most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 1970

Bob Johnson struck out the most hitters for the Royals in 1970, with 206 strikeouts in his rookie season.

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1Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
1970
40
8
13
.381
26
3.07
10
1
4
214.0
178
73
82
18
82
11
7
4
894
6
8.66
3.45
2.51
0.76
23.0
9.2
1.21
.277
3.45
83
3.10
79
7.49
19.4
2Dick Drago
D. Drago
127
1970
35
9
15
.375
34
3.75
7
1
0
240.0
239
100
110
20
72
7
1
5
1,002
3
4.76
2.70
1.76
0.75
12.7
7.2
1.30
.282
4.13
101
3.64
93
8.96
7.4
3Jim Rooker
J. Rooker
117
1970
38
10
15
.400
29
3.54
6
3
1
203.2
190
80
99
11
102
1
5
4
879
3
5.17
4.51
1.15
0.49
13.3
11.6
1.43
.276
4.37
95
3.70
94
8.40
5
4Bill Butler
B. Butler
75
1970
25
4
12
.250
25
3.77
2
1
0
140.2
117
59
66
17
87
1
0
1
610
3
4.80
5.57
0.86
1.09
12.3
14.3
1.45
.233
4.22
102
5.01
128
7.49
-17.1
5Dave Morehead
D. Morehead
69
1970
28
3
5
.375
17
3.62
1
0
1
121.2
121
49
64
9
62
1
2
3
536
9
5.10
4.59
1.11
0.67
12.9
11.6
1.50
.284
4.73
98
4.01
102
8.95
-1.2
6Wally Bunker
W. Bunker
59
1970
24
2
11
.154
15
4.22
2
1
0
121.2
109
57
63
16
50
0
4
2
514
5
4.36
3.70
1.18
1.18
11.5
9.7
1.31
.239
4.66
114
4.60
117
8.06
-9.2
7Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
49
1970
36
9
3
.750
0
2.59
0
0
12
55.2
41
16
23
3
38
1
31
0
244
2
7.92
6.14
1.29
0.49
20.1
15.6
1.42
.248
3.72
70
3.67
94
6.63
1.5
8Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
47
1970
43
8
5
.615
11
4.44
2
0
1
117.2
112
58
60
14
52
0
14
6
503
12
3.59
3.98
0.90
1.07
9.3
10.3
1.39
.251
4.59
119
4.71
120
8.57
-10.2
9Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
43
1970
41
6
6
.500
0
3.16
0
0
1
68.1
59
24
31
6
23
0
17
1
283
2
5.66
3.03
1.87
0.79
15.2
8.1
1.20
.251
4.08
85
3.52
90
7.77
3
10Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
38
1970
24
1
2
.333
0
3.28
0
0
2
35.2
28
13
13
3
12
2
14
3
149
1
9.59
3.03
3.17
0.76
25.5
8.1
1.12
.266
3.28
88
2.77
71
7.07
4.6
11Ken Wright
K. Wright
30
1970
47
1
2
.333
0
5.23
0
0
3
53.1
49
31
33
2
29
7
14
0
231
2
5.06
4.89
1.03
0.34
13.0
12.6
1.46
.288
5.57
141
4.02
102
8.27
-0.6
12Aurelio Monteagudo
A. Monteagudo
18
1970
21
1
1
.500
0
2.96
0
0
0
27.1
20
9
11
2
9
1
12
0
111
2
5.93
2.96
2.00
0.66
16.2
8.1
1.06
.222
3.62
80
3.36
86
6.59
1.7
13Don O'Riley
D. O'Riley
13
1970
9
0
0
2
5.40
0
0
0
23.1
26
14
15
5
9
1
5
0
106
3
5.01
3.47
1.44
1.93
12.3
8.5
1.50
.269
5.79
145
5.59
143
10.03
-4.3
14Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
10
1970
2
0
1
.000
1
7.27
0
0
0
8.2
16
7
9
1
5
0
0
0
46
0
10.38
5.19
2.00
1.04
21.7
10.9
2.42
.500
9.35
196
3.56
91
16.62
0.4
15Jim York
J. York
6
1970
4
1
1
.500
0
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
5
3
3
2
2
0
3
0
31
0
6.75
2.25
3.00
2.25
19.4
6.5
0.88
.143
3.38
91
5.13
131
5.63
-1.1
16Mike Hedlund
M. Hedlund
5
1970
9
2
3
.400
0
7.20
0
0
0
15.0
18
12
13
6
7
0
3
0
69
1
3.00
4.20
0.71
3.60
7.2
10.1
1.67
.235
7.80
194
8.57
218
10.80
-7.7
17Roger Nelson
R. Nelson
3
1970
4
0
2
.000
2
10.00
0
0
0
9.0
18
10
10
3
0
1
0
0
45
2
3.00
0.00
3.00
6.7
0.0
2.00
.395
10.00
269
6.63
169
18.00
-2.7

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.535
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.534
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.467
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.648
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33
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.629
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.635
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35
.514
9.0
37
36
.507
9.5
29
43
.403
17.0
28
46
.378
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.620
41
29
.586
2.5
35
38
.479
10.0
34
40
.459
11.5
29
41
.414
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AL CentralWLPCTGB
38
33
.535
39
34
.534
35
40
.467
5.0
30
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.411
9.0
29
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.392
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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