Steve Balboni had the most strikeouts in a season in 1985, with 166 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player season data complete from 1891

	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	Steve Balboni S. Balboni	166	1985	KCR	160	600	74	146	28	2	36	88	52	5	1	1	662	286	66	0	5	4	14	.243	.307	.477	.783	88	12.4	.342	110	7.6
2	Jesse Barfield J. Barfield	143	1985	TOR	155	539	94	156	34	9	27	84	66	4	22	8	612	289	70	0	3	5	14	.289	.369	.536	.905	106	36.2	.393	142	31
3	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	141	1985	ATL	162	616	118	185	32	2	37	111	90	1	10	3	712	332	71	0	5	15	14	.300	.388	.539	.927	127	45.8	.400	151	40.9
4	Juan Samuel J. Samuel	141	1985	PHI	161	663	101	175	31	13	19	74	33	6	53	19	709	289	63	2	5	2	8	.264	.303	.436	.739	84	3.5	.324	101	1.1
5	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	138	1985	CAL	143	460	64	116	27	0	27	85	78	1	1	2	541	224	54	0	2	12	16	.252	.360	.487	.847	83	21.4	.368	129	18.6
6	Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	137	1985	DET	154	581	96	167	37	5	29	97	71	5	30	4	670	301	71	3	10	16	5	.287	.364	.518	.882	108	31.4	.378	137	29.6
7	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	137	1985	LAD	135	518	72	152	27	2	28	95	37	3	3	10	564	267	57	2	4	6	8	.293	.342	.515	.857	88	23.9	.372	141	26.4
8	Phil Bradley P. Bradley	129	1985	SEA	159	641	100	192	33	8	26	88	55	12	22	9	714	319	67	4	2	4	14	.300	.365	.498	.862	116	34.4	.379	134	29.2
9	Mike Easler M. Easler	129	1985	BOS	155	568	71	149	29	4	16	74	53	3	0	1	631	234	49	0	7	1	15	.262	.325	.412	.737	77	5	.328	100	-0.3
10	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	126	1985	SEA	135	484	76	104	16	1	32	87	84	1	3	2	574	218	49	2	3	6	11	.215	.330	.450	.781	77	12	.344	111	7.8
11	Gary Pettis G. Pettis	125	1985	CAL	125	443	67	114	10	8	1	32	62	0	56	9	516	143	19	9	2	0	5	.257	.347	.323	.670	56	-3	.310	91	-5.6
12	Dwayne Murphy D. Murphy	123	1985	OAK	152	523	77	122	21	3	20	59	84	3	4	5	619	209	44	5	4	3	14	.233	.340	.400	.740	78	7.6	.333	111	8
13	Brook Jacoby B. Jacoby	120	1985	CLE	161	606	72	166	26	3	20	87	48	0	2	3	662	258	49	1	7	3	17	.274	.324	.426	.749	82	6.8	.331	102	1.2
14	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	117	1985	PHI	158	549	89	152	31	5	33	93	87	3	1	3	645	292	69	0	6	8	10	.277	.375	.532	.907	111	37.9	.393	149	35.7
15	Glenn Wilson G. Wilson	117	1985	PHI	161	608	73	167	39	5	14	102	35	0	7	4	650	258	58	0	7	1	24	.275	.311	.424	.735	77	3.1	.324	101	0.8
16	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	115	1985	STL	151	636	107	170	20	10	1	40	50	0	110	25	692	213	31	5	1	1	3	.267	.320	.335	.655	68	-11	.297	88	-9.4
17	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	114	1985	OAK	158	592	66	141	16	0	30	91	62	2	3	2	666	247	46	2	8	6	17	.238	.309	.417	.726	77	1.1	.320	102	1.5
18	Mariano Duncan M. Duncan	113	1985	LAD	142	562	74	137	24	6	6	39	38	3	38	8	620	191	36	13	4	4	9	.244	.293	.340	.633	54	-16.9	.283	80	-14.1
19	Jeffrey Leonard J. Leonard	107	1985	SFG	133	507	49	122	20	3	17	62	21	1	11	6	531	199	40	1	1	5	19	.241	.272	.393	.664	49	-11.3	.290	84	-9.5
20	Ron Cey R. Cey	106	1985	CHC	145	500	64	116	18	2	22	63	58	4	1	1	564	204	42	0	2	9	10	.232	.316	.408	.724	65	0.6	.319	94	-3.9
21	Dwight Evans D. Evans	105	1985	BOS	159	617	110	162	29	1	29	78	114	5	7	2	744	280	59	1	7	4	16	.263	.378	.454	.832	115	30.9	.371	128	24.6
22	Dave Henderson D. Henderson	104	1985	SEA	139	502	70	121	28	2	14	68	48	3	6	1	556	195	44	1	2	2	11	.241	.310	.388	.698	61	-2.2	.312	91	-6.3
23	Mike Young M. Young	104	1985	BAL	139	450	72	123	22	1	28	81	48	4	1	5	504	231	51	1	1	5	9	.273	.348	.513	.861	80	22.9	.376	135	20.9
24	Nick Esasky N. Esasky	102	1985	CIN	125	413	61	108	21	0	21	66	41	4	3	4	464	192	42	3	3	3	9	.262	.332	.465	.797	65	11.9	.350	119	9.8
25	Terry Kennedy T. Kennedy	102	1985	SDP	143	532	54	139	27	1	10	74	31	0	0	0	565	198	38	0	2	10	19	.261	.301	.372	.673	54	-10.3	.294	86	-9

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