most strikeouts in a season in the 1970s by a cardinals pitcher

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bob Gibson fanned the most hitters for the Cardinals in a season, with 274 strikeouts in 1970.

	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	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	274	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	2.28	59	8.02	51.7
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	208	1972	STL	34	19	11	.633	34	2.46	23	4	0	278.0	226	76	83	14	88	3	0	11	1,119	10	6.73	2.85	2.36	0.45	18.6	7.9	1.13	.263	2.69	71	2.53	75	7.32	25.3
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	193	1970	STL	34	10	19	.345	33	3.73	13	2	0	253.2	239	105	123	25	109	2	0	16	1,086	14	6.85	3.87	1.77	0.89	17.8	10.0	1.37	.283	4.36	91	3.70	96	8.48	4.9
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	185	1971	STL	31	16	13	.552	31	3.04	20	5	0	245.2	215	83	96	14	76	7	0	11	1,026	10	6.78	2.78	2.43	0.51	18.0	7.4	1.18	.270	3.52	88	2.69	80	7.88	18.5
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	172	1971	STL	37	20	9	.690	36	3.56	18	4	0	273.1	275	108	120	23	98	5	0	11	1,171	12	5.66	3.23	1.76	0.76	14.7	8.4	1.36	.289	3.95	103	3.41	101	9.05	-1.2
6	Reggie Cleveland R. Cleveland	153	1972	STL	33	14	15	.483	33	3.94	11	3	0	230.2	229	101	120	21	60	5	0	12	971	3	5.97	2.34	2.55	0.82	15.8	6.2	1.25	.284	4.68	113	3.10	92	8.93	6.7
7	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	149	1978	STL	45	12	12	.500	23	2.54	6	2	1	198.1	187	56	65	9	59	2	15	5	819	7	6.76	2.68	2.53	0.41	18.2	7.2	1.24	.297	2.95	70	2.58	75	8.49	18.8
8	Reggie Cleveland R. Cleveland	148	1971	STL	34	12	12	.500	34	4.01	10	2	0	222.0	238	99	107	20	53	6	0	12	953	3	6.00	2.15	2.79	0.81	15.5	5.6	1.31	.300	4.34	116	3.08	91	9.65	7.2
9	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	146	1975	STL	35	15	13	.536	34	3.92	9	2	0	239.0	231	104	110	21	97	4	0	11	1,028	5	5.50	3.65	1.51	0.79	14.2	9.4	1.37	.276	4.14	109	3.76	108	8.70	-8.1
10	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	145	1979	STL	34	15	10	.600	32	3.59	9	0	0	233.0	229	93	108	22	64	3	0	4	968	7	5.60	2.47	2.27	0.85	15.0	6.6	1.26	.282	4.17	96	3.57	98	8.85	2
11	Rick Wise R. Wise	144	1973	STL	35	16	12	.571	34	3.37	14	5	0	259.0	259	97	113	18	59	3	1	12	1,083	5	5.00	2.05	2.44	0.63	13.3	5.4	1.23	.281	3.93	92	3.07	83	9.00	17.5
12	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	142	1974	STL	31	16	12	.571	31	2.69	8	3	0	237.1	212	71	80	12	89	2	0	14	988	6	5.38	3.38	1.60	0.46	14.4	9.0	1.27	.269	3.03	74	3.18	91	8.04	8.4
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	142	1973	STL	25	12	10	.545	25	2.77	13	1	0	195.0	159	60	71	12	57	3	0	6	790	6	6.55	2.63	2.49	0.55	18.0	7.2	1.11	.255	3.28	76	2.82	77	7.34	18.5
14	Rick Wise R. Wise	142	1972	STL	35	16	16	.500	35	3.11	20	2	0	269.0	250	93	98	16	71	1	0	13	1,089	4	4.75	2.38	2.00	0.54	13.0	6.5	1.19	.272	3.28	89	2.91	87	8.36	13.2
15	Pete Falcone P. Falcone	138	1976	STL	32	12	16	.429	32	3.23	9	2	0	212.0	173	76	87	12	93	2	0	1	893	9	5.86	3.95	1.48	0.51	15.5	10.4	1.25	.248	3.69	92	3.41	101	7.34	-0.9
16	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	131	1971	STL	36	14	14	.500	35	4.78	7	2	0	211.0	228	112	125	15	109	7	0	11	952	9	5.59	4.65	1.20	0.64	13.8	11.4	1.60	.309	5.33	138	3.78	112	9.73	-9.5
17	Mark Littell M. Littell	130	1978	STL	72	4	8	.333	2	2.79	0	0	11	106.1	80	33	38	8	59	4	51	16	447	9	11.00	4.99	2.20	0.68	29.1	13.2	1.31	.293	3.22	77	2.88	84	6.77	6.4
18	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	129	1974	STL	33	11	13	.458	33	3.83	9	1	0	240.0	236	102	111	24	104	5	0	14	1,041	2	4.84	3.90	1.24	0.90	12.4	10.0	1.42	.272	4.16	105	4.16	119	8.85	-18.3
19	Reggie Cleveland R. Cleveland	122	1973	STL	32	14	10	.583	32	3.01	6	3	0	224.0	211	75	88	13	61	4	0	12	939	3	4.90	2.45	2.00	0.52	13.0	6.5	1.21	.268	3.54	82	3.09	84	8.48	14.5
20	Eric Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	120	1977	STL	34	11	17	.393	34	3.48	11	3	0	233.0	223	90	103	24	63	5	0	7	962	2	4.64	2.43	1.90	0.93	12.5	6.5	1.23	.265	3.98	88	3.91	103	8.61	-3.6
21	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	114	1978	STL	34	11	17	.393	34	3.70	7	3	0	233.2	205	96	110	15	97	5	0	9	981	8	4.39	3.74	1.18	0.58	11.6	9.9	1.29	.253	4.24	102	3.74	109	7.90	-8.8
22	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	108	1975	STL	34	15	10	.600	34	2.86	7	4	0	230.0	213	73	89	14	70	3	0	8	958	10	4.23	2.74	1.54	0.55	11.3	7.3	1.23	.261	3.48	80	3.38	97	8.33	2.3
23	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	106	1976	STL	33	13	15	.464	32	3.91	10	4	0	205.0	209	89	96	10	68	4	0	6	868	1	4.65	2.99	1.56	0.44	12.2	7.8	1.35	.293	4.21	112	3.28	97	9.18	2
24	Alan Foster A. Foster	106	1973	STL	35	13	9	.591	29	3.14	6	2	0	203.2	195	71	82	17	63	5	3	3	854	1	4.68	2.78	1.68	0.75	12.4	7.4	1.27	.268	3.62	86	3.60	98	8.62	1.7
25	John Denny J. Denny	103	1978	STL	33	14	11	.560	33	2.96	11	2	0	234.0	200	77	81	13	74	6	0	4	936	8	3.96	2.85	1.39	0.50	11.0	7.9	1.17	.253	3.12	82	3.44	100	7.69	-0.8