Dwight Gooden struck out the most batters in 1985, with 268 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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	268	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	1.53	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
2	Mario Soto M. Soto	214	1985	CIN	36	12	15	.444	36	3.58	9	1	0	256.2	196	102	109	30	104	2	0	3	1,055	8	7.50	3.65	2.06	1.05	20.3	9.9	1.17	.235	3.82	96	3.77	101	6.87	-0.8
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	209	1985	HOU	35	10	12	.455	35	3.80	4	0	0	232.0	205	98	108	12	95	9	0	8	983	14	8.11	3.69	2.20	0.47	21.3	9.7	1.29	.293	4.19	111	2.89	84	7.95	14.2
4	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	208	1985	LAD	35	17	10	.630	35	2.45	14	5	0	272.1	211	74	92	14	101	1	0	5	1,109	10	6.87	3.34	2.06	0.46	18.8	9.1	1.15	.251	3.04	71	2.94	83	6.97	18.5
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	206	1985	TOT	37	17	16	.515	37	3.16	24	5	0	293.2	264	103	121	23	75	9	0	1	1,203	4	6.31	2.30	2.75	0.70	17.1	6.2	1.15	.271	3.71	74	3.15	77	8.09	31.2
6	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	198	1985	CWS	34	10	14	.417	34	4.87	4	1	0	210.2	211	114	121	30	100	4	0	5	928	11	8.46	4.27	1.98	1.28	21.3	10.8	1.48	.304	5.17	113	4.13	101	9.01	-1.1
7	Jack Morris J. Morris	191	1985	DET	35	16	11	.593	35	3.33	13	4	0	257.0	212	95	102	21	110	5	0	7	1,077	15	6.69	3.85	1.74	0.74	17.7	10.2	1.25	.255	3.57	83	3.60	87	7.42	15.1
8	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	189	1985	BOS	35	11	13	.458	31	4.51	6	1	0	229.1	243	115	123	31	70	3	0	4	973	3	7.42	2.75	2.70	1.22	19.4	7.2	1.36	.312	4.83	107	3.74	93	9.54	6.6
9	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	180	1985	NYM	26	9	9	.500	26	2.80	3	0	0	170.1	108	53	56	14	80	2	0	3	685	3	9.51	4.23	2.25	0.74	26.3	11.7	1.10	.230	2.96	80	3.08	86	5.71	9.6
10	Mike Witt M. Witt	180	1985	CAL	35	15	9	.625	35	3.56	6	1	0	250.0	228	99	115	22	98	4	0	6	1,049	11	6.48	3.53	1.84	0.79	17.2	9.3	1.30	.277	4.14	87	3.61	87	8.21	15.5
11	Britt Burns B. Burns	172	1985	CWS	36	18	11	.621	34	3.96	8	4	0	227.0	206	100	105	26	79	2	1	1	944	2	6.82	3.13	2.18	1.03	18.2	8.4	1.26	.271	4.16	92	3.72	91	8.17	9.2
12	John Tudor J. Tudor	169	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	36	1.93	14	10	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
13	Ron Darling R. Darling	167	1985	NYM	36	16	6	.727	35	2.90	4	2	0	248.0	214	80	93	21	114	3	1	1	1,043	7	6.06	4.14	1.46	0.76	16.0	10.9	1.32	.262	3.38	83	3.85	107	7.77	-7.6
14	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	167	1985	TOR	36	14	13	.519	36	2.48	8	2	0	265.0	206	73	89	22	96	9	0	3	1,087	4	5.67	3.26	1.74	0.75	15.4	8.8	1.14	.232	3.02	59	3.69	90	7.00	11.8
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	159	1985	TOT	33	12	14	.462	33	4.27	4	0	0	215.0	220	102	112	28	57	3	0	8	907	5	6.66	2.39	2.79	1.17	17.5	6.3	1.29	.291	4.69	104	3.73	91	9.21	8.6
16	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	158	1985	KCR	32	20	6	.769	32	2.87	10	1	0	235.1	211	75	79	19	38	1	0	1	931	1	6.04	1.45	4.16	0.73	17.0	4.1	1.06	.269	3.02	68	2.88	71	8.07	30.6
17	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	157	1985	LAD	36	19	3	.864	34	2.03	9	5	0	239.2	179	54	72	8	68	6	1	5	953	5	5.90	2.55	2.31	0.30	16.5	7.1	1.03	.239	2.70	59	2.73	77	6.72	22.1
18	Tom Browning T. Browning	155	1985	CIN	38	20	9	.690	38	3.55	6	4	0	261.1	242	103	111	29	73	3	0	8	1,083	2	5.34	2.51	2.12	1.00	14.3	6.7	1.21	.259	3.82	95	3.81	102	8.33	-1.9
19	Mike Moore M. Moore	155	1985	SEA	35	17	10	.630	34	3.46	14	2	0	247.0	230	95	100	18	70	4	1	2	1,016	10	5.65	2.55	2.21	0.66	15.3	6.9	1.21	.276	3.64	83	3.27	77	8.38	26.4
20	Oil Can Boyd O. Can Boyd	154	1985	BOS	35	15	13	.536	35	3.70	13	3	0	272.1	273	112	117	26	67	4	0	3	1,132	1	5.09	2.21	2.30	0.86	13.6	5.9	1.25	.280	3.87	88	3.57	89	9.02	13.1
21	Kevin Gross K. Gross	151	1985	PHI	38	15	13	.536	31	3.41	6	2	0	205.2	194	78	86	11	81	7	0	6	873	2	6.61	3.54	1.86	0.48	17.3	9.3	1.34	.294	3.76	92	3.19	88	8.49	9.9
22	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	150	1985	SFG	28	8	11	.421	28	3.38	6	1	0	194.2	176	73	80	19	49	3	0	10	804	10	6.93	2.27	3.06	0.88	18.7	6.1	1.16	.269	3.70	97	3.21	88	8.14	9.7
23	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	149	1985	PIT	31	2	19	.095	25	4.70	1	0	3	162.2	138	85	93	15	89	3	5	3	700	7	8.24	4.92	1.67	0.83	21.3	12.7	1.40	.277	5.15	130	3.74	101	7.64	-0.8
24	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	149	1985	NYY	33	16	12	.571	33	4.09	7	1	0	220.0	203	100	110	29	120	2	0	1	955	5	6.10	4.91	1.24	1.19	15.6	12.6	1.47	.266	4.50	102	4.70	116	8.30	-16.3
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	143	1985	NYY	34	22	6	.786	33	3.27	11	2	0	259.0	243	94	104	28	42	0	0	3	1,033	3	4.97	1.46	3.40	0.97	13.8	4.1	1.10	.262	3.61	81	3.47	86	8.44	16.7