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

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bert Blyleven struck out the most batters for the Twins in a season, with 258 strikeouts in 1973.

	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	258	1973	MIN	40	20	17	.541	40	2.52	25	9	0	325.0	296	91	109	16	67	9	0	4	1,321	7	7.14	1.86	3.85	0.44	19.5	5.1	1.12	.288	3.02	63	2.31	58	8.20	57.6
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	249	1974	MIN	37	17	17	.500	37	2.66	19	3	0	281.0	244	83	99	14	77	9	0	3	1,149	3	7.98	2.47	3.23	0.45	21.7	6.7	1.14	.288	3.17	71	2.36	65	7.81	39.4
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	233	1975	MIN	35	15	10	.600	35	3.00	20	3	0	275.2	219	92	104	24	84	4	0	2	1,104	7	7.61	2.74	2.77	0.78	21.1	7.6	1.10	.257	3.40	78	2.97	78	7.15	25.5
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	228	1972	MIN	39	17	17	.500	38	2.73	11	3	0	287.1	247	87	93	22	69	10	1	7	1,158	7	7.14	2.16	3.30	0.69	19.7	6.0	1.10	.271	2.91	87	2.63	81	7.74	20
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	224	1971	MIN	38	16	15	.516	38	2.81	17	5	0	278.1	267	87	95	21	59	5	0	1	1,126	5	7.24	1.91	3.80	0.68	19.9	5.2	1.17	.301	3.07	80	2.51	69	8.63	34.2
6	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	186	1977	MIN	39	20	11	.645	39	3.36	19	2	0	303.0	284	113	129	23	91	2	0	4	1,253	9	5.52	2.70	2.04	0.68	14.8	7.3	1.24	.274	3.83	81	3.41	83	8.44	23.2
7	Tom Hall T. Hall	184	1970	MIN	52	11	6	.647	11	2.55	1	0	4	155.1	94	44	46	11	66	2	13	4	619	3	10.66	3.82	2.79	0.64	29.7	10.7	1.03	.233	2.67	67	2.50	62	5.45	26.1
8	Jim Perry J. Perry	168	1970	MIN	40	24	12	.667	40	3.04	13	4	0	278.2	258	94	112	20	57	9	0	10	1,141	3	5.43	1.84	2.95	0.65	14.7	5.0	1.13	.268	3.62	79	3.07	76	8.33	29.6
9	Joe Decker J. Decker	158	1974	MIN	37	16	14	.533	37	3.29	11	1	0	248.2	234	91	105	24	97	2	0	1	1,047	9	5.72	3.51	1.63	0.87	15.1	9.3	1.33	.274	3.80	88	3.75	103	8.47	-3.4
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	157	1979	MIN	37	20	13	.606	36	3.38	10	2	0	263.2	268	99	108	19	83	3	0	4	1,101	2	5.36	2.83	1.89	0.65	14.3	7.5	1.33	.297	3.69	78	3.44	82	9.15	21.7
11	Dick Woodson D. Woodson	150	1972	MIN	36	14	14	.500	36	2.72	9	3	0	251.2	193	76	93	19	101	2	0	5	1,033	4	5.36	3.61	1.49	0.68	14.5	9.8	1.17	.229	3.33	87	3.41	105	6.90	-4
12	Tom Hall T. Hall	137	1971	MIN	48	4	7	.364	11	3.33	0	0	9	129.2	104	48	54	13	58	0	20	5	548	4	9.51	4.03	2.36	0.90	25.0	10.6	1.25	.268	3.75	94	2.98	82	7.22	9.3
13	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	137	1971	MIN	39	13	14	.481	38	3.32	15	4	0	260.1	275	96	104	16	47	6	0	9	1,098	8	4.74	1.62	2.91	0.55	12.5	4.3	1.24	.290	3.60	94	2.80	77	9.51	23.6
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	135	1970	MIN	27	10	9	.526	25	3.18	5	1	0	164.0	143	58	66	17	47	2	1	6	675	2	7.41	2.58	2.87	0.93	20.0	7.0	1.16	.266	3.62	83	3.23	80	7.85	14.6
15	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	133	1976	MIN	36	14	14	.500	35	3.36	13	4	0	249.1	239	93	113	14	91	5	0	4	1,054	15	4.80	3.28	1.46	0.51	12.6	8.6	1.32	.277	4.08	94	3.45	98	8.63	2.4
16	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	132	1979	MIN	36	14	13	.519	35	4.16	12	1	0	250.2	282	116	124	22	69	1	1	3	1,061	5	4.74	2.48	1.91	0.79	12.4	6.5	1.40	.311	4.45	96	3.65	87	10.13	15
17	Jim Hughes J. Hughes	130	1975	MIN	37	16	14	.533	34	3.82	12	2	0	249.2	241	106	119	17	127	13	1	3	1,100	10	4.69	4.58	1.02	0.61	11.8	11.5	1.47	.276	4.29	99	4.10	108	8.69	-8.2
18	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	128	1975	MIN	32	14	14	.500	32	3.67	15	1	0	243.0	235	99	112	18	72	6	0	2	1,015	11	4.74	2.67	1.78	0.67	12.6	7.1	1.26	.274	4.15	95	3.45	91	8.70	9.7
19	Jim Perry J. Perry	126	1971	MIN	40	17	17	.500	39	4.23	8	0	1	270.0	263	127	135	39	102	5	1	10	1,146	5	4.20	3.40	1.24	1.30	11.0	8.9	1.35	.256	4.50	120	4.58	126	8.77	-27.8
20	Roger Erickson R. Erickson	121	1978	MIN	37	14	13	.519	37	3.96	14	0	0	265.2	268	117	129	19	79	8	0	1	1,120	8	4.10	2.68	1.53	0.64	10.8	7.1	1.31	.279	4.37	103	3.58	94	9.08	6.6
21	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	120	1970	MIN	45	14	10	.583	34	3.56	4	1	0	230.1	244	91	110	26	58	3	3	8	972	11	4.69	2.27	2.07	1.02	12.3	6.0	1.31	.285	4.30	93	3.85	95	9.53	5
22	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	116	1978	MIN	29	15	10	.600	29	2.49	13	2	0	220.1	209	61	72	12	67	1	0	1	913	4	4.74	2.74	1.73	0.49	12.7	7.3	1.25	.275	2.94	65	3.15	83	8.54	15.8
23	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	115	1976	MIN	78	17	5	.773	0	3.01	0	0	20	167.2	145	56	63	9	62	5	68	11	703	7	6.17	3.33	1.85	0.48	16.4	8.8	1.23	.266	3.38	85	3.15	89	7.78	7.1
24	Joe Decker J. Decker	109	1973	MIN	29	10	10	.500	24	4.17	6	3	0	170.1	167	79	87	12	88	4	3	0	743	8	5.76	4.65	1.24	0.63	14.7	11.8	1.50	.292	4.60	105	3.81	97	8.82	2.9
25	Geoff Zahn G. Zahn	106	1978	MIN	35	14	14	.500	35	3.03	12	1	0	252.1	260	85	101	18	81	4	0	2	1,056	7	3.78	2.89	1.31	0.64	10.0	7.7	1.35	.286	3.60	79	3.67	97	9.27	3.6