most strikeouts as a royals pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dennis Leonard fanned the most batters for the Royals, with 857 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
857
182
87
62
.584
177
3.54
77
16
1
1316.2
1,242
518
585
112
385
42
2
19
5,463
45
5.86
2.63
2.23
0.77
15.7
7.0
1.24
.278
4.00
91
3.42
90
8.49
55.4
2Paul Splittorff
P. Splittorff
817
306
123
106
.537
286
3.66
79
17
1
1905.2
1,925
776
904
137
595
28
6
33
8,052
36
3.86
2.81
1.37
0.65
10.1
7.4
1.32
.276
4.27
97
3.64
98
9.09
15.1
3Steve Busby
S. Busby
647
156
69
51
.575
144
3.61
53
7
0
1018.1
944
409
453
70
414
23
6
22
4,306
24
5.72
3.66
1.56
0.62
15.0
9.6
1.33
.277
4.00
94
3.49
94
8.34
25.1
4Dick Drago
D. Drago
469
141
50
57
.467
134
3.47
43
8
0
933.1
972
360
398
72
245
29
4
20
3,890
16
4.52
2.36
1.91
0.69
12.1
6.3
1.30
.293
3.84
98
3.38
93
9.37
26.6
5Doug Bird
D. Bird
464
292
49
36
.576
43
3.56
3
1
58
714.2
702
283
315
62
188
13
171
38
2,980
16
5.84
2.37
2.47
0.78
15.6
6.3
1.25
.284
3.97
94
3.28
89
8.84
33.1
6Al Fitzmorris
A. Fitzmorris
388
236
69
47
.595
136
3.45
35
11
5
1087.1
1,066
417
462
65
355
9
33
38
4,546
55
3.21
2.94
1.09
0.54
8.5
7.8
1.31
.268
3.82
95
3.63
100
8.82
-2.4
7Marty Pattin
M. Pattin
330
207
39
39
.500
63
3.46
18
2
17
736.2
704
283
330
67
194
13
71
29
3,069
10
4.03
2.37
1.70
0.82
10.8
6.3
1.22
.258
4.03
89
3.76
100
8.60
-2
8Bruce Dal Canton
B. Dal Canton
272
127
26
27
.491
65
3.76
13
2
5
555.0
545
232
266
28
208
11
30
21
2,386
30
4.41
3.37
1.31
0.45
11.4
8.7
1.36
.277
4.31
106
3.35
94
8.84
11.3
9Larry Gura
L. Gura
234
146
41
21
.661
67
3.40
17
5
11
624.1
564
236
273
54
181
13
33
14
2,575
12
3.37
2.61
1.29
0.78
9.1
7.0
1.19
.244
3.94
84
3.97
102
8.13
-5.8
10Mark Littell
M. Littell
233
123
18
13
.581
16
3.32
2
0
28
271.0
204
100
111
13
153
1
68
11
1,143
10
7.74
5.08
1.52
0.43
20.4
13.4
1.32
.257
3.69
85
3.26
87
6.77
15.1
11Steve Mingori
S. Mingori
217
264
16
25
.390
2
3.05
0
0
27
439.0
419
149
183
34
143
14
115
33
1,856
12
4.45
2.93
1.52
0.70
11.7
7.7
1.28
.266
3.75
78
3.71
98
8.59
1.8
12Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
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
13Jim Rooker
J. Rooker
192
76
17
28
.378
46
4.01
11
6
1
329.2
327
147
171
16
150
3
11
5
1,429
10
5.24
4.10
1.28
0.44
13.4
10.5
1.45
.291
4.67
115
3.41
92
8.93
10.8
14Rich Gale
R. Gale
191
65
23
18
.561
61
4.33
11
4
0
374.0
368
180
209
29
199
7
0
7
1,651
10
4.60
4.79
0.96
0.70
11.6
12.1
1.52
.277
5.03
106
4.28
109
8.86
-15.4
15Ken Wright
K. Wright
179
110
11
15
.423
24
4.57
2
1
8
230.1
190
117
125
14
173
11
34
1
1,031
10
6.99
6.76
1.03
0.55
17.4
16.8
1.58
.269
4.88
125
4.16
111
7.42
-10.4
16Roger Nelson
R. Nelson
156
54
11
9
.550
22
2.88
10
6
2
225.0
177
72
73
17
40
4
13
2
872
7
6.24
1.60
3.90
0.68
17.9
4.6
0.96
.244
2.92
88
2.60
79
7.08
17.1
17Andy Hassler
A. Hassler
154
59
15
16
.484
50
3.81
8
2
0
314.1
331
133
161
10
138
7
2
3
1,385
14
4.41
3.95
1.12
0.29
11.1
10.0
1.49
.298
4.61
98
3.49
92
9.48
9.9
18Mike Hedlund
M. Hedlund
133
70
22
18
.550
46
3.61
8
1
0
333.2
305
134
148
31
120
5
8
2
1,390
5
3.59
3.24
1.11
0.84
9.6
8.6
1.27
.249
3.99
110
3.97
115
8.23
-19.3
19Ted Abernathy
T. Abernathy
132
144
16
13
.552
0
2.31
0
0
40
195.0
145
50
66
8
107
10
102
7
831
3
6.09
4.94
1.23
0.37
15.9
12.9
1.29
.239
3.05
67
3.46
98
6.69
1.9
20Nelson Briles
N. Briles
114
42
11
13
.458
33
4.14
6
0
2
215.0
245
99
108
28
46
7
4
2
910
2
4.77
1.93
2.48
1.17
12.5
5.1
1.35
.303
4.52
109
3.94
108
10.26
-7.6
21Jim Colborn
J. Colborn
111
44
19
16
.543
38
3.74
6
1
0
267.1
264
111
124
26
93
15
1
3
1,151
8
3.74
3.13
1.19
0.88
9.6
8.1
1.34
.263
4.17
92
4.36
110
8.89
-12.5
22Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
109
165
21
15
.583
0
2.96
0
0
28
222.0
210
73
92
11
90
9
86
11
954
5
4.42
3.65
1.21
0.45
11.4
9.4
1.35
.271
3.73
87
3.50
98
8.51
2.5
23Jim York
J. York
109
57
6
6
.500
0
2.93
0
0
3
101.1
75
33
35
9
46
3
24
7
430
4
9.68
4.09
2.37
0.80
25.3
10.7
1.19
.251
3.11
84
2.91
81
6.66
7.5
24Bill Butler
B. Butler
107
39
5
14
.263
31
3.70
2
1
0
185.0
162
76
85
23
105
1
3
1
800
3
5.21
5.11
1.02
1.12
13.4
13.1
1.44
.246
4.14
101
4.77
124
7.88
-19.2
25Al Hrabosky
A. Hrabosky
99
116
17
11
.607
0
3.28
0
0
31
140.0
119
51
55
9
76
2
84
12
602
9
6.36
4.89
1.30
0.58
16.4
12.6
1.39
.264
3.54
81
3.73
95
7.65
2.8
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