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

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bert Blyleven struck out the most hitters for the Pirates in a season, with 182 strikeouts in 1978.

	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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	182	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	3.03	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	94	17	66	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
2	Bob Veale B. Veale	178	1970	PIT	34	10	15	.400	32	3.92	5	1	0	202.0	189	88	99	15	94	3	0	11	882	9	7.93	4.19	1.89	0.67	20.2	10.7	1.40	.294	4.41	99	3.28	87	8.42	10.9
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	172	1979	PIT	37	12	5	.706	37	3.60	4	0	0	237.1	238	95	102	21	92	6	0	8	1,018	9	6.52	3.49	1.87	0.80	16.9	9.0	1.39	.298	3.87	95	3.66	95	9.03	5
4	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	151	1977	PIT	72	11	9	.550	0	1.62	0	0	26	133.0	78	24	27	9	49	2	55	6	523	2	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9	9.4	0.95	.221	1.83	41	2.49	63	5.28	21.4
5	Bob Moose B. Moose	144	1972	PIT	31	13	10	.565	30	2.91	6	3	1	226.0	213	73	84	11	47	4	1	9	927	6	5.73	1.87	3.06	0.44	15.5	5.1	1.15	.280	3.35	87	2.43	75	8.48	20.2
6	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	139	1974	PIT	33	15	11	.577	33	2.78	15	1	0	262.2	228	81	93	11	83	4	0	6	1,068	9	4.76	2.84	1.67	0.38	13.0	7.8	1.18	.261	3.19	79	3.05	84	7.81	16.5
7	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	138	1976	PIT	32	16	7	.696	31	3.15	11	4	1	220.0	173	77	87	22	60	2	1	5	881	0	5.65	2.45	2.30	0.90	15.7	6.8	1.06	.229	3.56	90	3.52	101	7.08	-0.8
8	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	137	1971	PIT	31	19	9	.679	31	3.06	11	2	0	226.2	207	77	93	15	63	2	0	5	943	4	5.44	2.50	2.17	0.60	14.5	6.7	1.19	.264	3.69	91	2.96	90	8.22	7.8
9	Steve Blass S. Blass	136	1971	PIT	33	15	8	.652	33	2.85	12	5	0	240.0	226	76	81	16	68	2	0	8	996	4	5.10	2.55	2.00	0.60	13.7	6.8	1.23	.271	3.04	85	3.05	93	8.48	5.6
10	Don Robinson D. Robinson	135	1978	PIT	35	14	6	.700	32	3.47	9	1	1	228.1	203	88	98	20	57	3	1	4	937	9	5.32	2.25	2.37	0.79	14.4	6.1	1.14	.253	3.86	95	3.32	92	8.00	7.3
11	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	133	1977	PIT	33	20	5	.800	33	2.34	6	1	0	230.2	197	60	64	29	50	2	0	2	917	1	5.19	1.95	2.66	1.13	14.5	5.5	1.07	.239	2.50	59	3.89	98	7.69	1.7
12	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	131	1975	PIT	32	18	11	.621	32	2.54	15	6	0	237.1	224	67	73	10	78	0	0	8	984	4	4.97	2.96	1.68	0.38	13.3	7.9	1.27	.280	2.77	72	3.01	84	8.49	15.5
13	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	128	1970	PIT	30	13	10	.565	30	3.21	9	4	0	201.2	194	72	81	9	87	10	0	11	863	3	5.71	3.88	1.47	0.40	14.8	10.1	1.39	.294	3.61	81	3.39	90	8.66	8.3
14	Luke Walker L. Walker	124	1970	PIT	42	15	6	.714	19	3.04	5	3	3	163.0	129	55	56	6	89	1	13	8	684	6	6.85	4.91	1.39	0.33	18.1	13.0	1.34	.265	3.09	77	3.25	86	7.12	9.3
15	Bruce Kison B. Kison	122	1977	PIT	33	9	10	.474	32	4.90	3	1	0	193.0	209	105	113	25	55	6	0	6	830	6	5.69	2.56	2.22	1.17	14.7	6.6	1.37	.296	5.27	124	4.10	104	9.75	-3
16	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	122	1973	PIT	28	12	14	.462	28	3.05	3	1	0	192.0	176	65	86	7	55	6	0	7	803	3	5.72	2.58	2.22	0.33	15.2	6.8	1.20	.276	4.03	86	2.71	76	8.25	18.4
17	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	122	1973	PIT	41	10	6	.625	18	2.85	6	3	5	170.1	143	54	59	12	52	2	9	10	694	4	6.45	2.75	2.35	0.63	17.6	7.5	1.14	.259	3.12	80	2.99	84	7.56	10.9
18	Nelson Briles N. Briles	120	1972	PIT	28	14	11	.560	27	3.08	9	2	0	195.2	185	67	83	14	43	1	1	8	802	2	5.52	1.98	2.79	0.64	15.0	5.4	1.17	.274	3.82	92	2.77	86	8.51	9.8
19	Steve Blass S. Blass	120	1970	PIT	31	10	12	.455	31	3.52	6	1	0	196.2	187	77	92	14	73	5	0	8	824	2	5.49	3.34	1.64	0.64	14.6	8.9	1.32	.283	4.21	89	3.53	94	8.56	5
20	Bob Moose B. Moose	119	1970	PIT	28	11	10	.524	27	3.99	9	2	0	189.2	186	84	88	14	64	3	0	5	784	0	5.65	3.04	1.86	0.66	15.2	8.2	1.32	.295	4.18	101	3.40	90	8.83	7.6
21	Steve Blass S. Blass	117	1972	PIT	33	19	8	.704	32	2.49	11	2	0	249.2	227	69	80	18	84	4	0	8	1,024	6	4.22	3.03	1.39	0.65	11.4	8.2	1.25	.261	2.88	74	3.45	107	8.18	-6.9
22	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	116	1977	PIT	33	10	13	.435	33	4.11	8	2	0	208.0	225	95	109	11	71	4	0	2	894	11	5.02	3.07	1.63	0.48	13.0	7.9	1.42	.309	4.72	104	3.38	86	9.74	13.1
23	Bob Moose B. Moose	111	1973	PIT	33	12	13	.480	29	3.53	6	3	0	201.1	219	79	86	11	70	4	1	11	870	3	4.96	3.13	1.59	0.49	12.8	8.0	1.44	.309	3.84	99	3.27	92	9.79	6.6
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	108	1976	PIT	31	14	9	.609	29	3.53	11	3	2	209.1	209	82	98	16	51	2	2	10	880	7	4.64	2.19	2.12	0.69	12.3	5.8	1.24	.275	4.21	101	3.35	96	8.99	3.2
25	Enrique Romo E. Romo	106	1979	PIT	84	10	5	.667	0	2.99	0	0	5	129.1	122	43	50	11	43	3	25	9	537	6	7.38	2.99	2.47	0.77	19.7	8.0	1.28	.297	3.48	79	3.25	85	8.49	8.5