most strikeouts as an al pitcher in 1965

Sam McDowell fanned the most hitters in the AL in 1965, with 325 strikeouts.

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1Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
325
1965
CLE CLE
42
17
11
.607
35
2.18
14
3
4
273.0
178
66
80
9
132
6
5
7
1,116
17
10.71
4.35
2.46
0.30
29.1
11.8
1.14
.262
2.64
63
2.08
58
5.87
45.4
2Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
226
1965
DET DET
43
15
9
.625
37
3.44
7
3
3
243.2
216
93
103
23
72
12
5
2
1,015
7
8.35
2.66
3.14
0.85
22.3
7.1
1.18
.283
3.80
98
2.92
81
7.98
18.6
3Denny McLain
D. McLain
192
1965
DET DET
33
16
6
.727
29
2.61
13
4
1
220.1
174
64
73
25
62
2
2
1
881
3
7.84
2.53
3.10
1.02
21.8
7.0
1.07
.248
2.98
75
3.12
86
7.11
12
4Sonny Siebert
S. Siebert
191
1965
CLE CLE
39
16
8
.667
27
2.43
4
1
1
188.2
139
51
58
14
46
5
5
2
742
3
9.11
2.19
4.15
0.67
25.7
6.2
0.98
.257
2.77
70
2.27
63
6.63
27.4
5Al Downing
A. Downing
179
1965
NYY NYY
35
12
14
.462
32
3.40
8
2
0
212.0
185
80
92
16
105
2
2
2
902
5
7.60
4.46
1.70
0.68
19.8
11.6
1.37
.282
3.91
100
3.32
95
7.85
4.1
6Dean Chance
D. Chance
164
1965
CAL CAL
36
15
10
.600
33
3.15
10
4
0
225.2
197
79
86
12
101
9
2
10
950
6
6.54
4.03
1.62
0.48
17.3
10.6
1.32
.279
3.43
96
3.22
95
7.86
4.1
7Earl Wilson
E. Wilson
164
1965
BOS BOS
36
13
14
.481
36
3.98
8
1
0
230.2
221
102
119
27
77
4
0
4
978
6
6.40
3.00
2.13
1.05
16.8
7.9
1.29
.275
4.64
107
3.67
95
8.62
5.5
8Dave Morehead
D. Morehead
163
1965
BOS BOS
34
10
18
.357
33
4.06
5
2
0
192.2
157
87
103
18
113
3
1
1
845
11
7.61
5.28
1.44
0.84
19.3
13.4
1.40
.254
4.81
109
3.85
100
7.33
1.1
9Whitey Ford
W. Ford
162
1965
NYY NYY
37
16
13
.552
36
3.24
9
2
1
244.1
241
88
97
22
50
1
1
2
1,000
7
5.97
1.84
3.24
0.81
16.2
5.0
1.19
.286
3.57
96
2.99
85
8.88
14.1
10Pete Richert
P. Richert
161
1965
WSH WSH
34
15
12
.556
29
2.60
6
0
0
194.0
146
56
64
18
84
2
3
7
794
9
7.47
3.90
1.92
0.84
20.3
10.6
1.19
.242
2.97
74
3.39
94
6.77
4.8
11Mel Stottlemyre
M. Stottlemyre
155
1965
NYY NYY
37
20
9
.690
37
2.63
18
4
0
291.0
250
85
99
18
88
7
0
3
1,188
5
4.79
2.72
1.76
0.56
13.0
7.4
1.16
.252
3.06
78
3.24
92
7.73
8.6
12Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
154
1965
MIN MIN
45
18
11
.621
42
2.83
7
2
2
264.1
267
83
121
25
63
5
2
6
1,115
3
5.24
2.15
2.44
0.85
13.8
5.7
1.25
.279
4.12
79
3.35
91
9.09
