most strikeouts as an al pitcher in 1978

Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters in the AL in 1978, with 260 strikeouts.

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1Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
260
1978
CAL CAL
31
10
13
.435
31
3.72
14
3
0
234.2
183
97
106
12
148
3
0
7
1,008
13
9.97
5.68
1.76
0.46
25.8
14.7
1.41
.292
4.07
103
2.95
79
7.02
20.3
2Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
248
1978
NYY NYY
35
25
3
.893
35
1.74
16
9
0
273.2
187
53
61
13
72
1
0
1
1,057
7
8.16
2.37
3.44
0.43
23.5
6.8
0.95
.241
2.01
48
2.18
58
6.15
48.5
3Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
183
1978
KCR KCR
40
21
17
.553
40
3.33
20
4
0
294.2
283
109
125
27
78
9
0
7
1,218
12
5.59
2.38
2.35
0.82
15.0
6.4
1.23
.278
3.82
88
3.41
91
8.64
11.5
4Mike Flanagan
M. Flanagan
167
1978
BAL BAL
40
19
15
.559
40
4.03
17
2
0
281.1
271
126
128
22
87
3
0
2
1,160
8
5.34
2.78
1.92
0.70
14.4
7.5
1.27
.283
4.09
113
3.36
90
8.67
11.2
5Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
162
1978
BOS BOS
35
20
8
.714
35
2.99
16
3
0
268.1
258
89
99
30
71
7
0
8
1,121
3
5.43
2.38
2.28
1.01
14.5
6.3
1.23
.268
3.32
74
3.69
94
8.65
6.8
6Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
157
1978
TEX TEX
34
18
8
.692
30
3.04
16
4
0
249.0
228
84
92
21
41
3
3
2
990
2
5.67
1.48
3.83
0.76
15.9
4.1
1.08
.270
3.33
81
2.94
79
8.24
21.9
7Jon Matlack
J. Matlack
157
1978
TEX TEX
35
15
13
.536
33
2.27
18
2
1
270.0
252
68
93
14
51
4
2
4
1,097
8
5.23
1.70
3.08
0.47
14.3
4.6
1.12
.273
3.10
60
2.70
72
8.40
31.2
8Ken Kravec
K. Kravec
154
1978
CWS CWS
30
11
16
.407
30
4.08
7
2
0
203.0
188
92
104
22
95
10
0
1
890
7
6.83
4.21
1.62
0.98
17.3
10.7
1.39
.273
4.61
108
4.02
108
8.33
-7
9Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
142
1978
BAL BAL
40
16
11
.593
38
3.52
15
2
0
276.1
257
108
121
20
93
3
0
4
1,140
8
4.62
3.03
1.53
0.65
12.5
8.2
1.27
.269
3.94
98
3.53
95
8.37
5.8
10Tom Underwood
T. Underwood
139
1978
TOR TOR
31
6
14
.300
30
4.10
7
1
0
197.2
201
90
105
23
87
2
0
4
864
7
6.33
3.96
1.60
1.05
16.1
10.1
1.46
.290
4.78
105
4.03
104
9.15
-3.1
11Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
138
1978
BAL BAL
38
21
12
.636
38
2.46
19
6
0
296.0
246
81
94
19
97
1
0
1
1,197
5
4.20
2.95
1.42
0.58
11.5
8.1
1.16
.241
2.86
69
3.47
93
7.48
8.2
12Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
137
1978
CAL CAL
33
18
12
.600
33
3.65
10
4
0
239.0
239
97
108
26
60
9
0
7
1,014
5
5.16
2.26
2.28
0.98
13.5
5.9
1.25
.272
4.07
101
3.71
100
9.00
0.2
13Milt Wilcox
M. Wilcox
132
1978
DET DET
29
13
12
.520
27
3.76
16
2
0
215.1
208
90
94
22
68
8
0
2
907
6
5.52
2.84
1.94
0.92
14.6
7.5
1.28
.275
3.93
97
3.74
95
8.69
4.5
14Mike Caldwell
M. Caldwell
131
1978
MIL MIL
37
22
9
.710
34
2.36
23
6
1
293.1
258
77
90
14
54
7
1
3
1,176
8
4.02
1.66
2.43
0.43
11.1
4.6
1.06
.252
2.76
63
2.93
79
7.92
26.3
15Chris Knapp
C. Knapp
126
1978
CAL CAL
30
14
8
.636
29
4.21
6
0
0
188.1
178
88
94
25
67
2
1
6
797
3
6.02
3.20
1.88
1.19
15.8
8.4
1.30
.265
4.49
116
4.06
109
8.51
-7.4
16Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
122
1978
NYY NYY
63
10
11
.476
0
2.01
0
0
27
134.1
87
30
41
9
59
2
55
8
543
5
8.17
3.95
2.07
0.60
22.5
10.9
1.09
.222
2.75
55
2.99
80
5.83
11.6
17Roger Erickson
R. Erickson
121
1978
MIN MIN
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
18Mike Torrez
M. Torrez
120
1978
BOS BOS
36
16
13
.552
36
3.96
15
2
0
250.0
272
110
122
19
99
3
0
10
1,091
7
4.32
3.56
1.21
0.68
11.0
9.1
1.48
.298
4.39
98
3.83
98
9.79
2.8
19Steve Stone
S. Stone
118
1978
CWS CWS
30
12
12
.500
30
4.37
6
1
0
212.0
196
103
110
19
84
3
0
1
898
2
5.01
3.57
1.40
0.81
13.1
9.4
1.32
.263
4.67
116
3.86
104
8.32
-3.4
20Dave Goltz
D. Goltz
116
1978
MIN MIN
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
21Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
114
1978
BOS BOS
32
13
8
.619
31
3.31
12
5
0
212.1
185
78
80
26
57
5
1
4
863
0
4.83
2.42
2.00
1.10
13.2
6.6
1.14
.241
3.39
82
3.97
101
7.84
-0.9
22Matt Keough
M. Keough
108
1978
OAK OAK
32
8
15
.348
32
3.24
6
0
0
197.1
178
71
90
9
85
4
0
2
837
12
4.93
3.88
1.27
0.41
12.9
10.2
1.33
.268
4.10
90
3.43
90
8.12
8.2
23Jim Clancy
J. Clancy
106
1978
TOR TOR
31
10
12
.455
30
4.09
7
0
0
193.2
199
88
96
10
91
1
0
1
846
10
4.93
4.23
1.16
0.46
12.5
10.8
1.50
.296
4.46
104
3.58
92
9.25
6.5
24Rick Wise
R. Wise
106
1978
CLE CLE
33
9
19
.321
31
4.34
9
1
0
211.2
226
102
116
22
59
3
1
3
903
1
4.51
2.51
1.80
0.94
11.7
6.5
1.35
.286
4.93
115
3.80
99
9.61
0.9
25Geoff Zahn
G. Zahn
106
1978
MIN MIN
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
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