most strikeouts by a pirates pitcher in a single season

Ed Morris has fanned the most hitters for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys in a season, with 326 strikeouts in 1886.

	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	Ed Morris E. Morris	326	1886	PIT	64	41	20	.672	63	2.45	63	12	1	555.1	455	151	244	5	118	7	1		2,252	22	5.28	1.91	2.76	0.08	14.5	5.2	1.03	.251	3.95	76	2.72	85	7.37	23.7
2	Ed Morris E. Morris	298	1885	PIT	63	39	24	.619	63	2.35	63	7	0	581.0	459	152	245	5	101	14	0		2,321	36	4.62	1.56	2.95	0.08	12.8	4.4	0.96	.239	3.80	77	2.56	90	7.11	10.9
3	Bob Veale B. Veale	276	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	37	2.84	14	7	0	266.0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	2.11	62	7.48	38.8
4	Bob Veale B. Veale	250	1964	PIT	40	18	12	.600	38	2.74	14	1	0	279.2	222	85	100	8	124	3	1	9	1,161	18	8.05	3.99	2.02	0.26	21.5	10.7	1.24	.276	3.22	77	2.55	75	7.14	26
5	Oliver Perez O. Perez	239	2004	PIT	30	12	10	.545	30	2.98	2	1	0	196.0	145	65	71	22	81	9	0	2	805	2	10.97	3.72	2.95	1.01	29.7	10.1	1.15	.271	3.26	69	3.44	79	6.66	20.1
6	Bob Veale B. Veale	229	1966	PIT	38	16	12	.571	37	3.02	12	3	0	268.1	228	90	99	18	102	5	0	6	1,111	10	7.68	3.42	2.25	0.60	20.6	9.2	1.23	.277	3.32	84	2.92	84	7.65	17.1
7	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	216	2025	PIT	32	10	10	.500	32	1.97	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	46	2.36	57	6.52	37
8	Bob Veale B. Veale	213	1969	PIT	34	13	14	.481	34	3.23	9	1	0	225.2	232	81	93	8	91	3	0	4	980	5	8.49	3.63	2.34	0.32	21.7	9.3	1.43	.337	3.71	92	2.33	69	9.25	26.6
9	Mitch Keller M. Keller	210	2023	PIT	32	13	9	.591	32	4.21	1	1	0	194.1	187	91	97	25	55	12	0	0	825	5	9.73	2.55	3.82	1.16	25.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.49	94	3.80	87	8.66	12.5
10	A.J. Burnett	209	2013	PIT	30	10	11	.476	30	3.30	1	0	0	191.0	165	70	79	11	67	9	0	3	801	12	9.85	3.16	3.12	0.52	26.1	8.4	1.21	.305	3.72	92	2.80	77	7.77	18.4
11	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	205	2015	PIT	31	12	7	.632	31	3.38	0	0	0	186.2	155	70	75	15	70	5	0	1	773	10	9.88	3.38	2.93	0.72	26.5	9.1	1.21	.293	3.62	88	3.18	84	7.47	12.9
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	202	2015	PIT	32	19	8	.704	32	2.60	0	0	0	208.0	183	60	71	11	44	10	0	1	832	7	8.74	1.90	4.59	0.48	24.3	5.3	1.09	.304	3.07	68	2.65	70	7.92	26.9
13	Larry McWilliams L. McWilliams	199	1983	PIT	35	15	8	.652	35	3.25	8	4	0	238.0	205	86	99	19	87	3	0	7	1,002	9	7.53	3.29	2.29	0.72	19.9	8.7	1.23	.268	3.74	88	3.24	87	7.75	12.3
14	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	197	1891	PIT	53	21	28	.429	51	2.76	48	2	1	437.2	385	134	278	10	227	23	2		1,944	24	4.05	4.67	0.87	0.21	10.1	11.7	1.40	.252	5.72	84	3.64	107	7.92	-14.3
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	196	2017	PIT	33	12	12	.500	33	4.26	0	0	0	203.0	199	96	98	31	55	4	0	1	849	7	8.69	2.44	3.56	1.37	23.1	6.5	1.25	.298	4.34	100	4.08	94	8.82	5.4
16	Fleury Sullivan F. Sullivan	189	1884	PIT	51	16	35	.314	51	4.20	51	2	0	441.0	496	206	328	15	96	20	0		1,967	25	3.86	1.96	1.97	0.31	9.6	4.9	1.34	.292	6.69	131	3.65	115	10.12	-24.7
17	Kris Benson K. Benson	184	2000	PIT	32	10	12	.455	32	3.85	2	1	0	217.2	206	93	104	24	86	10	0	5	936	5	7.61	3.56	2.14	0.99	19.7	9.2	1.34	.288	4.30	82	4.19	90	8.52	11.3
18	Bob Friend B. Friend	183	1960	PIT	38	18	12	.600	37	3.00	16	4	1	275.2	266	92	97	18	45	0	1	10	1,118	5	5.97	1.47	4.07	0.59	16.4	4.0	1.13	.284	3.17	81	2.54	70	8.68	32.8
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	182	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	3.03	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	94	17	66	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
20	A.J. Burnett	180	2012	PIT	31	16	10	.615	31	3.51	1	1	0	202.1	189	79	86	18	62	9	0	1	851	10	8.01	2.76	2.90	0.80	21.2	7.3	1.24	.294	3.83	92	3.52	93	8.41	5.9
21	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	179	2018	PIT	32	14	10	.583	32	3.20	2	1	0	191.0	179	68	69	20	46	6	0	4	785	2	8.43	2.17	3.89	0.94	22.8	5.9	1.18	.298	3.25	80	3.46	85	8.43	12.8
22	Bob Veale B. Veale	179	1967	PIT	33	16	8	.667	31	3.64	6	1	0	203.0	184	82	90	12	119	5	0	10	891	11	7.94	5.28	1.50	0.53	20.1	13.4	1.49	.299	3.99	109	3.38	105	8.16	-3.6
23	Bob Veale B. Veale	178	1970	PIT	34	10	15	.400	32	3.92	5	1	0	202.0	189	88	99	15	94	3	0	11	882	9	7.93	4.19	1.89	0.67	20.2	10.7	1.40	.294	4.41	99	3.28	87	8.42	10.9
24	Ian Snell I. Snell	177	2007	PIT	32	9	12	.429	32	3.76	1	0	0	208.0	209	87	94	22	68	8	0	4	882	12	7.66	2.94	2.60	0.95	20.1	7.7	1.33	.308	4.07	86	4.00	90	9.04	10.3
25	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	177	1992	PIT	34	15	11	.577	34	2.77	10	4	0	256.2	218	79	84	17	54	6	0	8	1,021	11	6.21	1.89	3.28	0.60	17.3	5.3	1.06	.262	2.95	80	2.96	86	7.64	13.8

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