most strikeouts by a pirates pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bruce Kison fanned the most hitters for the Pirates, with 735 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Bruce Kison B. Kison	735	255	81	63	.563	180	3.49	27	5	6	1266.1	1,162	491	577	90	469	49	23	41	5,361	47	5.22	3.33	1.57	0.64	13.7	8.7	1.29	.267	4.10	97	3.58	100	8.26	1.4
2	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	664	209	80	63	.559	183	3.28	47	8	6	1299.2	1,211	474	554	99	467	14	10	47	5,467	40	4.60	3.23	1.42	0.69	12.1	8.5	1.29	.263	3.84	90	3.69	101	8.39	-4.9
3	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	644	170	79	58	.577	165	3.14	41	10	0	1107.1	1,068	386	462	60	324	31	1	41	4,653	18	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.49	13.8	7.0	1.26	.280	3.75	88	3.03	86	8.68	58.3
4	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	561	146	70	38	.648	141	2.94	32	7	2	967.1	857	316	354	99	236	14	4	28	3,941	7	5.22	2.20	2.38	0.92	14.2	6.0	1.13	.250	3.29	80	3.60	97	7.97	12.2
5	Bob Moose B. Moose	529	205	53	56	.486	117	3.74	25	9	12	948.0	1,009	394	435	60	280	21	36	49	4,041	20	5.02	2.66	1.89	0.57	13.1	6.9	1.36	.301	4.13	105	3.18	91	9.58	30.6
6	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	502	154	61	46	.570	141	3.52	51	13	2	997.1	1,014	390	443	62	324	10	5	37	4,244	32	4.53	2.92	1.55	0.56	11.8	7.6	1.34	.285	4.00	97	3.42	94	9.15	25.2
7	Steve Blass S. Blass	402	121	47	37	.560	114	3.74	30	8	0	780.0	754	324	359	61	316	23	2	28	3,327	22	4.64	3.65	1.27	0.70	12.1	9.5	1.37	.274	4.14	105	3.78	110	8.70	-33.6
8	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	373	410	47	28	.627	3	2.94	0	0	133	618.0	564	202	230	34	236	1	306	73	2,595	23	5.43	3.44	1.58	0.50	14.4	9.1	1.29	.272	3.35	83	3.20	91	8.21	21.7
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	354	71	26	15	.634	71	3.31	15	4	0	481.0	455	177	196	38	158	12	0	13	2,029	15	6.62	2.96	2.24	0.71	17.4	7.8	1.27	.284	3.67	89	3.26	87	8.51	24.6
10	Luke Walker L. Walker	332	133	36	32	.529	73	3.62	13	6	6	537.1	513	216	241	28	242	4	20	22	2,302	21	5.56	4.05	1.37	0.47	14.4	10.5	1.41	.286	4.04	102	3.33	96	8.59	8.1
11	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	313	363	35	22	.614	0	2.65	0	0	83	540.1	459	159	187	21	190	7	214	59	2,230	14	5.21	3.16	1.65	0.35	14.0	8.5	1.20	.258	3.11	71	3.09	83	7.65	36.9
12	Nelson Briles N. Briles	290	98	36	28	.563	74	2.98	20	5	1	550.1	517	182	221	45	129	5	9	23	2,261	4	4.74	2.11	2.25	0.74	12.8	5.7	1.17	.263	3.61	87	3.21	95	8.45	9.3
13	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	248	112	17	16	.515	40	3.34	8	1	7	382.1	366	142	154	45	135	16	17	23	1,617	9	5.84	3.18	1.84	1.06	15.3	8.3	1.31	.274	3.63	98	3.87	117	8.62	-24.5
14	Don Robinson D. Robinson	231	64	22	14	.611	57	3.63	13	1	1	389.0	374	157	172	32	109	7	2	9	1,621	15	5.34	2.52	2.12	0.74	14.3	6.7	1.24	.275	3.98	98	3.41	92	8.65	12.8
15	Bob Veale B. Veale	224	76	16	15	.516	32	4.55	5	1	2	257.1	258	130	144	20	125	3	15	15	1,142	13	7.83	4.37	1.79	0.70	19.6	10.9	1.49	.309	5.04	121	3.35	92	9.02	8.5
16	Larry Demery L. Demery	217	139	29	23	.558	46	3.72	7	1	7	445.1	413	184	202	40	199	5	38	22	1,901	11	4.39	4.02	1.09	0.81	11.4	10.5	1.37	.259	4.08	103	4.19	115	8.35	-27.3
17	Ramon Hernandez R. Hernandez	211	263	23	12	.657	0	2.51	0	0	39	347.2	298	97	101	14	111	10	146	38	1,442	5	5.46	2.87	1.90	0.36	14.6	7.7	1.18	.259	2.61	72	2.89	83	7.71	23.4
18	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	175	68	20	11	.645	31	3.13	7	3	1	244.2	210	85	103	19	86	6	12	13	1,022	10	6.44	3.16	2.03	0.70	17.1	8.4	1.21	.260	3.79	84	3.36	90	7.72	10.3
19	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	151	72	11	9	.550	0	1.62	0	0	26	133.0	78	24	27	9	49	2	55	6	523	2	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9	9.4	0.95	.221	1.83	41	2.49	63	5.28	21.4
20	Ken Brett K. Brett	143	50	22	14	.611	43	3.32	14	4	0	309.0	302	114	128	19	95	4	4	14	1,299	9	4.17	2.77	1.51	0.55	11.0	7.3	1.28	.273	3.73	94	3.41	95	8.80	6.8
21	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	125	181	20	13	.606	2	3.38	0	0	23	250.1	237	94	108	25	106	4	73	22	1,070	5	4.49	3.81	1.18	0.90	11.7	9.9	1.37	.262	3.88	89	4.30	112	8.52	-13.2
22	Enrique Romo E. Romo	106	84	10	5	.667	0	2.99	0	0	5	129.1	122	43	50	11	43	3	25	9	537	6	7.38	2.99	2.47	0.77	19.7	8.0	1.28	.297	3.48	79	3.25	85	8.49	8.5
23	Ed Whitson E. Whitson	105	67	8	9	.471	9	3.73	0	0	5	147.1	130	61	73	11	82	3	19	9	647	3	6.41	5.01	1.28	0.67	16.2	12.7	1.44	.267	4.46	99	3.92	105	7.94	-2.9
24	Doc Medich D. Medich	86	29	8	11	.421	26	3.51	3	0	0	179.1	193	70	80	10	48	2	1	9	759	3	4.32	2.41	1.79	0.50	11.3	6.3	1.34	.299	4.01	100	3.23	93	9.69	5.1
25	Odell Jones O. Jones	78	39	5	7	.417	16	4.73	1	0	0	120.0	126	63	66	14	35	3	11	2	514	4	5.85	2.63	2.23	1.05	15.2	6.8	1.34	.292	4.95	120	3.88	99	9.45	0.5

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Cardinals	70	71	.496	17.0
Pirates	69	72	.489	18.0
Reds	67	73	.479	19.5

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Fri 9/4	LAA	@	PIT	6:45 PM
Sat 9/5	LAA	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sun 9/6	LAA	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Tue 9/8	PIT	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 9/9	PIT	@	CWS	7:40 PM

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Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	70	.504	12.5
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0
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Brewers	87	54	.617
Cubs	79	62	.560	8.0
Cardinals	70	71	.496	17.0
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Reds	67	73	.479	19.5
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