most strikeouts in a single season as a pitcher from 1961 to 1980

Between 1961 and 1980, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters in a season, with 383 strikeouts in 1973.

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	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	383	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	2.87	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	382	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	41	2.04	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	1.93	61	5.79	47.9
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	367	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	2.89	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	341	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	329	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	20	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	327	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	39	3.36	21	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
7	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	325	1965	CLE	42	17	11	.607	35	2.18	14	3	4	273.0	178	66	80	9	132	6	5	7	1,116	17	10.71	4.35	2.46	0.30	29.1	11.8	1.14	.262	2.64	63	2.08	58	5.87	45.4
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	317	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	1.73	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
9	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
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	310	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	308	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	2.92	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
12	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	306	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	40	1.88	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	304	1970	CLE	39	20	12	.625	39	2.92	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	108	25	131	7	2	10	1,257	17	8.97	3.87	2.32	0.74	24.2	10.4	1.20	.267	3.19	76	3.06	75	6.96	33.8
14	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
15	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
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	289	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
17	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	286	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	2.34	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	283	1970	NYM	37	18	12	.600	36	2.82	19	2	0	290.2	230	91	103	21	83	4	1	8	1,173	6	8.76	2.57	3.41	0.65	24.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.19	71	2.52	67	7.12	40.5
19	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	283	1968	CLE	38	15	14	.517	37	1.81	11	3	0	269.0	181	54	78	13	110	10	0	9	1,098	7	9.47	3.68	2.57	0.43	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.61	59	2.25	70	6.06	28.3
20	Denny McLain D. McLain	280	1968	DET	41	31	6	.838	41	1.96	28	6	0	336.0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	7.50	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
21	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	279	1969	CLE	39	18	14	.563	38	2.94	18	4	1	285.0	222	93	111	13	102	7	1	9	1,166	14	8.81	3.22	2.74	0.41	23.9	8.7	1.14	.273	3.51	79	2.29	59	7.01	49.5
22	Bob Veale B. Veale	276	1965	PIT	39	17	12	.586	37	2.84	14	7	0	266.0	221	84	98	5	119	7	2	7	1,126	17	9.34	4.03	2.32	0.17	24.5	10.6	1.28	.300	3.32	80	2.11	62	7.48	38.8
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	274	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	2.28	59	8.02	51.7
24	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	274	1970	CHC	40	22	16	.579	39	3.39	24	3	0	313.0	265	118	128	30	60	7	1	6	1,265	9	7.88	1.73	4.57	0.86	21.7	4.7	1.04	.263	3.68	76	2.77	65	7.62	48.3
25	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	273	1969	CHC	43	21	15	.583	42	3.21	23	7	1	311.1	284	111	122	27	71	8	1	15	1,275	7	7.89	2.05	3.85	0.78	21.4	5.6	1.14	.287	3.53	82	2.64	70	8.21	36.8

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