most strikeouts in a season by national league righthanded pitcher

Old Hoss Radbourn has struck out the most batters by an NL right-hander in a season, with 441 strikeouts in 1884.

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	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	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	441	1884	PRO	75	59	12	.831	73	1.38	73	11	2	678.2	528	104	216	18	98		2		2,672	34	5.85	1.30	4.50	0.24	16.5	3.7	0.92		2.86	48	2.75	84	7.00	31.9
2	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	417	1884	BSN	67	48	16	.750	67	2.15	63	8	0	587.0	506	140	225	15	76		0		2,383	24	6.39	1.17	5.49	0.23	17.5	3.2	0.99		3.45	74	2.57	77	7.76	46.8
3	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	369	1884	BUF	72	46	22	.676	72	1.99	71	12	0	636.1	566	141	254	23	63		0		2,554	16	5.22	0.89	5.86	0.33	14.4	2.5	0.99		3.59	64	2.88	82	8.01	50.9
4	Mickey Welch M. Welch	345	1884	NYG	65	39	21	.650	65	2.50	62	4	0	557.1	528	155	275	12	146		1		2,370	39	5.57	2.36	2.36	0.19	14.6	6.2	1.21		4.44	85	3.10	92	8.53	14.6
5	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	345	1883	BSN	62	37	21	.638	56	2.24	54	1	2	514.0	492	128	258	7	35		5		2,101	37	6.04	0.61	9.86	0.12	16.4	1.7	1.03		4.52	74	2.29	75	8.61	39.8
6	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	341	1890	NYN	67	29	34	.460	62	2.56	56	4	1	548.2	436	156	300	3	289	26	5		2,379	36	5.59	4.74	1.18	0.05	14.3	12.1	1.32	.252	4.92	73	3.47	92	7.15	17.7
7	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	337	1891	NYG	61	33	20	.623	57	2.55	52	6	1	500.1	391	142	244	6	262	18	4		2,167	17	6.06	4.71	1.29	0.11	15.6	12.1	1.31	.249	4.39	78	3.02	89	7.03	19
8	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	335	1888	NYG	51	35	12	.745	51	1.74	48	8	0	434.1	317	84	143	5	90	12	0		1,723	21	6.94	1.86	3.72	0.10	19.4	5.2	0.94	.244	2.96	63	1.90	66	6.57	45.3
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	316	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
11	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	315	1883	PRO	76	48	25	.658	68	2.05	66	4	1	632.1	563	144	275	7	56		8		2,540	36	4.48	0.80	5.63	0.10	12.4	2.2	0.98		3.91	68	2.67	88	8.01	17.8
12	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	314	1892	CHI	75	36	36	.500	70	2.76	67	5	1	622.0	571	191	316	11	190	13	5		2,639	20	4.54	2.75	1.65	0.16	11.9	7.2	1.22	.265	4.57	82	2.63	79	8.26	51.2
13	J.R. Richard	313	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
14	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	313	1886	CWS	55	36	17	.679	55	2.41	50	3	0	466.2	419	125	248	19	86		0		1,914	17	6.04	1.66	3.64	0.37	16.4	4.5	1.08		4.78	69	2.84	80	8.08	41.6
15	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	308	1885	CWS	70	53	16	.768	70	1.85	68	10	0	623.0	497	128	255	21	97		0		2,487	14	4.45	1.40	3.18	0.30	12.4	3.9	0.95		3.68	61	2.80	86	7.18	38.8
16	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
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
18	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	304	1892	NYG	65	32	31	.508	62	2.84	59	2	0	541.0	410	171	290	7	270	12	3		2,314	24	5.06	4.49	1.13	0.12	13.1	11.7	1.26	.234	4.82	89	3.04	96	6.82	5.2
19	J.R. Richard	303	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
21	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
22	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	297	1886	NYG	64	42	20	.677	64	2.56	62	2	0	535.0	479	152	250	9	102		0		2,173	40	5.00	1.72	2.91	0.15	13.7	4.7	1.09		4.21	80	2.78	87	8.06	22
23	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	293	2001	ARI	35	22	6	.786	35	2.98	6	1	0	256.2	237	85	86	37	39	1	0	0	1,021	4	10.27	1.37	7.51	1.30	28.7	3.8	1.08	.307	3.02	66	3.10	70	8.31	38
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	289	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
25	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	289	1890	CHN	71	41	25	.621	66	2.70	65	5	2	603.0	505	181	315	20	199	13	5		2,506	27	4.31	2.97	1.45	0.30	11.5	7.9	1.17	.244	4.70	71	3.44	84	7.54	50.1

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0