most strikeouts in a single season by a tigers pitcher

Mickey Lolich has struck out the most hitters for the Tigers in a season, with 308 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	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
2	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
3	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	275	1946	DET	37	26	9	.743	34	1.94	29	6	1	292.2	215	63	77	10	98	1	2		1,176	8	8.46	3.01	2.81	0.31	23.4	8.3	1.07	.259	2.37	54	1.96	56	6.61	49.6
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	271	1969	DET	37	19	11	.633	36	3.14	15	1	1	280.2	214	98	111	22	122	14	1	10	1,172	14	8.69	3.91	2.22	0.71	23.1	10.4	1.20	.258	3.56	86	3.04	80	6.86	23.7
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	269	2009	DET	35	19	9	.679	35	3.45	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	76	2.79	63	8.21	43.9
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	252	2014	DET	33	18	5	.783	33	3.15	1	1	0	220.1	196	77	80	18	63	6	0	1	904	10	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.74	27.9	7.0	1.18	.315	3.27	82	2.84	74	8.01	23.9
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	250	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	2.40	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	250	1972	DET	41	22	14	.611	41	2.50	23	4	0	327.1	282	91	100	29	74	11	0	5	1,321	6	6.87	2.03	3.38	0.80	18.9	5.6	1.09	.264	2.75	79	2.80	85	7.75	17.9
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	241	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	54	2.44	59	6.50	37.5
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	240	2013	DET	32	21	3	.875	32	2.90	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	72	2.74	69	6.38	29.2
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	239	2012	DET	33	17	8	.680	33	2.64	6	1	0	238.1	192	70	81	19	60	5	0	2	956	2	9.03	2.27	3.98	0.72	25.0	6.3	1.06	.273	3.06	64	2.94	70	7.25	32.4
13	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	238	2019	DET	32	9	12	.429	32	4.56	0	0	0	185.1	178	94	101	39	50	8	0	1	788	6	11.56	2.43	4.76	1.89	30.2	6.3	1.23	.307	4.90	99	4.31	94	8.64	5.3
14	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	236	1971	DET	39	20	9	.690	38	3.15	16	3	0	286.0	241	100	106	17	96	7	0	3	1,174	7	7.43	3.02	2.46	0.53	20.1	8.2	1.18	.274	3.34	89	2.65	73	7.58	30.7
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	232	1983	DET	37	20	13	.606	37	3.34	20	1	0	293.2	257	109	117	30	83	3	0	5	1,204	18	7.11	2.54	2.80	0.92	19.3	6.9	1.16	.265	3.59	83	3.37	82	7.88	24
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	231	2012	DET	32	16	7	.696	32	3.74	0	0	0	187.2	179	78	82	23	60	5	0	2	787	2	11.08	2.88	3.85	1.10	29.4	7.6	1.27	.333	3.93	90	3.26	78	8.58	18.9
17	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	230	1970	DET	40	14	19	.424	39	3.80	13	3	0	272.2	272	115	125	27	109	5	0	3	1,181	14	7.59	3.60	2.11	0.89	19.5	9.2	1.40	.302	4.13	99	3.49	86	8.98	16.7
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	228	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	34.1
19	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	226	1965	DET	43	15	9	.625	37	3.44	7	3	3	243.2	216	93	103	23	72	12	5	2	1,015	7	8.35	2.66	3.14	0.85	22.3	7.1	1.18	.283	3.80	98	2.92	81	7.98	18.6
20	Jack Morris J. Morris	223	1986	DET	35	21	8	.724	35	3.27	15	6	0	267.0	229	97	105	40	82	0	0	7	1,092	12	7.52	2.76	2.72	1.35	20.4	7.5	1.16	.253	3.54	81	3.96	94	7.72	7.1
21	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	222	1972	DET	40	19	14	.576	39	2.80	9	3	0	280.0	216	87	99	23	110	9	0	7	1,145	9	7.14	3.54	2.02	0.74	19.4	9.6	1.16	.247	3.18	89	3.15	96	6.94	4.6
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	219	2010	DET	33	18	9	.667	33	3.37	4	0	0	224.1	190	84	89	14	71	6	0	0	925	11	8.79	2.85	3.08	0.56	23.7	7.7	1.16	.286	3.57	80	2.96	70	7.62	30.9
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	217	2013	DET	34	13	12	.520	34	3.46	0	0	0	218.1	212	84	94	19	75	4	0	1	925	3	8.95	3.09	2.89	0.78	23.5	8.1	1.31	.316	3.87	86	3.27	83	8.74	16.7
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	214	1973	DET	42	16	15	.516	42	3.82	17	3	0	308.2	315	131	143	35	79	5	0	7	1,286	12	6.24	2.30	2.71	1.02	16.6	6.1	1.28	.294	4.17	97	3.46	88	9.18	15.5
25	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	212	1945	DET	40	25	9	.735	36	1.81	29	8	2	313.1	239	63	73	5	110	0	2		1,261	10	6.09	3.16	1.93	0.14	16.8	8.7	1.11	.251	2.10	52	2.45	68	6.86	39.5

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