
1.51
.290
5.43
139
4.23
117
9.34
-17.5
18Scott Sanderson
S. Sanderson
138
1979
MON MON
34
9
8
.529
24
3.43
5
3
1
168.0
148
64
69
16
54
3
3
4
696
2
7.39
2.89
2.56
0.86
19.8
7.8
1.20
.272
3.70
94
3.33
90
7.93
6.7
19Jim Kern
J. Kern
136
1979
TEX TEX
71
13
5
.722
0
1.57
0
0
29
143.0
99
25
35
5
62
2
57
6
578
5
8.56
3.90
2.19
0.31
23.5
10.7
1.13
.252
2.20
38
2.61
64
6.23
23.4
20Dave Goltz
D. Goltz
132
1979
MIN MIN
36
14
13
.519
35
4.16
12
1
0
250.2
282
116
124
22
69
1
1
3
1,061
5
4.74
2.48
1.91
0.79
12.4
6.5
1.40
.311
4.45
96
3.65
87
10.13
15
21Ken Kravec
K. Kravec
132
1979
CWS CWS
36
15
13
.536
35
3.74
10
3
1
250.0
208
104
115
20
111
14
1
3
1,041
3
4.75
4.00
1.19
0.72
12.7
10.7
1.28
.246
4.14
89
4.20
101
7.49
-1.9
22Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
132
1979
BAL BAL
40
15
16
.484
39
3.66
18
3
0
292.1
279
119
129
28
78
1
0
1
1,206
9
4.06
2.40
1.69
0.86
10.9
6.5
1.22
.260
3.97
91
3.87
94
8.59
7.2
23Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
131
1979
CIN CIN
32
16
6
.727
32
3.14
9
5
0
215.0
187
75
85
16
61
0
0
6
868
4
5.48
2.55
2.15
0.67
15.1
7.0
1.15
.259
3.56
84
3.32
87
7.83
11.6
24Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
129
1979
LAD LAD
29
11
10
.524
29
2.97
12
1
0
212.0
191
70
85
11
63
2
0
4
874
6
5.48
2.67
2.05
0.47
14.8
7.2
1.20
.269
3.61
81
3.10
81
8.11
16.6
25Mike Parrott
M. Parrott
127
1979
SEA SEA
38
14
12
.538
30
3.77
13
2
0
229.1
231
96
104
17
86
6
4
16
973
1
4.98
3.38
1.48
0.67
13.1
8.8
1.38
.290
4.08
88
3.78
85
9.07
16.5
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