most strikeouts in a season by an indians pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Sam McDowell struck out the most batters for the Cleveland Indians in a season, with 304 strikeouts in 1970.

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NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
304
1970
39
20
12
.625
39
2.92
19
1
0
305.0
236
99
108
25
131
7
2
10
1,257
17
8.97
3.87
2.32
0.74
24.2
10.4
1.20
.267
3.19
76
3.06
75
6.96
33.8
2Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
238
1973
41
19
19
.500
41
3.38
29
7
0
344.0
315
129
143
34
115
5
0
9
1,410
17
6.23
3.01
2.07
0.89
16.9
8.2
1.25
.276
3.74
87
3.51
90
8.24
14.2
3Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
234
1972
41
24
16
.600
40
1.92
29
5
1
342.2
253
73
79
17
82
12
1
16
1,345
11
6.15
2.15
2.85
0.45
17.4
6.1
0.98
.236
2.07
60
2.49
74
6.64
31.9
4Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
216
1974
37
21
13
.618
37
2.51
28
4
0
322.1
230
90
98
25
99
6
0
7
1,262
2
6.03
2.76
2.18
0.70
17.1
7.8
1.02
.224
2.74
69
3.21
87
6.42
17.3
5Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
200
1976
36
13
12
.520
30
3.43
9
3
1
199.1
155
76
82
13
78
5
3
2
821
6
9.03
3.52
2.56
0.59
24.4
9.5
1.17
.270
3.70
99
2.72
75
7.00
19.4
6Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
192
1971
35
13
17
.433
31
3.40
8
2
1
214.2
160
81
89
22
153
3
3
13
943
13
8.05
6.41
1.25
0.92
20.4
16.2
1.46
.241
3.73
94
4.17
113
6.71
-10.4
7Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
191
1977
33
14
13
.519
33
3.53
12
3
0
247.1
214
97
100
31
54
7
0
11
1,006
3
6.95
1.96
3.54
1.13
19.0
5.4
1.08
.253
3.64
87
3.55
86
7.79
16.1
8Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
152
1975
34
13
7
.650
24
2.60
6
2
2
186.2
147
54
61
16
90
7
5
8
794
4
7.33
4.34
1.69
0.77
19.1
11.3
1.27
.248
2.94
69
3.62
93
7.09
5.6
9Jim Bibby
J. Bibby
141
1977
37
12
13
.480
30
3.57
9
2
2
206.2
197
82
100
17
73
4
5
2
876
12
6.14
3.18
1.93
0.74
16.1
8.3
1.31
.281
4.35
88
3.55
86
8.58
13.5
10Dick Tidrow
D. Tidrow
138
1973
42
14
16
.467
40
4.42
13
2
0
274.2
289
135
150
31
95
8
2
10
1,194
6
4.52
3.11
1.45
1.02
11.6
8.0
1.40
.280
4.92
114
4.15
107
9.47
-7.8
11Steve Dunning
S. Dunning
132
1971
31
8
14
.364
29
4.50
3
1
1
184.0
173
92
98
25
109
5
1
5
811
8
6.46
5.33
1.21
1.22
16.3
13.4
1.53
.274
4.79
125
4.64
125
8.46
-18.1
12Dick Tidrow
D. Tidrow
123
1972
39
14
15
.483
34
2.77
10
3
0
237.1
200
73
83
21
70
6
2
13
968
3
4.66
2.65
1.76
0.80
12.7
7.2
1.14
.239
3.15
86
3.47
103
7.58
-2.3
13Wayne Garland
W. Garland
118
1977
38
13
19
.406
38
3.60
21
1
0
282.2
281
113
130
23
88
2
0
8
1,184
12
3.76
2.80
1.34
0.73
10.0
7.4
1.31
.271
4.14
89
3.91
94
8.95
7.5
14Pat Dobson
P. Dobson
117
1976
35
16
12
.571
35
3.48
6
0
0
217.1
226
84
98
13
65
2
0
7
919
6
4.85
2.69
1.80
0.54
12.7
7.1
1.34
.295
4.06
100
3.25
90
9.36
8.5
15Jim Kern
J. Kern
111
1976
50
10
7
.588
2
2.37
0
0
15
117.2
91
31
38
2
50
5
31
7
480
6
8.49
3.82
2.22
0.15
23.1
10.4
1.20
.285
2.91
68
2.36
66
6.96
16
16Rich Hand
R. Hand
110
1970
35
6
13
.316
25
3.83
3
1
3
159.2
132
68
71
27
69
4
5
3
664
1
6.20
3.89
1.59
1.52
16.6
10.4
1.26
.231
4.00
99
4.82
118
7.44
-12.4
17Dean Chance
D. Chance
109
1970
45
9
8
.529
19
4.24
1
1
4
155.0
172
73
80
18
59
6
14
11
678
7
6.33
3.43
1.85
1.05
16.1
8.7
1.49
.317
4.65
110
3.99
98
9.99
1.7
18Sid Monge
S. Monge
108
1979
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
19Rick Wise
R. Wise
108
1979
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
20Rick Wise
R. Wise
106
1978
33
9
19
.321
31
4.34
9
1
0
211.2
226
102
116
22
59
3
1
3
903
1
4.51
2.51
1.80
0.94
11.7
6.5
1.35
.286
4.93
115
3.80
99
9.61
0.9
21Jackie Brown
J. Brown
104
1976
32
9
11
.450
27
4.25
5
2
0
180.0
193
85
94
14
55
7
0
4
777
5
5.20
2.75
1.89
0.70
13.4
7.1
1.38
.300
4.70
122
3.52
98
9.65
1.9
22Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
104
1976
61
1
4
.200
0
2.24
0
0
21
96.1
57
24
25
2
49
1
43
11
389
0
9.72
4.58
2.12
0.19
26.7
12.6
1.10
.236
2.34
64
2.30
64
5.33
13.8
23Dan Spillner
D. Spillner
97
1979
49
9
5
.643
13
4.62
3
0
1
157.2
153
81
82
16
64
3
14
4
680
5
5.54
3.65
1.52
0.91
14.3
9.4
1.38
.274
4.68
111
4.08
98
8.73
1.8
24Rick Waits
R. Waits
97
1978
34
13
15
.464
33
3.20
15
2
0
230.1
206
82
97
16
86
2
1
0
957
10
3.79
3.36
1.13
0.63
10.1
9.0
1.27
.251
3.79
85
3.78
99
8.05
1.6
25Alan Foster
A. Foster
97
1971
36
8
12
.400
26
4.16
3
0
0
181.2
158
84
93
19
82
4
2
5
775
6
4.81
4.06
1.18
0.94
12.5
10.6
1.32
.243
4.61
116
4.16
112
7.83
-8.6

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