the most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher who allowed less than 70 walks walks

Guy Hecker has struck out the most batters with <70 walks allowed in a season, with 385 strikeouts in 1884.

	NAME	SO	BB	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	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	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	385	56	1884	LOU	75	52	20	.722	73	1.80	72	6	0	670.2	526	134	230	4	16	2		2,649	27	5.17	0.75	6.88	0.05	14.5	2.1	0.87	.239	3.09	57	2.53	80	7.06	43
2	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	369	63	1884	BUF	72	46	22	.676	72	1.99	71	12	0	636.1	566	141	254	23		0		2,554	16	5.22	0.89	5.86	0.33	14.4	2.5	0.99		3.59	64	2.88	82	8.01	50.9
3	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	345	35	1883	BSN	62	37	21	.638	56	2.24	54	1	2	514.0	492	128	258	7		5		2,101	37	6.04	0.61	9.86	0.12	16.4	1.7	1.03		4.52	74	2.29	75	8.61	39.8
4	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	337	42	1884	TOT	60	41	15	.732	56	1.70	53	6	1	492.0	360	93	182	6		4		1,909	21	6.16	0.77	8.02	0.11	17.7	2.2	0.82		3.33	58	2.32	81	6.59	26.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	48	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	58	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	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
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	316	33	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	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
8	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	315	56	1883	PRO	76	48	25	.658	68	2.05	66	4	1	632.1	563	144	275	7		8		2,540	36	4.48	0.80	5.63	0.10	12.4	2.2	0.98		3.91	68	2.67	88	8.01	17.8
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	313	37	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	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
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	43	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	306	58	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	40	1.88	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	67	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	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
13	Ed Morris E. Morris	302	51	1884	COL	52	34	13	.723	52	2.18	47	3	0	429.2	335	104	159	3	13	0		1,703	22	6.33	1.07	5.92	0.06	17.7	3.0	0.90	.249	3.33	71	2.41	80	7.02	23.3
14	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	42	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	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
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	42	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	51	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	61	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	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
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	294	65	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	30	2.48	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	44	6.68	62
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	293	39	2001	ARI	35	22	6	.786	35	2.98	6	1	0	256.2	237	85	86	37	1	0	0	1,021	4	10.27	1.37	7.51	1.30	28.7	3.8	1.08	.307	3.02	66	3.10	70	8.31	38
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	292	68	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	2.05	9	3	0	264.0	204	60	65	9	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	50	6.95	66.3
21	Jack Lynch J. Lynch	292	42	1884	NYM	55	37	15	.712	53	2.67	53	5	0	496.0	420	147	225	10	10	2		2,002	30	5.30	0.76	6.95	0.18	14.6	2.1	0.93	.249	4.08	84	2.67	85	7.62	23.5
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	291	62	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	35	2.93	14	8	0	264.0	217	86	93	17	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	2.17	56	7.40	50.5
23	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	37	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	44	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7
25	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	289	61	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5

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