most strikeouts as an al pitcher in 1979

Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters in the AL in 1979, with 223 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	223	1979	CAL	34	16	14	.533	34	3.60	17	5	0	222.2	169	89	104	15	114	6	0	3	937	9	9.01	4.61	1.96	0.61	23.8	12.2	1.27	.266	4.20	88	3.21	78	6.83	22.2
2	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	201	1979	NYY	33	18	8	.692	30	2.78	15	2	2	236.1	203	73	83	20	71	0	3	0	946	9	7.65	2.70	2.83	0.76	21.2	7.5	1.16	.280	3.16	68	3.02	73	7.73	29.6
3	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	190	1979	BAL	39	23	9	.719	38	3.08	16	5	0	265.2	245	91	107	23	70	3	0	1	1,085	6	6.44	2.37	2.71	0.78	17.5	6.5	1.19	.278	3.62	77	3.24	79	8.30	25.6
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	164	1979	TEX	37	16	14	.533	37	4.07	10	3	0	259.0	252	117	127	40	81	3	0	6	1,089	4	5.70	2.81	2.02	1.39	15.1	7.4	1.29	.265	4.41	98	4.43	109	8.76	-11.6
5	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	157	1979	MIN	37	20	13	.606	36	3.38	10	2	0	263.2	268	99	108	19	83	3	0	4	1,101	2	5.36	2.83	1.89	0.65	14.3	7.5	1.33	.297	3.69	78	3.44	82	9.15	21.7
6	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	150	1979	BOS	33	17	10	.630	33	2.99	17	2	0	246.2	234	82	89	29	59	6	0	4	1,018	1	5.47	2.15	2.54	1.06	14.7	5.8	1.19	.265	3.25	66	3.82	89	8.54	13.4
7	Jim Kern J. Kern	136	1979	TEX	71	13	5	.722	0	1.57	0	0	29	143.0	99	25	35	5	62	2	57	6	578	5	8.56	3.90	2.19	0.31	23.5	10.7	1.13	.252	2.20	38	2.61	64	6.23	23.4
8	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	132	1979	MIN	36	14	13	.519	35	4.16	12	1	0	250.2	282	116	124	22	69	1	1	3	1,061	5	4.74	2.48	1.91	0.79	12.4	6.5	1.40	.311	4.45	96	3.65	87	10.13	15
9	Ken Kravec K. Kravec	132	1979	CWS	36	15	13	.536	35	3.74	10	3	1	250.0	208	104	115	20	111	14	1	3	1,041	3	4.75	4.00	1.19	0.72	12.7	10.7	1.28	.246	4.14	89	4.20	101	7.49	-1.9
10	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	132	1979	BAL	40	15	16	.484	39	3.66	18	3	0	292.1	279	119	129	28	78	1	0	1	1,206	9	4.06	2.40	1.69	0.86	10.9	6.5	1.22	.260	3.97	91	3.87	94	8.59	7.2
11	Mike Parrott M. Parrott	127	1979	SEA	38	14	12	.538	30	3.77	13	2	0	229.1	231	96	104	17	86	6	4	16	973	1	4.98	3.38	1.48	0.67	13.1	8.8	1.38	.290	4.08	88	3.78	85	9.07	16.5
12	Tom Underwood T. Underwood	127	1979	TOR	33	9	16	.360	32	3.69	12	1	0	227.0	213	93	113	23	95	9	0	3	963	11	5.04	3.77	1.34	0.91	13.2	9.9	1.36	.268	4.48	84	4.29	101	8.44	-0.4
13	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	126	1979	KCR	32	14	12	.538	32	4.08	12	5	0	236.0	226	107	117	33	56	2	0	3	966	8	4.81	2.14	2.25	1.26	13.0	5.8	1.19	.258	4.46	96	4.21	103	8.62	-3.1
14	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	125	1979	BOS	36	16	13	.552	36	4.49	12	1	0	252.1	254	126	144	20	121	5	0	8	1,109	6	4.46	4.32	1.03	0.71	11.3	10.9	1.49	.279	5.14	100	4.26	99	9.06	1.8
15	Rich Wortham R. Wortham	119	1979	CWS	34	14	14	.500	33	4.90	5	0	0	204.0	195	111	126	21	100	3	0	3	889	14	5.25	4.41	1.19	0.93	13.4	11.2	1.45	.269	5.56	116	4.41	106	8.60	-6.2
16	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	115	1979	SEA	30	10	15	.400	30	4.05	6	2	0	182.1	185	82	92	25	68	4	0	4	792	1	5.68	3.36	1.69	1.23	14.5	8.6	1.39	.276	4.54	94	4.43	100	9.13	0.8
17	Jack Morris J. Morris	113	1979	DET	27	17	7	.708	27	3.28	9	1	0	197.2	179	72	76	19	59	4	0	4	806	9	5.15	2.69	1.92	0.87	14.0	7.3	1.20	.262	3.46	75	3.78	87	8.15	12.4
18	Tommy John T. John	111	1979	NYY	37	21	9	.700	36	2.96	17	3	0	276.1	268	91	109	9	65	4	1	1	1,116	11	3.62	2.12	1.71	0.29	9.9	5.8	1.21	.279	3.55	72	3.09	75	8.73	32.5
19	Milt Wilcox M. Wilcox	109	1979	DET	33	12	10	.545	29	4.35	7	0	0	196.1	201	95	105	18	73	11	1	8	854	4	5.00	3.35	1.49	0.83	12.8	8.5	1.40	.285	4.81	100	4.08	94	9.21	6
20	Sid Monge S. Monge	108	1979	CLE	76	12	10	.545	0	2.40	0	0	19	131.0	96	35	37	9	64	1	53	8	542	9	7.42	4.40	1.69	0.62	19.9	11.8	1.22	.242	2.54	58	3.45	83	6.60	10.6
21	Rick Wise R. Wise	108	1979	CLE	34	15	10	.600	34	3.73	9	2	0	231.2	229	96	111	24	68	1	0	9	979	2	4.20	2.64	1.59	0.93	11.0	6.9	1.28	.263	4.31	89	4.03	96	8.90	4
22	Dave Frost D. Frost	107	1979	CAL	36	16	10	.615	33	3.57	12	2	1	239.1	226	95	108	17	77	5	2	4	1,001	5	4.02	2.90	1.39	0.64	10.7	7.7	1.27	.263	4.06	87	3.78	92	8.50	8.5
23	Aurelio Lopez A. Lopez	106	1979	DET	61	10	5	.667	0	2.41	0	0	21	127.0	95	34	37	12	51	3	49	3	519	3	7.51	3.61	2.08	0.85	20.4	9.8	1.15	.239	2.62	55	3.55	82	6.73	11.1
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	104	1979	NYY	30	13	8	.619	30	3.91	5	1	0	195.2	190	85	94	22	53	0	0	1	819	0	4.78	2.44	1.96	1.01	12.7	6.5	1.24	.263	4.32	96	3.93	95	8.74	4.5
25	Rich Gale R. Gale	103	1979	KCR	34	9	10	.474	31	5.65	2	1	0	181.2	197	114	131	19	99	4	0	4	830	5	5.10	4.90	1.04	0.94	12.4	11.9	1.63	.294	6.49	133	4.65	113	9.76	-11.5

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Mon 8/10	TEX	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Tue 8/11	TEX	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Wed 8/12	TEX	@	LAA	10:10 PM
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