most strikeouts as a pitcher in september 1981

Steve Carlton fanned the most batters in September 1981, with 51 strikeouts.

NAMESOMONTHGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
51
September 1981
6
3
1
.750
6
1.44
3
1
0
50.0
32
8
10
4
15
1
0
0
189
0
9.18
2.70
3.40
0.72
27.0
7.9
0.94
.237
1.80
5.76
2Britt Burns
B. Burns
39
September 1981
7
2
4
.333
7
3.19
1
0
0
48.0
46
17
20
6
15
2
0
0
200
0
7.31
2.81
2.60
1.13
19.5
7.5
1.27
.290
3.75
8.63
3John Denny
J. Denny
37
September 1981
6
5
1
.833
6
2.35
3
2
0
46.0
40
12
13
1
20
0
0
0
191
2
7.24
3.91
1.85
0.20
19.4
10.5
1.30
.293
2.54
7.83
4Charlie Hough
C. Hough
36
September 1981
6
4
1
.800
5
2.03
2
0
0
44.1
23
10
12
2
17
1
1
0
167
3
7.31
3.45
2.12
0.41
21.6
10.2
0.90
.189
2.44
4.67
5Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
36
September 1981
6
2
2
.500
6
2.47
2
2
0
47.1
38
13
13
1
14
0
0
1
189
2
6.85
2.66
2.57
0.19
19.0
7.4
1.10
.268
2.47
7.23
6Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
35
September 1981
6
3
2
.600
6
2.83
1
1
0
41.1
36
13
15
2
10
1
0
1
170
1
7.62
2.18
3.50
0.44
20.6
5.9
1.11
.279
3.27
7.84
7Mike Krukow
M. Krukow
35
September 1981
7
5
2
.714
7
1.88
2
1
0
48.0
45
10
14
1
10
0
0
0
200
2
6.56
1.88
3.50
0.19
17.5
5.0
1.15
.286
2.63
8.44
8Dan Petry
D. Petry
35
September 1981
7
4
2
.667
7
1.91
4
1
0
56.2
41
12
12
2
17
1
0
2
225
1
5.56
2.70
2.06
0.32
15.6
7.6
1.02
.229
1.91
6.51
9Bruce Berenyi
B. Berenyi
34
September 1981
5
3
1
.750
5
3.67
1
0
0
27.0
24
11
12
1
17
0
0
0
121
4
11.33
5.67
2.00
0.33
28.1
14.0
1.52
.333
4.00
8.00
10Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
33
September 1981
5
3
2
.600
5
2.83
2
1
0
35.0
22
11
12
1
19
0
0
0
142
3
8.49
4.89
1.74
0.26
23.2
13.4
1.17
.236
3.09
5.66
11Mario Soto
M. Soto
32
September 1981
6
3
2
.600
6
3.29
2
0
0
41.0
37
15
16
4
13
0
0
1
173
2
7.02
2.85
2.46
0.88
18.5
7.5
1.22
.266
3.51
8.12
12Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
32
September 1981
6
2
2
.500
6
2.86
0
0
0
34.2
27
11
12
4
7
1
0
0
137
1
8.31
1.82
4.57
1.04
23.4
5.1
0.98
.247
3.12
7.01
13Danny Darwin
D. Darwin
31
September 1981
6
1
3
.250
6
3.92
1
0
0
39.0
32
17
21
1
18
2
0
2
165
0
7.15
4.15
1.72
0.23
18.8
10.9
1.28
.274
4.85
7.38
14Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
30
September 1981
7
5
2
.714
7
1.72
4
1
0
57.2
50
11
14
4
9
2
0
0
230
1
4.68
1.40
3.33
0.62
13.0
3.9
1.02
.249
2.18
7.80
15Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
29
September 1981
5
3
2
.600
5
3.18
2
0
0
34.0
23
12
12
1
15
0
0
0
136
1
7.68
3.97
1.93
0.26
21.3
11.0
1.12
.242
3.18
6.09
16Len Barker
L. Barker
29
September 1981
6
1
3
.250
6
5.66
1
0
0
35.0
44
22
25
3
13
0
0
0
164
3
7.46
3.34
2.23
0.77
17.7
7.9
1.63
.345
6.43
11.31
17Scott McGregor
S. McGregor
29
September 1981
7
3
2
.600
6
3.38
2
1
0
45.1
58
17
22
2
10
0
1
1
198
1
5.76
1.99
2.90
0.40
14.6
5.1
1.50
.357
4.37
11.51
18Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
29
September 1981
6
5
0
1.000
6
1.88
4
2
0
48.0
39
10
11
2
13
1
0
0
189
0
5.44
2.44
2.23
0.38
15.3
6.9
1.08
.257
2.06
7.31
19Jack Morris
J. Morris
29
September 1981
7
4
2
.667
7
3.71
3
0
0
51.0
37
21
21
4
22
1
0
4
207
0
5.12
3.88
1.32
0.71
14.0
10.6
1.16
.219
3.71
6.53
20Pete Vuckovich
P. Vuckovich
29
September 1981
7
4
1
.800
6
3.92
1
1
0
39.0
36
17
17
5
12
2
0
1
159
1
6.69
2.77
2.42
1.15
18.2
7.5
1.23
.279
3.92
8.31
21Jim Clancy
J. Clancy
29
September 1981
7
3
4
.429
7
3.71
2
0
0
53.1
46
22
25
5
14
0
0
0
218
4
4.89
2.36
2.07
0.84
13.3
6.4
1.13
.241
4.22
7.76
22Dennis Lamp
D. Lamp
28
September 1981
6
2
4
.333
6
2.59
2
0
0
48.2
40
14
17
2
13
0
0
0
195
1
5.18
2.40
2.15
0.37
14.4
6.7
1.09
.250
3.14
7.40
23Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
28
September 1981
6
2
3
.400
6
4.30
2
0
0
37.2
39
18
19
3
14
2
0
0
162
4
6.69
3.35
2.00
0.72
17.3
8.6
1.41
.313
4.54
9.32
24Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
28
September 1981
7
4
1
.800
7
3.47
5
1
0
59.2
52
23
24
2
22
2
0
1
245
3
4.22
3.32
1.27
0.30
11.4
9.0
1.24
.262
3.62
7.84
25Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
27
September 1981
6
3
1
.750
6
1.87
3
1
0
43.1
29
9
9
1
14
2
0
1
174
0
5.61
2.91
1.93
0.21
15.5
8.0
0.99
.215
1.87
6.02
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