most strikeouts as a twins pitcher 1978

Roger Erickson fanned the most hitters for the Twins in 1978, with 121 strikeouts in his rookie season.

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1Roger Erickson
R. Erickson
121
1978
37
14
13
.519
37
3.96
14
0
0
265.2
268
117
129
19
79
8
0
1
1,120
8
4.10
2.68
1.53
0.64
10.8
7.1
1.31
.279
4.37
103
3.58
94
9.08
6.6
2Dave Goltz
D. Goltz
116
1978
29
15
10
.600
29
2.49
13
2
0
220.1
209
61
72
12
67
1
0
1
913
4
4.74
2.74
1.73
0.49
12.7
7.3
1.25
.275
2.94
65
3.15
83
8.54
15.8
3Geoff Zahn
G. Zahn
106
1978
35
14
14
.500
35
3.03
12
1
0
252.1
260
85
101
18
81
4
0
2
1,056
7
3.78
2.89
1.31
0.64
10.0
7.7
1.35
.286
3.60
79
3.67
97
9.27
3.6
4Gary Serum
G. Serum
80
1978
34
9
9
.500
23
4.10
6
1
1
184.1
188
84
88
14
44
3
4
2
774
5
3.91
2.15
1.82
0.68
10.3
5.7
1.26
.275
4.30
107
3.46
91
9.18
7
5Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
56
1978
54
10
12
.455
0
2.45
0
0
21
99.0
80
27
31
3
37
1
51
1
404
2
5.09
3.36
1.51
0.27
13.9
9.2
1.18
.251
2.82
64
2.99
79
7.27
8.9
6Darrell Jackson
D. Jackson
54
1978
19
4
6
.400
15
4.48
1
1
0
92.1
89
46
53
9
48
2
1
1
404
3
5.26
4.68
1.13
0.88
13.4
11.9
1.48
.275
5.17
117
4.30
113
8.68
-5.1
7Stan Perzanowski
S. Perzanowski
31
1978
13
2
7
.222
7
5.24
1
0
1
56.2
59
33
37
1
26
4
4
0
252
2
4.92
4.13
1.19
0.16
12.3
10.3
1.50
.305
5.88
137
3.30
87
9.37
3.2
8Greg Thayer
G. Thayer
30
1978
20
1
1
.500
0
3.80
0
0
0
45.0
40
19
19
5
30
3
12
1
194
1
6.00
6.00
1.00
1.00
15.5
15.5
1.56
.278
3.80
99
4.89
129
8.00
-5.4
9Paul Thormodsgard
P. Thormodsgard
23
1978
12
1
6
.143
12
5.05
1
0
0
66.0
81
37
40
7
17
1
0
0
286
3
3.14
2.32
1.35
0.95
8.0
5.9
1.48
.311
5.45
131
4.07
107
11.05
-2
10Tom Johnson
T. Johnson
21
1978
18
1
4
.200
0
5.51
0
0
3
32.2
42
20
22
2
17
2
14
4
155
2
5.79
4.68
1.24
0.55
13.5
11.0
1.81
.354
6.06
144
3.83
101
11.57
-0.1
11John Sutton
J. Sutton
18
1978
17
0
0
0
3.45
0
0
0
44.1
46
17
19
3
15
1
8
3
191
5
3.65
3.05
1.20
0.61
9.4
7.9
1.38
.279
3.86
90
3.72
98
9.34
0.4
12Mac Scarce
M. Scarce
17
1978
17
1
1
.500
0
3.94
0
0
0
32.0
35
14
19
5
15
3
5
0
143
2
4.78
4.22
1.13
1.41
11.9
10.5
1.56
.291
5.34
103
5.23
138
9.84
-5.1
13Jeff Holly
J. Holly
12
1978
15
1
1
.500
1
3.57
0
0
0
35.1
28
14
15
1
18
0
6
3
150
3
3.06
4.58
0.67
0.25
8.0
12.0
1.30
.227
3.82
93
3.79
100
7.13
0
14Roric Harrison
R. Harrison
7
1978
9
0
1
.000
0
7.50
0
0
0
12.0
18
10
10
0
11
0
5
0
64
1
5.25
8.25
0.64
0.00
10.9
17.2
2.42
.391
7.50
195
4.16
109
13.50
-0.5
15Dave Johnson
D. Johnson
7
1978
6
0
2
.000
1
7.50
0
0
0
12.0
15
10
11
1
9
0
4
0
58
3
5.25
6.75
0.78
0.75
12.1
15.5
2.00
.341
8.25
195
4.74
125
11.25
-1.3
16Pete Redfern
P. Redfern
4
1978
3
0
2
.000
2
6.52
0
0
0
9.2
10
7
12
2
6
0
0
0
44
0
3.72
5.59
0.67
1.86
9.1
13.6
1.66
.250
11.17
170
6.30
166
9.31
-2.7

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