most strikeouts in a season in the 1970s by an astros pitcher

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, J.R. Richard fanned the most hitters for the Astros in a season, with 313 strikeouts in 1979.

	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	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
2	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
3	J.R. Richard	214	1977	HOU	36	18	12	.600	36	2.97	13	3	0	267.0	212	88	94	18	104	0	0	1	1,092	6	7.21	3.51	2.06	0.61	19.6	9.5	1.18	.257	3.17	82	3.17	85	7.15	16.2
4	J.R. Richard	214	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	39	2.75	14	3	0	291.0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	4.67	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
5	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	191	1970	HOU	37	16	12	.571	36	3.87	17	2	1	269.2	263	116	124	31	82	6	1	4	1,132	8	6.37	2.74	2.33	1.03	16.9	7.2	1.28	.282	4.14	97	3.69	97	8.78	3.2
6	Don Wilson D. Wilson	180	1971	HOU	35	16	10	.615	34	2.45	18	3	0	268.0	195	73	80	15	79	7	0	3	1,067	5	6.04	2.65	2.28	0.50	16.9	7.4	1.02	.229	2.69	72	2.79	84	6.55	15.3
7	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	177	1973	HOU	41	16	13	.552	40	3.74	12	3	0	279.1	271	116	123	17	117	3	1	6	1,198	10	5.70	3.77	1.51	0.55	14.8	9.8	1.39	.287	3.96	105	3.37	94	8.73	5.8
8	J.R. Richard	176	1975	HOU	33	12	10	.545	31	4.39	7	1	0	203.0	178	99	107	8	138	4	1	0	905	20	7.80	6.12	1.28	0.35	19.4	15.2	1.56	.294	4.74	129	3.45	100	7.89	-0.6
9	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	174	1972	HOU	33	9	13	.409	30	4.17	4	1	1	192.0	177	89	101	14	83	10	1	3	832	7	8.16	3.89	2.10	0.66	20.9	10.0	1.35	.296	4.73	125	2.98	93	8.30	5
10	Don Wilson D. Wilson	172	1972	HOU	33	15	10	.600	33	2.68	13	3	0	228.1	196	68	79	16	66	2	0	2	927	11	6.78	2.60	2.61	0.63	18.6	7.1	1.15	.268	3.11	80	2.69	83	7.73	13.6
11	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	150	1974	HOU	33	11	10	.524	33	2.90	7	3	0	223.2	189	72	76	18	82	6	0	4	913	8	6.04	3.30	1.83	0.72	16.4	9.0	1.21	.260	3.06	83	3.45	100	7.61	-0.2
12	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	149	1973	HOU	46	9	12	.429	26	4.20	5	0	4	201.1	197	94	101	18	74	4	9	7	861	5	6.66	3.31	2.01	0.80	17.3	8.6	1.35	.291	4.51	118	3.40	95	8.81	3.5
13	Don Wilson D. Wilson	149	1973	HOU	37	11	16	.407	32	3.20	10	3	2	239.1	187	85	94	21	92	7	4	6	988	7	5.60	3.46	1.62	0.79	15.1	9.3	1.17	.231	3.53	90	3.69	104	7.03	-3.9
14	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	139	1971	HOU	33	10	16	.385	33	3.39	8	3	0	228.1	205	86	98	9	68	16	0	8	943	6	5.48	2.68	2.04	0.35	14.7	7.2	1.20	.276	3.86	100	2.84	86	8.08	11.7
15	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	134	1970	HOU	46	13	9	.591	24	3.98	8	2	0	187.2	190	83	102	10	63	10	7	2	818	11	6.43	3.02	2.13	0.48	16.4	7.7	1.35	.300	4.89	99	3.06	81	9.11	15.4
16	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	131	1971	HOU	33	8	8	.500	23	2.53	7	2	0	188.1	162	53	60	8	53	4	4	5	771	8	6.26	2.53	2.47	0.38	17.0	6.9	1.14	.268	2.87	75	2.52	76	7.74	16.7
17	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	127	1975	HOU	34	14	16	.467	34	4.00	14	2	0	232.0	225	103	109	24	91	7	0	6	982	13	4.93	3.53	1.40	0.93	12.9	9.3	1.36	.274	4.23	117	4.09	119	8.73	-17.9
18	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	119	1979	HOU	38	21	11	.656	38	3.00	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	102	17	107	7	0	1	1,095	19	4.06	3.65	1.11	0.58	10.9	9.8	1.24	.241	3.48	87	3.95	112	7.54	-13.7
19	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	119	1973	HOU	39	17	11	.607	36	2.85	12	6	0	249.1	264	79	92	15	62	2	0	8	1,054	3	4.30	2.24	1.92	0.54	11.3	5.9	1.31	.291	3.32	80	3.16	88	9.53	11.3
20	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	115	1972	HOU	31	15	8	.652	31	3.40	12	5	0	214.2	209	81	87	14	51	5	0	0	887	3	4.82	2.14	2.25	0.59	13.0	5.7	1.21	.278	3.65	101	2.95	92	8.76	6.3
21	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	113	1972	HOU	30	6	8	.429	24	3.91	1	0	0	156.1	163	68	75	19	62	0	3	1	671	9	6.51	3.57	1.82	1.09	16.8	9.2	1.44	.302	4.32	117	3.72	115	9.38	-9.1
22	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	112	1977	HOU	24	8	9	.471	23	4.04	4	1	0	142.2	138	64	70	11	68	4	0	1	622	6	7.07	4.29	1.65	0.69	18.0	10.9	1.44	.297	4.42	112	3.67	99	8.71	0.2
23	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	112	1976	HOU	28	13	14	.481	28	3.69	7	4	0	187.2	171	77	85	9	72	6	0	6	790	12	5.37	3.45	1.56	0.43	14.2	9.1	1.29	.274	4.08	112	3.30	99	8.20	0.5
24	Don Wilson D. Wilson	112	1974	HOU	33	11	13	.458	27	3.08	5	4	0	204.2	170	70	80	16	100	4	2	2	875	4	4.93	4.40	1.12	0.70	12.8	11.4	1.32	.240	3.52	89	4.01	116	7.48	-13.4
25	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	111	1972	HOU	35	12	7	.632	28	4.50	7	3	2	192.0	227	96	100	18	57	2	4	3	839	7	5.20	2.67	1.95	0.84	13.2	6.8	1.48	.321	4.69	134	3.38	105	10.64	-3.7