9.9
13Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
152
1965
CLE CLE
41
11
11
.500
30
3.53
10
2
1
196.1
166
77
88
20
66
3
4
3
812
2
6.97
3.03
2.30
0.92
18.7
8.1
1.18
.256
4.03
102
3.35
94
7.61
5
14Mudcat Grant
M. Grant
142
1965
MIN MIN
41
21
7
.750
39
3.30
14
6
0
270.1
252
99
107
34
61
0
0
2
1,095
8
4.73
2.03
2.33
1.13
13.0
5.6
1.16
.254
3.56
93
3.78
103
8.39
-2.3
15Hank Aguirre
H. Aguirre
141
1965
DET DET
32
14
10
.583
32
3.59
10
2
0
208.1
185
83
89
24
60
10
0
2
875
3
6.09
2.59
2.35
1.04
16.1
6.9
1.18
.252
3.84
103
3.67
102
7.99
-1.2
16George Brunet
G. Brunet
141
1965
CAL CAL
41
9
11
.450
26
2.56
8
3
2
197.0
149
56
64
9
69
3
7
8
798
3
6.44
3.15
2.04
0.41
17.7
8.6
1.11
.243
2.92
78
2.78
82
6.81
13.8
17Steve Barber
S. Barber
130
1965
BAL BAL
37
15
10
.600
32
2.69
7
2
0
220.2
177
66
79
16
81
2
1
5
897
8
5.30
3.30
1.60
0.65
14.5
9.0
1.17
.241
3.22
79
3.41
97
7.22
2.1
18Milt Pappas
M. Pappas
127
1965
BAL BAL
34
13
9
.591
34
2.60
9
3
0
221.1
192
64
81
22
52
3
0
3
891
5
5.16
2.11
2.44
0.89
14.3
5.8
1.10
.247
3.29
77
3.41
97
7.81
2.2
19Joe Sparma
J. Sparma
127
1965
DET DET
30
13
8
.619
28
3.18
6
0
0
167.0
142
59
69
13
75
3
1
5
713
7
6.84
4.04
1.69
0.70
17.8
10.5
1.30
.261
3.72
91
3.41
94
7.65
3.8
20Tommy John
T. John
126
1965
CWS CWS
39
14
7
.667
27
3.09
6
1
2
183.2
162
63
67
12
58
2
4
6
752
8
6.17
2.84
2.17
0.59
16.8
7.7
1.20
.271
3.28
95
2.97
88
7.94
7.8
21Joe Horlen
J. Horlen
125
1965
CWS CWS
34
13
13
.500
34
2.88
7
4
0
219.0
203
70
88
16
39
3
0
9
890
8
5.14
1.60
3.21
0.66
14.0
4.4
1.11
.264
3.62
88
2.90
86
8.34
11.2
22Marcelino Lopez
M. Lopez
122
1965
CAL CAL
35
14
13
.519
32
2.93
8
1
1
215.1
185
70
79
12
82
4
2
6
901
10
5.10
3.43
1.49
0.50
13.5
9.1
1.24
.254
3.30
89
3.31
97
7.73
1.7
23Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
121
1965
BOS BOS
63
9
11
.450
0
3.91
0
0
22
124.1
104
54
57
11
53
5
56
11
526
1
8.76
3.84
2.28
0.80
23.0
10.1
1.26
.277
4.13
105
3.12
81
7.53
10
24Bruce Howard
B. Howard
120
1965
CWS CWS
30
9
8
.529
22
3.47
1
1
0
148.0
123
57
61
13
72
1
2
5
627
9
7.30
4.38
1.67
0.79
19.1
11.5
1.32
.261
3.71
107
3.52
105
7.48
-3.2
25Diego Segui
D. Segui
119
1965
KCA KCA
40
5
15
.250
25
4.64
5
1
0
163.0
166
84
102
18
67
2
2
3
713
7
6.57
3.70
1.78
0.99
16.7
9.4
1.43
.292
5.63
131
3.76
103
9.17
-1.9
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