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

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dennis Leonard fanned the most hitters for the Royals in a season, with 244 strikeouts in 1977.

	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	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	244	1977	KCR	38	20	12	.625	37	3.04	21	5	1	292.2	246	99	117	18	79	8	1	0	1,186	14	7.50	2.43	3.09	0.55	20.6	6.7	1.11	.272	3.60	74	2.75	69	7.56	40.3
2	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	206	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
3	Steve Busby S. Busby	198	1974	KCR	38	22	14	.611	38	3.39	20	3	0	292.1	284	110	118	14	92	9	0	6	1,220	5	6.10	2.83	2.15	0.43	16.2	7.5	1.29	.298	3.63	91	2.87	81	8.74	22.1
4	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	183	1978	KCR	40	21	17	.553	40	3.33	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	78	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
5	Steve Busby S. Busby	174	1973	KCR	37	16	15	.516	37	4.23	7	1	0	238.1	246	112	125	18	105	6	0	7	1,037	9	6.57	3.97	1.66	0.68	16.8	10.1	1.47	.311	4.72	108	3.48	89	9.29	11.6
6	Steve Busby S. Busby	160	1975	KCR	34	18	12	.600	34	3.08	18	3	0	260.1	233	89	96	18	81	3	0	4	1,064	8	5.53	2.80	1.98	0.62	15.0	7.6	1.21	.268	3.32	79	3.21	86	8.06	15
7	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	150	1976	KCR	35	17	10	.630	34	3.51	16	2	0	259.0	247	101	113	16	70	11	0	5	1,072	7	5.21	2.43	2.14	0.56	14.0	6.5	1.22	.280	3.93	99	3.21	93	8.58	7.1
8	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	146	1975	KCR	32	15	7	.682	30	3.77	8	0	0	212.1	212	89	98	18	90	9	1	4	916	4	6.19	3.81	1.62	0.76	15.9	9.8	1.42	.297	4.15	97	3.70	99	8.99	0.5
9	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	140	1972	KCR	35	12	12	.500	33	3.13	12	2	0	216.0	189	75	81	11	67	4	0	2	876	6	5.83	2.79	2.09	0.46	16.0	7.6	1.19	.272	3.38	102	2.74	86	7.88	10.8
10	Dick Drago D. Drago	135	1972	KCR	34	12	17	.414	33	3.01	11	2	0	239.1	230	80	88	22	51	6	1	4	974	5	5.08	1.92	2.65	0.83	13.9	5.2	1.17	.274	3.31	98	3.17	99	8.65	0.5
11	Dick Drago D. Drago	127	1970	KCR	35	9	15	.375	34	3.75	7	1	0	240.0	239	100	110	20	72	7	1	5	1,002	3	4.76	2.70	1.76	0.75	12.7	7.2	1.30	.282	4.13	101	3.64	93	8.96	7.4
12	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	126	1979	KCR	32	14	12	.538	32	4.08	12	5	0	236.0	226	107	117	33	56	2	0	3	966	8	4.81	2.14	2.25	1.26	13.0	5.8	1.19	.258	4.46	96	4.21	103	8.62	-3.1
13	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	120	1972	KCR	34	11	6	.647	19	2.08	10	6	2	173.1	120	40	41	13	31	1	9	1	652	4	6.23	1.61	3.87	0.68	18.4	4.8	0.87	.220	2.13	68	2.54	79	6.23	12.6
14	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	117	1970	KCR	38	10	15	.400	29	3.54	6	3	1	203.2	190	80	99	11	102	1	5	4	879	3	5.17	4.51	1.15	0.49	13.3	11.6	1.43	.276	4.37	95	3.70	94	8.40	5
15	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	110	1973	KCR	38	20	11	.645	38	3.98	12	3	0	262.0	279	116	135	19	78	5	0	7	1,119	9	3.78	2.68	1.41	0.65	9.8	7.0	1.36	.287	4.64	101	3.61	92	9.58	9
16	Dick Drago D. Drago	109	1971	KCR	35	17	11	.607	34	2.98	15	4	0	241.1	251	80	84	14	46	9	0	1	977	4	4.06	1.72	2.37	0.52	11.2	4.7	1.23	.297	3.13	86	2.98	84	9.36	15.4
17	Doug Bird D. Bird	107	1976	KCR	39	12	10	.545	27	3.37	2	1	2	197.2	191	74	90	17	31	3	6	3	808	0	4.87	1.41	3.45	0.77	13.2	3.8	1.12	.268	4.10	95	3.18	92	8.70	6.1
18	Mark Littell M. Littell	106	1977	KCR	48	8	4	.667	5	3.61	0	0	12	104.2	73	42	49	6	55	1	29	6	434	8	9.11	4.73	1.93	0.52	24.4	12.7	1.22	.252	4.21	88	3.05	77	6.28	10.8
19	Rich Gale R. Gale	103	1979	KCR	34	9	10	.474	31	5.65	2	1	0	181.2	197	114	131	19	99	4	0	4	830	5	5.10	4.90	1.04	0.94	12.4	11.9	1.63	.294	6.49	133	4.65	113	9.76	-11.5
20	Jim Colborn J. Colborn	103	1977	KCR	36	18	14	.563	35	3.62	6	1	0	239.0	233	96	106	22	81	13	0	2	1,023	8	3.88	3.05	1.27	0.83	10.1	7.9	1.31	.262	3.99	88	4.24	107	8.77	-7.5
21	Jim York J. York	103	1971	KCR	53	5	5	.500	0	2.89	0	0	3	93.1	70	30	32	7	44	3	21	7	399	4	9.93	4.24	2.34	0.68	25.8	11.0	1.22	.260	3.09	84	2.72	77	6.75	8.6
22	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	99	1977	KCR	37	16	6	.727	37	3.69	6	2	0	229.0	243	94	104	11	83	2	0	2	980	5	3.89	3.26	1.19	0.43	10.1	8.5	1.42	.296	4.09	90	3.60	91	9.55	9.5
23	Dick Drago D. Drago	98	1973	KCR	37	12	14	.462	33	4.23	10	1	0	212.2	252	100	116	16	76	7	2	10	937	4	4.15	3.22	1.29	0.68	10.5	8.1	1.54	.319	4.91	108	3.78	97	10.66	3.3
24	Bruce Dal Canton B. Dal Canton	96	1974	KCR	31	8	10	.444	22	3.13	9	2	0	175.1	135	61	71	5	82	5	4	3	736	16	4.93	4.21	1.17	0.26	13.0	11.1	1.24	.237	3.64	84	3.33	94	6.93	4.1
25	Mark Littell M. Littell	92	1976	KCR	60	8	4	.667	1	2.08	0	0	16	104.0	68	24	26	1	60	0	37	4	428	1	7.96	5.19	1.53	0.09	21.5	14.0	1.23	.244	2.25	58	2.71	78	5.88	8.7