most strikeouts as a pitcher in 1986

Mike Scott fanned the most hitters in a season in 1986, with 306 strikeouts.

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1Mike Scott
M. Scott
306
1986
HOU HOU
37
18
10
.643
37
2.22
7
5
0
275.1
182
68
73
17
72
2
0
6
1,065
3
10.00
2.35
4.25
0.56
28.7
6.8
0.92
.247
2.39
63
2.15
61
5.95
43.6
2Mark Langston
M. Langston
245
1986
SEA SEA
37
12
14
.462
36
4.85
9
0
0
239.1
234
129
142
30
123
4
1
1
1,057
10
9.21
4.63
1.99
1.13
23.2
11.6
1.49
.311
5.34
113
3.93
90
8.80
11.4
3Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
242
1986
LAD LAD
34
21
11
.656
34
3.14
20
3
0
269.1
226
94
104
18
85
1
0
5
1,102
13
8.09
2.84
2.85
0.60
22.0
7.7
1.15
.275
3.48
87
2.79
77
7.55
25.4
4Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
238
1986
BOS BOS
33
24
4
.857
33
2.48
10
1
0
254.0
179
70
77
21
67
4
0
0
997
11
8.43
2.37
3.55
0.74
23.9
6.7
0.97
.237
2.73
58
2.80
69
6.34
36.3
5Jack Morris
J. Morris
223
1986
DET DET
35
21
8
.724
35
3.27
15
6
0
267.0
229
97
105
40
82
0
0
7
1,092
12
7.52
2.76
2.72
1.35
20.4
7.5
1.16
.253
3.54
81
3.96
94
7.72
7.1
6Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
215
1986
MIN MIN
36
17
14
.548
36
4.01
16
3
0
271.2
262
121
134
50
58
10
0
4
1,126
4
7.12
1.92
3.71
1.66
19.1
5.2
1.18
.267
4.44
93
4.32
104
8.68
-5
7Mike Witt
M. Witt
208
1986
CAL CAL
34
18
10
.643
34
2.84
14
3
0
269.0
218
85
95
22
73
3
0
2
1,071
6
6.96
2.44
2.85
0.74
19.4
6.8
1.08
.256
3.18
70
3.13
74
7.29
31.8
8Teddy Higuera
T. Higuera
207
1986
MIL MIL
34
20
11
.645
34
2.79
15
4
0
248.1
226
77
84
26
74
3
0
5
1,031
3
7.50
2.68
2.80
0.94
20.1
7.2
1.21
.277
3.04
66
3.38
82
8.19
20.2
9Kirk McCaskill
K. McCaskill
202
1986
CAL CAL
34
17
10
.630
33
3.36
10
2
0
246.1
207
92
98
19
92
5
1
1
1,013
10
7.38
3.36
2.20
0.69
19.9
9.1
1.21
.271
3.58
82
3.30
79
7.56
24.3
10Floyd Youmans
F. Youmans
202
1986
MON MON
33
13
12
.520
32
3.53
6
2
0
219.0
145
86
93
14
118
4
1
4
905
10
8.30
4.85
1.71
0.58
22.3
13.0
1.20
.231
3.82
96
3.42
91
5.96
7.8
11Sid Fernandez
S. Fernandez
200
1986
NYM NYM
32
16
6
.727
31
3.52
2
1
1
204.1
161
80
82
13
91
2
1
1
855
6
8.81
4.01
2.20
0.57
23.4
10.6
1.23
.270
3.61
99
3.00
83
7.09
14.5
12Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
200
1986
NYM NYM
33
17
6
.739
33
2.84
12
2
0
250.0
197
79
92
17
80
4
0
3
1,020
4
7.20
2.88
2.50
0.61
19.6
7.8
1.11
.250
3.31
80
3.05
84
7.09
