most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Mike Scott struck out the most hitters in a season, with 306 strikeouts in 1986.

	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	Mike Scott M. Scott	306	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	291	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	35	2.93	14	8	0	264.0	217	86	93	17	62	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	2.17	56	7.40	50.5
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	286	1982	PHI	38	23	11	.676	38	3.10	19	6	0	295.2	253	102	114	17	86	1	0	5	1,193	9	8.71	2.62	3.33	0.52	24.0	7.2	1.15	.294	3.47	85	2.40	67	7.70	38.3
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	286	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	2.34	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
6	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	276	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	2.60	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	275	1983	PHI	37	15	16	.484	37	3.11	8	3	0	283.2	277	98	117	20	84	3	0	10	1,183	13	8.73	2.67	3.27	0.63	23.2	7.1	1.27	.321	3.71	85	2.64	71	8.79	33.6
8	Mario Soto M. Soto	274	1982	CIN	35	14	13	.519	34	2.79	13	2	0	257.2	202	80	88	19	71	4	1	3	1,033	6	9.57	2.48	3.86	0.66	26.5	6.9	1.06	.275	3.07	75	2.41	66	7.06	34.7
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	270	1987	HOU	34	8	16	.333	34	2.76	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
10	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
11	Mark Langston M. Langston	262	1987	SEA	35	19	13	.594	35	3.84	14	3	0	272.0	242	116	132	30	114	5	0	0	1,152	9	8.67	3.77	2.30	0.99	22.7	9.9	1.31	.286	4.37	84	3.68	79	8.01	29.5
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	256	1987	BOS	36	20	9	.690	36	2.97	18	7	0	281.2	248	93	100	19	83	9	0	4	1,157	4	8.18	2.65	3.08	0.61	22.1	7.2	1.18	.290	3.20	65	2.90	66	7.92	46.6
13	Mark Langston M. Langston	245	1986	SEA	37	12	14	.462	36	4.85	9	0	0	239.1	234	129	142	30	123	4	1	1	1,057	10	9.21	4.63	1.99	1.13	23.2	11.6	1.49	.311	5.34	113	3.93	90	8.80	11.4
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	245	1982	HOU	35	16	12	.571	35	3.16	10	3	0	250.1	196	88	100	20	109	8	0	3	1,050	18	8.81	3.92	2.25	0.72	23.3	10.4	1.22	.263	3.60	93	3.19	95	7.05	4
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	242	1986	LAD	34	21	11	.656	34	3.14	20	3	0	269.1	226	94	104	18	85	1	0	5	1,102	13	8.09	2.84	2.85	0.60	22.0	7.7	1.15	.275	3.48	87	2.79	77	7.55	25.4
16	Mario Soto M. Soto	242	1983	CIN	34	17	13	.567	34	2.70	18	3	0	273.2	207	82	96	28	95	5	0	6	1,114	2	7.96	3.12	2.55	0.92	21.7	8.5	1.10	.241	3.16	71	3.40	91	6.81	10.5
17	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	240	1987	MIL	35	18	10	.643	35	3.85	14	3	0	261.2	236	112	120	24	87	2	0	2	1,084	4	8.25	2.99	2.76	0.83	22.1	8.0	1.23	.290	4.13	85	3.24	73	8.12	34.4
18	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	240	1984	LAD	34	12	17	.414	34	3.03	12	2	0	261.0	218	88	109	14	106	2	0	4	1,078	11	8.28	3.66	2.26	0.48	22.3	9.8	1.24	.285	3.76	88	2.86	83	7.52	17.3
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	238	1986	BOS	33	24	4	.857	33	2.48	10	1	0	254.0	179	70	77	21	67	4	0	0	997	11	8.43	2.37	3.55	0.74	23.9	6.7	0.97	.237	2.73	58	2.80	69	6.34	36.3
20	Mark Langston M. Langston	235	1989	TOT	34	16	14	.533	34	2.74	8	5	0	250.0	198	76	87	16	112	4	0	6	1,037	6	8.46	4.03	2.10	0.58	22.7	10.8	1.24	.272	3.13	75	3.10	85	7.13	15.4
21	Mark Langston M. Langston	235	1988	SEA	35	15	11	.577	35	3.34	9	3	0	261.1	222	97	108	32	110	3	0	2	1,078	7	8.09	3.79	2.14	1.10	21.8	10.2	1.27	.272	3.72	81	3.85	94	7.65	7.7
22	Mike Scott M. Scott	233	1987	HOU	36	16	13	.552	36	3.23	8	3	0	247.2	199	89	94	21	79	4	0	6	1,010	10	8.47	2.87	2.95	0.76	23.1	7.8	1.12	.264	3.42	82	3.09	80	7.23	22.1
23	Jack Morris J. Morris	232	1983	DET	37	20	13	.606	37	3.34	20	1	0	293.2	257	109	117	30	83	3	0	5	1,204	18	7.11	2.54	2.80	0.92	19.3	6.9	1.16	.265	3.59	83	3.37	82	7.88	24
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	230	1989	BOS	35	17	11	.607	35	3.13	8	3	0	253.1	215	88	101	20	93	8	0	5	1,044	7	8.17	3.30	2.47	0.71	22.0	8.9	1.22	.281	3.59	77	3.16	83	7.64	17.9
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	228	1988	HOU	33	12	11	.522	33	3.52	4	1	0	220.0	186	86	98	18	87	7	0	6	930	10	9.33	3.56	2.62	0.74	24.5	9.4	1.24	.285	4.01	105	3.03	91	7.61	7.1