most strikeouts as a royals pitcher 1980

Dennis Leonard struck out the most batters for the Royals in 1980, with 155 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
155
1980
38
20
11
.645
38
3.79
9
3
0
280.1
271
118
127
30
80
1
0
5
1,172
12
4.98
2.57
1.94
0.96
13.2
6.8
1.25
.266
4.08
93
3.90
99
8.70
1.3
2Larry Gura
L. Gura
113
1980
36
18
10
.643
36
2.95
16
4
0
283.1
272
93
107
20
76
5
0
6
1,175
2
3.59
2.41
1.49
0.64
9.6
6.5
1.23
.262
3.40
73
3.72
94
8.64
7
3Rich Gale
R. Gale
97
1980
32
13
9
.591
28
3.92
6
1
1
190.2
169
83
90
16
78
2
1
2
799
6
4.58
3.68
1.24
0.76
12.1
9.8
1.30
.252
4.25
96
4.08
103
7.98
-3
4Renie Martin
R. Martin
68
1980
32
10
10
.500
20
4.39
2
0
2
137.1
133
67
84
18
70
1
8
2
599
4
4.46
4.59
0.97
1.18
11.4
11.7
1.48
.260
5.50
108
5.01
127
8.72
-16.7
5Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
53
1980
34
14
11
.560
33
4.15
4
0
0
204.0
236
94
101
17
43
1
0
1
861
1
2.34
1.90
1.23
0.75
6.2
5.0
1.37
.293
4.46
102
3.95
100
10.41
-0.4
6Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
40
1980
37
4
0
1.000
0
3.64
0
0
4
89.0
97
36
39
7
23
1
21
7
378
2
4.04
2.33
1.74
0.71
10.6
6.1
1.35
.293
3.94
89
3.68
93
9.81
2.6
7Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
37
1980
75
12
7
.632
0
3.09
0
0
33
128.1
129
44
47
5
27
1
68
15
528
1
2.59
1.89
1.37
0.35
7.0
5.1
1.22
.271
3.30
76
3.33
84
9.05
8.9
8Gary Christenson
G. Christenson
16
1980
24
3
0
1.000
0
5.17
0
0
1
31.1
35
18
23
4
18
2
8
1
148
1
4.60
5.17
0.89
1.15
10.8
12.2
1.69
.287
6.61
127
5.30
134
10.05
-4.8
9Steve Busby
S. Busby
12
1980
11
1
3
.250
6
6.17
0
0
0
42.1
59
29
30
3
19
2
2
0
199
4
2.55
4.04
0.63
0.64
6.0
9.5
1.84
.344
6.38
151
4.59
116
12.54
-3.1
10Jeff Twitty
J. Twitty
9
1980
13
2
1
.667
0
6.04
0
0
0
22.1
33
15
17
4
7
0
2
3
103
0
3.63
2.82
1.29
1.61
8.7
6.8
1.79
.349
6.85
148
5.21
132
13.30
-3.2
11Rawly Eastwick
R. Eastwick
5
1980
14
0
1
.000
0
5.32
0
0
0
22.0
37
13
14
2
8
2
8
2
114
1
2.05
3.27
0.63
0.82
4.4
7.0
2.05
.361
5.73
131
4.83
122
15.14
-2.2
12Ken Brett
K. Brett
4
1980
8
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
1
13.1
8
0
0
0
5
1
3
0
54
0
2.70
3.38
0.80
0.00
7.4
9.3
0.98
.182
0.00
0
3.49
89
5.40
0.7
13Craig Chamberlain
C. Chamberlain
3
1980
5
0
1
.000
0
6.75
0
0
0
9.1
10
7
8
3
5
0
2
2
43
1
2.89
4.82
0.60
2.89
7.0
11.6
1.61
.219
7.71
166
7.89
200
9.64
-4.2
14Mike Jones
M. Jones
2
1980
3
0
1
.000
1
11.57
0
0
0
4.2
6
6
7
0
5
0
1
1
24
0
3.86
9.64
0.40
0.00
8.3
20.8
2.36
.353
13.50
284
5.10
129
11.57
-0.6

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