16.1
13Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
194
1986
HOU HOU
30
12
8
.600
30
3.34
1
0
0
178.0
119
66
72
14
82
4
0
5
729
15
9.81
4.15
2.37
0.71
26.6
11.2
1.13
.241
3.64
95
3.05
87
6.02
9.2
14Frank Viola
F. Viola
191
1986
MIN MIN
37
16
13
.552
37
4.51
7
1
0
245.2
257
123
136
37
83
3
0
0
1,053
12
7.00
3.04
2.30
1.36
18.1
7.9
1.38
.298
4.98
105
4.21
101
9.42
-1.6
15Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
1986
TEX TEX
32
12
14
.462
32
4.23
4
2
0
202.1
167
95
102
15
126
3
0
2
886
19
8.41
5.60
1.50
0.67
21.3
14.2
1.45
.275
4.54
99
3.77
91
7.43
8.7
16Ron Darling
R. Darling
184
1986
NYM NYM
34
15
6
.714
34
2.81
4
2
0
237.0
203
74
84
21
81
3
0
2
967
7
6.99
3.08
2.27
0.80
19.0
8.4
1.20
.268
3.19
79
3.42
94
7.71
5.2
17Bob Welch
B. Welch
183
1986
LAD LAD
33
7
13
.350
33
3.28
7
3
0
235.2
227
86
95
14
55
7
0
6
981
2
6.99
2.10
3.33
0.53
18.7
5.6
1.20
.295
3.63
91
2.77
76
8.67
22.8
18Mike Krukow
M. Krukow
178
1986
SFG SFG
34
20
9
.690
34
3.05
10
2
0
245.0
204
83
90
24
55
4
0
4
987
4
6.54
2.02
3.24
0.88
18.0
5.6
1.06
.248
3.31
85
3.30
89
7.49
10.9
19Jose Rijo
J. Rijo
176
1986
OAK OAK
39
9
11
.450
26
4.65
4
0
1
193.2
172
100
116
24
108
4
9
7
856
6
8.18
5.02
1.63
1.12
20.6
12.6
1.45
.272
5.39
118
4.29
106
7.99
-6.1
20Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
175
1986
BAL BAL
33
14
12
.538
33
4.70
7
0
0
218.1
214
114
125
30
74
11
0
4
934
7
7.21
3.05
2.36
1.24
18.7
7.9
1.32
.286
5.15
115
4.11
98
8.82
2.1
21Bobby Witt
B. Witt
174
1986
TEX TEX
31
11
9
.550
31
5.48
0
0
0
157.2
130
96
104
18
143
3
0
2
741
22
9.93
8.16
1.22
1.03
23.5
19.3
1.73
.278
5.94
129
4.82
116
7.42
-11.6
22Ken Dixon
K. Dixon
170
1986
BAL BAL
35
11
13
.458
33
4.58
2
0
0
202.1
194
103
111
33
83
1
1
6
874
7
7.56
3.69
2.05
1.47
19.5
9.5
1.37
.274
4.94
112
4.45
106
8.63
-5.5
23David Palmer
D. Palmer
170
1986
ATL ATL
35
11
10
.524
35
3.65
2
0
0
209.2
181
85
98
17
102
5
0
8
889
9
7.30
4.38
1.67
0.73
19.1
11.5
1.35
.276
4.21
92
3.72
96
7.77
4.1
24Tom Candiotti
T. Candiotti
167
1986
CLE CLE
36
16
12
.571
34
3.57
17
3
0
252.1
234
100
112
18
106
8
1
0
1,078
12
5.96
3.78
1.58
0.64
15.5
9.8
1.35
.277
3.99
85
3.72
90
8.35
12.2
25Bruce Hurst
B. Hurst
167
1986
BOS BOS
25
13
8
.619
25
2.99
11
4
0
174.1
169
58
63
18
50
3
0
2
721
6
8.62
2.58
3.34
0.93
23.2
6.9
1.26
.313
3.25
70
3.10
76
8.72
19
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