royals player with most so as a pitcher in 1 season

Dennis Leonard has struck out the most batters for the Royals in a season, with 244 strikeouts in 1977.

	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	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	244	1977	KCR	38	20	12	.625	37	3.04	21	5	1	292.2	246	99	117	18	79	8	1	0	1,186	14	7.50	2.43	3.09	0.55	20.6	6.7	1.11	.272	3.60	74	2.75	69	7.56	40.3
2	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	242	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	2.16	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
3	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	223	2024	KCR	32	11	9	.550	32	3.14	1	0	0	186.1	146	65	71	15	67	6	0	1	762	11	10.77	3.24	3.33	0.72	29.3	8.8	1.14	.290	3.43	75	2.99	73	7.05	22.8
4	Kevin Appier K. Appier	207	1996	KCR	32	14	11	.560	32	3.62	5	1	0	211.1	192	85	87	17	75	5	0	2	874	10	8.82	3.19	2.76	0.72	23.7	8.6	1.26	.307	3.71	71	3.39	68	8.18	37.6
5	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	206	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
6	Steve Busby S. Busby	198	1974	KCR	38	22	14	.611	38	3.39	20	3	0	292.1	284	110	118	14	92	9	0	6	1,220	5	6.10	2.83	2.15	0.43	16.2	7.5	1.29	.298	3.63	91	2.87	81	8.74	22.1
7	James Shields J. Shields	196	2013	KCR	34	13	9	.591	34	3.15	2	0	0	228.2	215	80	82	20	68	8	0	0	946	11	7.71	2.68	2.88	0.79	20.7	7.2	1.24	.298	3.23	78	3.46	88	8.46	11.7
8	Kevin Appier K. Appier	196	1997	KCR	34	9	13	.409	34	3.40	4	1	0	235.2	215	89	96	24	74	4	0	2	972	14	7.49	2.83	2.65	0.92	20.2	7.6	1.23	.283	3.67	74	3.75	81	8.21	22.4
9	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	193	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	35	2.16	12	4	0	262.1	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	56	2.44	66	7.17	36.9
10	David Cone D. Cone	191	1993	KCR	34	11	14	.440	34	3.33	6	1	0	254.0	205	94	102	20	114	10	0	2	1,060	14	6.77	4.04	1.68	0.71	18.0	10.8	1.26	.255	3.61	76	3.96	94	7.26	7.3
11	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	188	2016	KCR	42	12	3	.800	26	3.51	1	0	0	179.2	163	70	71	27	42	7	5	0	731	4	9.42	2.10	4.48	1.35	25.7	5.7	1.14	.291	3.56	83	3.82	92	8.17	6.7
12	Kevin Appier K. Appier	186	1993	KCR	34	18	8	.692	34	2.56	5	1	0	238.2	183	68	74	8	81	1	0	3	953	5	7.01	3.05	2.30	0.30	19.5	8.5	1.11	.258	2.79	58	2.89	68	6.90	36
13	Kevin Appier K. Appier	185	1995	KCR	31	15	10	.600	31	3.89	4	1	0	201.1	163	87	90	14	80	8	0	1	832	5	8.27	3.58	2.31	0.63	22.2	9.6	1.21	.273	4.02	81	3.48	74	7.29	27.8
14	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	184	2016	KCR	33	11	11	.500	33	3.68	0	0	0	195.2	173	80	81	33	66	13	0	1	818	4	8.46	3.04	2.79	1.52	22.5	8.1	1.22	.268	3.73	87	4.66	112	7.96	-11.4
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	183	2008	KCR	32	13	10	.565	32	3.47	1	0	0	202.1	202	78	87	21	56	4	0	1	851	8	8.14	2.49	3.27	0.93	21.5	6.6	1.28	.308	3.87	78	3.55	83	8.99	16.3
16	Gil Meche G. Meche	183	2008	KCR	34	14	11	.560	34	3.98	0	0	0	210.1	204	93	98	19	73	0	0	2	886	5	7.83	3.12	2.51	0.81	20.7	8.2	1.32	.303	4.19	90	3.60	84	8.73	15.8
17	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	183	1988	KCR	35	20	8	.714	35	2.70	8	4	0	269.2	237	81	94	11	83	6	0	3	1,111	12	6.11	2.77	2.20	0.37	16.5	7.5	1.19	.273	3.14	68	2.92	77	7.91	26.6
18	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	183	1978	KCR	40	21	17	.553	40	3.33	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	78	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
19	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	181	2024	KCR	33	16	9	.640	33	3.00	1	0	0	206.2	177	69	75	16	48	9	0	1	836	4	7.88	2.09	3.77	0.70	21.7	5.7	1.09	.277	3.27	71	3.24	79	7.71	19.4
20	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	181	2010	KCR	33	10	14	.417	33	4.17	3	0	0	220.0	219	102	114	18	55	7	0	1	919	4	7.40	2.25	3.29	0.74	19.7	6.0	1.25	.305	4.66	100	3.34	81	8.96	19.4
21	James Shields J. Shields	180	2014	KCR	34	14	8	.636	34	3.21	1	1	0	227.0	224	81	95	23	44	11	0	0	939	12	7.14	1.74	4.09	0.91	19.2	4.7	1.18	.295	3.77	82	3.59	96	8.88	4
22	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	175	1990	KCR	32	12	11	.522	32	3.73	6	1	0	195.1	192	81	99	17	99	3	0	1	858	11	8.06	4.56	1.77	0.78	20.4	11.5	1.49	.310	4.56	96	3.71	99	8.85	0.7
23	Steve Busby S. Busby	174	1973	KCR	37	16	15	.516	37	4.23	7	1	0	238.1	246	112	125	18	105	6	0	7	1,037	9	6.57	3.97	1.66	0.68	16.8	10.1	1.47	.311	4.72	108	3.48	89	9.29	11.6
24	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	173	1989	KCR	36	15	11	.577	36	3.04	8	2	0	255.0	252	86	100	10	63	5	0	8	1,060	9	6.11	2.22	2.75	0.35	16.3	5.9	1.24	.299	3.53	78	2.71	74	8.89	28.1
25	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	171	1988	KCR	35	14	16	.467	35	3.80	9	0	0	260.2	271	110	122	18	59	4	0	5	1,089	9	5.90	2.04	2.90	0.62	15.7	5.4	1.27	.302	4.21	96	3.07	81	9.36	21.3