most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 1972

Paul Splittorff fanned the most batters for the Royals in 1972, with 140 strikeouts.

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1Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
140
1972
35
12
12
.500
33
3.13
12
2
0
216.0
189
75
81
11
67
4
0
2
876
6
5.83
2.79
2.09
0.46
16.0
7.6
1.19
.272
3.38
102
2.74
86
7.88
10.8
2Dick Drago
D. Drago
135
1972
34
12
17
.414
33
3.01
11
2
0
239.1
230
80
88
22
51
6
1
4
974
5
5.08
1.92
2.65
0.83
13.9
5.2
1.17
.274
3.31
98
3.17
99
8.65
0.5
3Roger Nelson
R. Nelson
120
1972
34
11
6
.647
19
2.08
10
6
2
173.1
120
40
41
13
31
1
9
1
652
4
6.23
1.61
3.87
0.68
18.4
4.8
0.87
.220
2.13
68
2.54
79
6.23
12.6
4Bruce Dal Canton
B. Dal Canton
75
1972
35
6
6
.500
16
3.40
1
0
2
132.1
135
50
54
7
29
1
8
6
551
5
5.10
1.97
2.59
0.48
13.6
5.3
1.24
.292
3.67
111
2.63
82
9.18
8.3
5Mike Hedlund
M. Hedlund
52
1972
29
5
7
.417
16
4.78
1
0
0
113.0
119
60
67
10
41
4
4
1
488
2
4.14
3.27
1.27
0.80
10.7
8.4
1.42
.286
5.34
156
3.82
120
9.48
-7.8
6Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
51
1972
38
2
5
.286
2
3.74
0
0
3
101.0
99
42
46
10
28
1
11
5
427
6
4.54
2.50
1.82
0.89
11.9
6.6
1.26
.264
4.10
122
3.53
111
8.82
-3.8
7Jim Rooker
J. Rooker
44
1972
18
5
6
.455
10
4.38
4
2
0
72.0
78
35
37
3
24
1
3
0
310
3
5.50
3.00
1.83
0.38
14.2
7.7
1.42
.315
4.63
143
2.75
86
9.75
3.5
8Tom Murphy
T. Murphy
34
1972
18
4
4
.500
9
3.07
1
1
1
70.1
77
24
26
3
16
6
2
0
292
0
4.35
2.05
2.13
0.38
11.6
5.5
1.32
.318
3.33
100
2.92
91
9.85
2.1
9Steve Busby
S. Busby
31
1972
5
3
1
.750
5
1.58
3
0
0
40.0
28
7
9
1
8
0
0
0
153
0
6.98
1.80
3.88
0.23
20.3
5.2
0.90
.239
2.03
51
1.77
55
6.30
6.3
10Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
28
1972
45
3
4
.429
0
1.70
0
0
5
58.1
44
11
15
2
19
3
25
3
239
0
4.32
2.93
1.47
0.31
11.7
7.9
1.08
.225
2.31
55
3.01
94
6.79
1.2
11Monty Montgomery
M. Montgomery
24
1972
9
3
3
.500
8
3.04
1
1
0
56.1
55
19
21
2
17
0
1
2
230
0
3.83
2.72
1.41
0.32
10.4
7.4
1.28
.283
3.36
99
2.91
91
8.79
1.8
12Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
18
1972
51
6
2
.750
0
4.23
0
0
9
55.1
67
26
32
0
33
1
30
6
260
0
2.93
5.37
0.55
0.00
6.9
12.7
1.81
.322
5.20
138
3.59
112
10.90
-2.4
13Ken Wright
K. Wright
18
1972
17
1
2
.333
0
4.91
0
0
4
18.1
15
10
10
0
15
1
11
1
84
3
8.84
7.36
1.20
0.00
21.4
17.9
1.64
.300
4.91
160
3.05
95
7.36
0.3
14Norm Angelini
N. Angelini
16
1972
21
2
1
.667
0
2.25
0
0
2
16.0
13
4
4
1
12
1
5
1
70
2
9.00
6.75
1.33
0.56
22.9
17.1
1.56
.300
2.25
74
3.64
114
7.31
-0.8
15Mike Jackson
M. Jackson
15
1972
7
1
2
.333
3
6.41
0
0
0
19.2
24
14
14
0
14
0
0
1
92
1
6.86
6.41
1.07
0.00
16.3
15.2
1.93
.381
6.41
209
3.00
94
10.98
0.4

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