most strikeouts as a royals pitcher in 1985

Bret Saberhagen fanned the most hitters for the Royals in a season in 1985, with 158 strikeouts.

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1Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
158
1985
KCR KCR
32
20
6
.769
32
2.87
10
1
0
235.1
211
75
79
19
38
1
0
1
931
1
6.04
1.45
4.16
0.73
17.0
4.1
1.06
.269
3.02
68
2.88
71
8.07
30.6
2Bud Black
B. Black
122
1985
KCR KCR
33
10
15
.400
33
4.33
5
2
0
205.2
216
99
111
17
59
8
0
4
885
9
5.34
2.58
2.07
0.74
13.8
6.7
1.34
.293
4.86
103
3.54
88
9.45
11.5
3Danny Jackson
D. Jackson
114
1985
KCR KCR
32
14
12
.538
32
3.42
4
3
0
208.0
209
79
94
7
76
6
0
2
893
4
4.93
3.29
1.50
0.30
12.8
8.5
1.37
.293
4.07
82
3.20
79
9.04
19.6
4Charlie Leibrandt
C. Leibrandt
108
1985
KCR KCR
33
17
9
.654
33
2.69
8
3
0
237.2
223
71
86
17
68
2
0
3
983
4
4.09
2.58
1.59
0.64
11.0
6.9
1.22
.261
3.26
64
3.58
89
8.44
12.2
5Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
99
1985
KCR KCR
29
14
10
.583
28
4.06
0
0
0
177.1
160
80
88
14
77
5
0
0
760
12
5.02
3.91
1.29
0.71
13.0
10.1
1.34
.258
4.47
97
3.98
98
8.12
1.3
6Joe Beckwith
J. Beckwith
80
1985
KCR KCR
49
1
5
.167
0
4.07
0
0
1
95.0
99
43
45
9
32
3
21
8
410
6
7.58
3.03
2.50
0.85
19.5
7.8
1.38
.315
4.26
97
3.33
82
9.38
7.6
7Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
54
1985
KCR KCR
84
8
9
.471
0
2.37
0
0
37
129.0
142
34
41
8
16
1
76
5
532
0
3.77
1.12
3.38
0.56
10.2
3.0
1.22
.296
2.86
57
3.04
75
9.91
14.4
8Steve Farr
S. Farr
36
1985
KCR KCR
16
2
1
.667
3
3.11
0
0
1
37.2
34
13
15
2
20
2
5
4
164
2
8.60
4.78
1.80
0.48
22.0
12.2
1.43
.308
3.58
74
3.21
79
8.12
3.5
9Mike Jones
M. Jones
32
1985
KCR KCR
33
3
3
.500
1
4.78
0
0
0
64.0
62
34
40
6
39
0
16
4
290
1
4.50
5.48
0.82
0.84
11.0
13.4
1.58
.263
5.63
114
4.73
117
8.72
-4.9
10Michael LaCoss
M. LaCoss
26
1985
KCR KCR
21
1
1
.500
0
5.09
0
0
1
40.2
49
23
25
2
29
0
7
6
193
2
5.75
6.42
0.90
0.44
13.5
15.0
1.92
.346
5.53
122
4.18
103
10.84
-0.6
11Mark Huismann
M. Huismann
9
1985
KCR KCR
9
1
0
1.000
0
1.93
0
0
0
18.2
14
4
4
1
3
0
6
0
70
0
4.34
1.45
3.00
0.48
12.9
4.3
0.91
.228
1.93
46
2.89
72
6.75
2.4
12Tony Ferreira
T. Ferreira
5
1985
KCR KCR
2
0
0
0
7.94
0
0
0
5.2
6
5
5
0
2
0
1
0
24
0
7.94
3.18
2.50
0.00
20.8
8.3
1.41
.353
7.94
190
1.97
49
9.53
1.3
13Larry Gura
L. Gura
2
1985
KCR KCR
3
0
0
0
12.46
0
0
1
4.1
7
6
6
1
4
0
2
0
23
1
4.15
8.31
0.50
2.08
8.7
17.4
2.54
.375
12.46
298
7.53
186
14.54
-1.7
14Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
1
1985
KCR KCR
2
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
0
4.50
0.00
0.00
14.3
0.0
0.50
.167
0.00
0
1.68
42
4.50
0.5

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Tue
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ATH ATH
@
TBR TBR
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Tue
9/15
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
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9/15
BAL BAL
@
NYM NYM
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ATL ATL
@
CHC CHC
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9/15
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
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Fri
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TBR TBR
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Sat
10/24
TBR TBR
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Mon
10/26
MIL MIL
@
TBR TBR
8:00 PM
Tue
10/27
MIL MIL
@
TBR TBR
8:00 PM
Wed
10/28
MIL MIL
@
TBR TBR
8:00 PM