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

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Vida Blue fanned the most batters for the Oakland Athletics in a season, with 301 strikeouts in 1971.

	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	Vida Blue V. Blue	301	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
2	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	191	1972	OAK	38	21	7	.750	37	2.04	16	5	0	295.1	200	67	74	21	70	3	1	6	1,148	3	5.82	2.13	2.73	0.64	16.6	6.1	0.91	.207	2.26	70	2.77	91	6.09	8.5
3	Vida Blue V. Blue	189	1975	OAK	39	22	11	.667	38	3.01	13	2	1	278.0	243	93	103	21	99	5	1	4	1,153	4	6.12	3.21	1.91	0.68	16.4	8.6	1.23	.265	3.33	85	3.32	86	7.87	16.2
4	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	181	1971	OAK	37	21	11	.656	37	2.96	16	4	0	273.2	225	90	103	27	80	4	0	7	1,109	2	5.95	2.63	2.26	0.89	16.3	7.2	1.11	.242	3.39	91	3.33	100	7.40	-0.4
5	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	178	1970	OAK	40	18	14	.563	40	3.81	9	1	0	262.1	253	111	124	32	74	9	0	3	1,116	6	6.11	2.54	2.41	1.10	15.9	6.6	1.25	.269	4.25	107	3.81	101	8.68	-1.9
6	Vida Blue V. Blue	174	1974	OAK	40	17	15	.531	40	3.25	12	1	0	282.1	246	102	118	17	98	1	0	7	1,159	9	5.55	3.12	1.78	0.54	15.0	8.5	1.22	.264	3.76	96	3.17	87	7.84	15.3
7	Vida Blue V. Blue	166	1976	OAK	37	18	13	.581	37	2.35	20	6	0	298.1	268	78	90	9	63	1	0	3	1,205	5	5.01	1.90	2.63	0.27	13.8	5.2	1.11	.268	2.72	69	2.55	71	8.08	33.5
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	158	1973	OAK	37	20	9	.690	37	3.28	13	4	0	263.2	214	96	108	26	105	4	0	2	1,083	15	5.39	3.58	1.50	0.89	14.6	9.7	1.21	.238	3.69	91	3.88	109	7.30	-10.6
9	Vida Blue V. Blue	157	1977	OAK	38	14	19	.424	38	3.83	16	1	0	279.2	284	119	138	23	86	1	0	5	1,184	11	5.05	2.77	1.83	0.74	13.3	7.3	1.32	.285	4.44	98	3.61	89	9.14	14
10	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	157	1973	OAK	40	21	13	.618	40	2.97	16	4	0	297.1	275	98	109	22	66	4	0	5	1,210	12	4.75	2.00	2.38	0.67	13.0	5.5	1.15	.263	3.30	83	3.17	89	8.32	13.1
11	Chuck Dobson C. Dobson	149	1970	OAK	41	16	15	.516	40	3.74	13	5	0	267.0	230	111	122	32	92	5	1	7	1,112	10	5.02	3.10	1.62	1.08	13.4	8.3	1.21	.237	4.11	105	4.16	111	7.75	-12.9
12	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	143	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	41	2.49	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	73	3.16	86	7.58	17.6
13	Rick Langford R. Langford	141	1977	OAK	37	8	19	.296	31	4.02	6	1	0	208.1	223	93	107	18	73	2	2	3	901	4	6.09	3.15	1.93	0.78	15.6	8.1	1.42	.307	4.62	103	3.58	88	9.63	11.1
14	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	134	1972	OAK	39	19	11	.633	37	2.51	16	4	0	265.1	232	74	83	23	52	4	0	6	1,058	4	4.55	1.76	2.58	0.78	12.7	4.9	1.07	.247	2.82	86	3.14	104	7.87	-4.1
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	124	1973	OAK	36	21	5	.808	36	3.34	11	3	0	256.1	222	95	105	39	69	1	0	1	1,040	2	4.35	2.42	1.80	1.37	11.9	6.6	1.14	.227	3.69	93	4.39	123	7.79	-25.6
16	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	122	1975	OAK	39	18	14	.563	38	3.14	13	2	0	266.1	217	93	111	16	108	7	0	1	1,110	6	4.12	3.65	1.13	0.54	11.0	9.7	1.22	.235	3.75	88	3.74	97	7.33	3.4
17	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	117	1974	OAK	39	19	17	.528	38	3.07	9	3	0	255.1	273	87	111	14	51	3	0	3	1,073	5	4.12	1.80	2.29	0.49	10.9	4.8	1.27	.292	3.91	90	3.00	82	9.62	18.7
18	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	115	1976	OAK	39	16	12	.571	39	2.50	13	4	0	266.1	231	74	93	15	87	6	0	2	1,094	8	3.89	2.94	1.32	0.51	10.5	8.0	1.19	.248	3.14	73	3.54	99	7.81	0.8
19	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	115	1975	OAK	75	10	6	.625	0	2.98	0	0	24	126.2	95	42	43	13	33	6	59	5	493	6	8.17	2.34	3.48	0.92	23.3	6.7	1.01	.252	3.06	84	3.02	78	6.75	11.6
20	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	113	1976	OAK	70	13	11	.542	0	2.47	0	0	20	134.2	118	37	40	3	40	7	62	10	559	2	7.55	2.67	2.83	0.20	20.2	7.2	1.17	.290	2.67	72	2.29	64	7.89	19.1
21	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	113	1972	OAK	65	11	9	.550	0	2.51	0	0	21	111.1	85	31	35	8	32	1	41	7	437	2	9.13	2.59	3.53	0.65	25.9	7.3	1.05	.272	2.83	86	2.19	72	6.87	10.8
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	111	1972	OAK	25	6	10	.375	23	2.80	5	4	0	151.0	117	47	55	11	48	1	0	3	606	2	6.62	2.86	2.31	0.66	18.3	7.9	1.09	.244	3.28	96	2.84	94	6.97	3
23	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	110	1973	OAK	62	7	8	.467	2	1.92	0	0	22	126.2	107	27	41	5	39	4	49	6	521	2	7.82	2.77	2.82	0.36	21.1	7.5	1.15	.281	2.91	53	2.35	66	7.60	17.8
24	Matt Keough M. Keough	108	1978	OAK	32	8	15	.348	32	3.24	6	0	0	197.1	178	71	90	9	85	4	0	2	837	12	4.93	3.88	1.27	0.41	12.9	10.2	1.33	.268	4.10	90	3.43	90	8.12	8.2
25	Rick Langford R. Langford	101	1979	OAK	34	12	16	.429	29	4.28	14	1	0	218.2	233	104	114	22	57	4	0	6	934	16	4.16	2.35	1.77	0.91	10.8	6.1	1.33	.281	4.69	107	3.94	94	9.59	5.9