most strikeouts in the 1960s in a single season as a royal

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Jackie Hernandez had the most strikeouts for the Royals in a season, with 111 strikeouts in 1969.

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	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Jackie Hernandez J. Hernandez	111	1969	KCR	145	504	54	112	14	2	4	40	38	2	17	7	549	142	20	3	2	1	3	.222	.278	.282	.560	37	-21.5	.261	59	-26.1
2	Joe Foy J. Foy	75	1969	KCR	145	519	72	136	19	2	11	71	74	5	37	15	609	192	32	2	9	4	12	.262	.354	.370	.724	74	8.7	.333	105	3.6
3	Bob Oliver B. Oliver	74	1969	KCR	118	394	43	100	8	4	13	43	21	2	5	5	425	155	25	6	2	2	18	.254	.294	.393	.687	44	-1.2	.310	90	-4.7
4	Pat Kelly P. Kelly	70	1969	KCR	112	417	61	110	20	4	8	32	49	5	40	13	473	162	32	2	0	3	5	.264	.348	.388	.737	59	8.5	.337	108	4.5
5	Mike Fiore M. Fiore	63	1969	KCR	107	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	84	2	4	4	427	145	27	1	1	4	9	.274	.420	.428	.848	70	24.4	.390	142	20.8
6	Lou Piniella L. Piniella	56	1969	KCR	135	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	33	3	2	4	539	205	38	1	9	2	12	.282	.325	.416	.741	65	7.6	.332	105	3.1
7	Ed Kirkpatrick E. Kirkpatrick	42	1969	KCR	120	315	40	81	11	4	14	49	43	3	3	5	366	142	29	1	4	4	2	.257	.348	.451	.799	51	12.1	.358	121	9
8	Bill Butler B. Butler	38	1969	KCR	34	60	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	70	3	0	5	0	0	1	.050	.123	.050	.173	-4	-11.3	.096	-47	-11.9
9	Jerry Adair J. Adair	36	1969	KCR	126	432	29	108	9	1	5	48	20	3	1	3	461	134	15	2	4	4	24	.250	.285	.310	.596	35	-14.8	.270	65	-18.7
10	Paul Schaal P. Schaal	27	1969	KCR	61	205	22	54	6	0	1	13	25	2	2	1	237	63	7	3	2	2	2	.263	.346	.307	.653	24	-1.5	.305	87	-3.5
11	Ellie Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	26	1969	KCR	95	267	27	63	10	0	2	20	31	8	3	2	308	79	12	2	0	6	8	.236	.333	.296	.629	28	-4.8	.292	79	-7.4
12	Dick Drago D. Drago	25	1969	KCR	41	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	64	4	1	9	0	0	0	.058	.109	.077	.186	-4	-10.4	.096	-48	-10.9
13	Buck Martinez B. Martinez	25	1969	KCR	72	205	14	47	6	1	4	23	8	0	0	0	214	67	11	1	0	2	4	.229	.258	.327	.585	15	-8	.263	60	-9.8
14	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	23	1969	KCR	35	70	1	10	3	0	0	7	5	0	1	0	82	13	3	7	0	0	1	.143	.200	.186	.386	1	-7.8	.185	10	-8.5
15	Chuck Harrison C. Harrison	20	1969	KCR	75	213	18	47	5	1	3	18	16	1	1	2	232	63	9	0	2	2	3	.221	.276	.296	.572	16	-8.9	.262	59	-10.9
16	Jim Campanis J. Campanis	19	1969	KCR	30	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	89	18	5	0	1	1	4	.157	.202	.217	.419	1	-8.2	.190	13	-8.9
17	Scott Northey S. Northey	19	1969	KCR	20	61	11	16	2	2	1	7	7	0	6	3	68	25	5	0	0	0	0	.262	.338	.410	.748	9	1.4	.341	110	0.8
18	Juan Rios J. Rios	19	1969	KCR	87	196	20	44	5	1	1	5	7	3	1	3	208	54	7	2	0	2	6	.224	.262	.276	.538	12	-10.6	.245	49	-12.3
19	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	19	1969	KCR	34	57	7	16	3	0	4	8	1	1	0	0	59	31	7	0	0	0	2	.281	.305	.544	.849	9	2.9	.379	135	2.4
20	Hawk Taylor H. Taylor	18	1969	KCR	64	89	7	24	5	0	3	21	6	0	0	0	96	38	8	0	1	0	4	.270	.313	.427	.739	12	1.4	.333	106	0.6
21	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	16	1969	KCR	29	58	4	8	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	66	10	1	5	1	0	0	.138	.164	.172	.336	-1	-7.8	.155	-9	-8.3
22	Mike Hedlund M. Hedlund	15	1969	KCR	34	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	35	5	0	1	0	0	0	.152	.176	.152	.328	0	-4.1	.155	-9	-4.4
23	Joe Keough J. Keough	13	1969	KCR	70	166	17	31	2	0	0	7	13	2	5	2	183	33	2	2	0	0	1	.187	.254	.199	.453	7	-12.8	.220	32	-14.3
24	Fred Rico F. Rico	10	1969	KCR	12	26	2	6	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	1	35	8	2	0	0	1	1	.231	.429	.308	.736	5	1	.351	117	0.7
25	Luis Alcaraz L. Alcaraz	9	1969	KCR	22	79	15	20	2	1	1	7	7	0	0	0	86	27	4	0	0	0	2	.253	.314	.342	.656	9	-0.7	.303	86	-1.4

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