most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 1974

Steve Busby fanned the most batters for the Royals in 1974, with 198 strikeouts.

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1Steve Busby
S. Busby
198
1974
38
22
14
.611
38
3.39
20
3
0
292.1
284
110
118
14
92
9
0
6
1,220
5
6.10
2.83
2.15
0.43
16.2
7.5
1.29
.298
3.63
91
2.87
81
8.74
22.1
2Bruce Dal Canton
B. Dal Canton
96
1974
31
8
10
.444
22
3.13
9
2
0
175.1
135
61
71
5
82
5
4
3
736
16
4.93
4.21
1.17
0.26
13.0
11.1
1.24
.237
3.64
84
3.33
94
6.93
4.1
3Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
90
1974
36
13
19
.406
36
4.10
8
1
0
226.0
252
103
122
23
75
1
0
8
985
1
3.58
2.99
1.20
0.92
9.1
7.6
1.45
.288
4.86
110
4.10
116
10.04
-14.4
4Doug Bird
D. Bird
62
1974
55
7
6
.538
1
2.73
1
0
10
92.1
100
28
31
6
27
1
44
9
390
1
6.04
2.63
2.30
0.58
15.9
6.9
1.38
.320
3.02
73
2.98
84
9.75
5.9
5Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
53
1974
34
13
6
.684
27
2.79
9
4
1
190.0
189
59
73
8
63
0
1
10
806
10
2.51
2.98
0.84
0.38
6.6
7.8
1.33
.265
3.46
75
3.55
100
8.95
-0.3
6Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
50
1974
25
3
7
.300
11
3.99
2
0
0
117.1
121
52
55
10
28
2
5
3
497
0
3.84
2.15
1.79
0.77
10.1
5.6
1.27
.273
4.22
107
3.59
101
9.28
-0.7
7Lindy McDaniel
L. McDaniel
47
1974
38
1
4
.200
5
3.46
2
0
1
106.2
109
41
50
6
24
0
19
5
443
1
3.97
2.03
1.96
0.51
10.6
5.4
1.25
.281
4.22
93
3.09
87
9.20
5.4
8Steve Mingori
S. Mingori
43
1974
36
2
3
.400
0
2.81
0
0
2
67.1
53
21
31
4
23
2
15
5
281
3
5.75
3.07
1.87
0.53
15.3
8.2
1.13
.234
4.14
75
3.18
89
7.08
2.8
9Nelson Briles
N. Briles
41
1974
18
5
7
.417
17
4.02
3
0
0
103.0
118
46
48
9
21
2
0
1
432
1
3.58
1.83
1.95
0.79
9.5
4.9
1.35
.304
4.19
108
3.58
101
10.31
-0.4
10Joe Hoerner
J. Hoerner
24
1974
30
2
3
.400
0
3.82
0
0
2
35.1
32
15
15
3
12
4
11
5
153
1
6.11
3.06
2.00
0.76
15.7
7.8
1.25
.264
3.82
103
3.67
103
8.15
-0.5
11Gene Garber
G. Garber
14
1974
17
1
2
.333
0
4.82
0
0
1
28.0
35
15
21
3
13
1
4
9
132
2
4.50
4.18
1.08
0.96
10.6
9.8
1.71
.317
6.75
129
4.46
126
11.25
-2.9
12Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
8
1974
5
0
4
.000
4
5.32
0
0
0
22.0
28
13
15
0
12
3
0
0
105
0
3.27
4.91
0.67
0.00
7.6
11.4
1.82
.341
6.14
143
3.89
109
11.45
-0.9
13Aurelio Lopez
A. Lopez
5
1974
8
0
0
1
5.63
0
0
0
16.0
21
10
12
0
10
0
5
0
76
1
2.81
5.63
0.50
0.00
6.6
13.2
1.94
.344
6.75
151
3.82
108
11.81
-0.5

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