pitcher with the most american league strikeouts 1981

Len Barker struck out the most hitters in the AL in 1981, with 127 strikeouts.

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1Len Barker
L. Barker
127
1981
CLE CLE
22
8
7
.533
22
3.91
9
3
0
154.1
150
67
72
7
46
1
0
0
660
5
7.41
2.68
2.76
0.41
19.2
7.0
1.27
.299
4.20
105
2.45
65
8.75
22.7
2Britt Burns
B. Burns
108
1981
CWS CWS
24
10
6
.625
23
2.64
5
1
0
156.2
139
46
52
14
49
6
0
1
651
1
6.20
2.81
2.20
0.80
16.6
7.5
1.20
.264
2.99
72
3.43
93
7.99
4.3
3Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
107
1981
CLE CLE
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
9
1
0
159.1
145
51
52
9
40
5
0
1
644
3
6.04
2.26
2.68
0.51
16.6
6.2
1.16
.282
2.94
77
2.84
75
8.19
16.8
4Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
107
1981
KCR KCR
26
13
11
.542
26
2.99
9
2
0
201.2
202
67
79
15
41
3
0
5
837
5
4.78
1.83
2.61
0.67
12.8
4.9
1.20
.279
3.53
81
3.16
87
9.01
11
5Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
104
1981
NYY NYY
23
11
5
.688
21
2.76
0
0
0
127.0
100
39
41
12
26
1
1
0
497
6
7.37
1.84
4.00
0.85
20.9
5.2
0.99
.249
2.91
78
2.82
77
7.09
11.7
6Danny Darwin
D. Darwin
98
1981
TEX TEX
22
9
9
.500
22
3.64
6
2
0
146.0
115
59
67
12
57
6
0
5
601
1
6.04
3.51
1.72
0.74
16.3
9.5
1.18
.241
4.13
103
3.62
100
7.09
-0.4
7Jack Morris
J. Morris
97
1981
DET DET
25
14
7
.667
25
3.05
15
1
0
198.0
153
67
69
14
78
2
0
11
798
2
4.41
3.55
1.24
0.64
12.2
9.8
1.17
.229
3.14
83
3.75
98
6.95
2
8John Denny
J. Denny
94
1981
CLE CLE
19
10
6
.625
19
3.15
6
3
0
145.2
139
51
62
9
66
3
0
3
623
10
5.81
4.08
1.42
0.56
15.1
10.6
1.41
.288
3.83
84
3.53
93
8.59
4.3
9Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
91
1981
OAK OAK
22
14
7
.667
22
2.33
16
4
0
185.2
140
48
50
12
61
2
0
1
741
0
4.41
2.96
1.49
0.58
12.3
8.2
1.08
.223
2.42
67
3.47
95
6.79
3.4
10Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
89
1981
NYY NYY
15
8
4
.667
15
2.05
2
0
0
105.1
75
24
25
1
38
0
0
0
422
1
7.60
3.25
2.34
0.09
21.1
9.0
1.07
.252
2.14
58
2.11
58
6.41
18.2
11Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
89
1981
TOR TOR
25
11
10
.524
25
3.19
11
2
0
183.2
148
65
70
10
61
11
0
2
748
1
4.36
2.99
1.46
0.49
11.9
8.2
1.14
.239
3.43
82
3.51
92
7.25
6.6
12Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
88
1981
BAL BAL
25
14
5
.737
24
3.32
9
2
0
179.0
173
66
84
10
62
2
0
1
753
6
4.42
3.12
1.42
0.50
11.7
8.2
1.31
.276
4.22
93
3.41
93
8.70
5.3
13Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
85
1981
SEA SEA
21
9
9
.500
20
4.45
5
2
0
121.1
128
60
62
14
39
3
0
0
522
7
6.30
2.89
2.18
1.04
16.3
7.5
1.38
.299
4.60
118
3.73
94
9.49
3.5
14Rick Langford
R. Langford
84
1981
OAK OAK
24
12
10
.545
24
2.99
18
2
0
195.1
190
65
81
14
58
3
0
2
823
1
3.87
2.67
1.45
0.65
10.2
7.0
1.27
.265
3.73
86
3.61
99
8.75
0.7
15Pete Vuckovich
P. Vuckovich
84
1981
MIL MIL
24
14
4
.778
23
3.55
2
1
0
149.2
137
59
61
9
57
4
0
1
620
1
5.05
3.43
1.47
0.54
13.5
9.2
1.30
.275
3.67
102
3.48
97
8.24
1.3
16Ron Davis
R. Davis
83
1981
NYY NYY
43
4
5
.444
0
2.71
0
0
6
73.0
47
22
22
6
25
0
22
3
285
1
10.23
3.08
3.32
0.74
29.1
8.8
0.99
.240
2.71
76
2.42
66
5.79
10.1
17Mark Clear
M. Clear
82
1981
BOS BOS
34
8
3
.727
0
4.11
0
0
9
76.2
69
35
36
11
51
2
20
2
346
6
9.63
5.99
1.61
1.29
23.7
14.7
1.57
.290
4.23
107
4.40
117
8.10
-5.4
18Scott McGregor
S. McGregor
82
1981
BAL BAL
24
13
5
.722
22
3.26
8
3
0
160.0
167
58
63
13
40
0
2
5
664
3
4.61
2.25
2.05
0.73
12.3
6.0
1.29
.291
3.54
91
3.38
92
9.39
5.4
19Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
79
1981
BOS BOS
23
9
8
.529
23
4.27
8
2
0
154.0
160
73
82
9
35
3
0
2
649
0
4.62
2.05
2.26
0.53
12.2
5.4
1.27
.289
4.79
111
3.07
82
9.35
11.7
20Rudy May
R. May
79
1981
NYY NYY
27
6
11
.353
22
4.14
4
0
1
147.2
137
68
71
10
41
2
1
0
610
6
4.81
2.50
1.93
0.61
13.0
6.7
1.21
.266
4.33
117
3.28
90
8.35
6
21Dan Petry
D. Petry
79
1981
DET DET
23
10
9
.526
22
3.00
7
2
0
141.0
115
47
53
10
57
1
1
4
583
3
5.04
3.64
1.39
0.64
13.6
9.8
1.22
.241
3.38
82
3.63
95
7.34
3.2
22Milt Wilcox
M. Wilcox
79
1981
DET DET
24
12
9
.571
24
3.03
8
1
0
166.1
152
56
61
10
52
6
0
3
686
4
4.27
2.81
1.52
0.54
11.5
7.6
1.23
.263
3.30
83
3.47
91
8.22
6.6
23Mike Norris
M. Norris
78
1981
OAK OAK
23
12
9
.571
23
3.75
12
2
0
172.2
145
72
77
17
63
10
0
0
721
14
4.07
3.28
1.24
0.89
10.8
8.7
1.20
.231
4.01
108
4.24
116
7.56
-11.8
24Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
78
1981
BOS BOS
24
4
10
.286
23
4.01
5
2
0
141.1
142
63
70
17
43
4
0
4
596
2
4.97
2.74
1.81
1.08
13.1
7.2
1.31
.275
4.46
104
4.05
108
9.04
-4.6
25Pete Redfern
P. Redfern
77
1981
MIN MIN
24
9
8
.529
23
4.07
3
0
0
141.2
140
64
70
12
52
2
0
1
601
2
4.89
3.30
1.48
0.76
12.8
8.7
1.36
.279
4.45
108
3.75
101
8.89
-0.5
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