pitchers with 300 so in a single season since 1970

Sam McDowell got 304 strikeouts in 1970.

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pitchers with 300 or more so in a single season since 1970

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
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	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Mike Scott M. Scott	306	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	308	1993	SEA	35	19	8	.704	34	3.24	10	3	1	255.1	185	92	97	22	99	16	1	1	1,043	8	10.86	3.49	3.11	0.78	29.5	9.5	1.11	.273	3.42	74	3.04	70	6.52	36.2
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	329	1998	TOT	34	19	11	.633	34	3.28	10	6	0	244.1	203	89	102	23	86	14	0	1	1,014	7	12.12	3.17	3.83	0.85	32.4	8.5	1.18	.320	3.76	72	2.89	65	7.48	42.2
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	364	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	313	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	372	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	334	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	2.32	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
24	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	316	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7

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