most strikeouts as an al pitcher in 1979

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

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1Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
223
1979
CAL 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
2Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
201
1979
NYY 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
3Mike Flanagan
M. Flanagan
190
1979
BAL 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
4Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
164
1979
TEX 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
5Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
157
1979
MIN 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
6Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
150
1979
BOS 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
7Jim Kern
J. Kern
136
1979
TEX 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
8Dave Goltz
D. Goltz
132
1979
MIN 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
9Ken Kravec
K. Kravec
132
1979
CWS 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
10Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
132
1979
BAL 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
11Mike Parrott
M. Parrott
127
1979
SEA 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
12Tom Underwood
T. Underwood
127
1979
TOR 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
13Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
126
1979
KCR 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
14Mike Torrez
M. Torrez
125
1979
BOS 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
15Rich Wortham
R. Wortham
119
1979
CWS 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
16Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
115
1979
SEA 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
17Jack Morris
J. Morris
113
1979
DET 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
18Tommy John
T. John
111
1979
NYY 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
19Milt Wilcox
M. Wilcox
109
1979
DET 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
20Sid Monge
S. Monge
108
1979
CLE 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
21Rick Wise
R. Wise
108
1979
CLE 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
22Dave Frost
D. Frost
107
1979
CAL 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
23Aurelio Lopez
A. Lopez
106
1979
DET 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
24Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
104
1979
NYY 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
25Rich Gale
R. Gale
103
1979
KCR 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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