what astros player has most single season pitching strikeouts

Gerrit Cole has struck out the most hitters for the Astros in a season, with 326 strikeouts in 2019.

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	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
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	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
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	270	1987	HOU	34	8	16	.333	34	2.76	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	245	1982	HOU	35	16	12	.571	35	3.16	10	3	0	250.1	196	88	100	20	109	8	0	3	1,050	18	8.81	3.92	2.25	0.72	23.3	10.4	1.22	.263	3.60	93	3.19	95	7.05	4
10	Don Wilson D. Wilson	235	1969	HOU	34	16	12	.571	34	4.00	13	1	0	225.0	210	100	119	16	97	9	0	8	979	16	9.40	3.88	2.42	0.64	24.0	9.9	1.36	.312	4.76	115	2.75	82	8.40	14.8
11	Mike Scott M. Scott	233	1987	HOU	36	16	13	.552	36	3.23	8	3	0	247.2	199	89	94	21	79	4	0	6	1,010	10	8.47	2.87	2.95	0.76	23.1	7.8	1.12	.264	3.42	82	3.09	80	7.23	22.1
12	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	232	1969	HOU	39	20	13	.606	37	2.33	20	4	0	305.1	240	79	97	18	72	1	0	6	1,207	9	6.84	2.12	3.22	0.53	19.2	6.0	1.02	.251	2.86	67	2.47	74	7.07	30.1
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	228	1988	HOU	33	12	11	.522	33	3.52	4	1	0	220.0	186	86	98	18	87	7	0	6	930	10	9.33	3.56	2.62	0.74	24.5	9.4	1.24	.285	4.01	105	3.03	91	7.61	7.1
14	Darryl Kile D. Kile	219	1996	HOU	35	12	11	.522	33	4.19	4	0	0	219.0	233	102	113	16	97	16	1	8	975	13	9.00	3.99	2.26	0.66	22.5	9.9	1.51	.346	4.64	105	3.66	90	9.58	10.1
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	218	2004	HOU	33	18	4	.818	33	2.98	0	0	0	214.1	169	71	76	15	79	6	0	5	878	5	9.15	3.32	2.76	0.63	24.8	9.0	1.16	.275	3.19	69	3.11	70	7.10	31.7
16	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	216	2015	HOU	33	20	8	.714	33	2.48	3	2	0	232.0	185	64	68	17	51	2	0	0	911	9	8.38	1.98	4.24	0.66	23.7	5.6	1.02	.269	2.64	64	2.90	73	7.18	28.3
17	J.R. Richard	214	1977	HOU	36	18	12	.600	36	2.97	13	3	0	267.0	212	88	94	18	104	0	0	1	1,092	6	7.21	3.51	2.06	0.61	19.6	9.5	1.18	.257	3.17	82	3.17	85	7.15	16.2
18	J.R. Richard	214	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	39	2.75	14	3	0	291.0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	4.67	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
19	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	209	1998	HOU	35	19	8	.704	35	3.51	3	1	0	233.1	257	91	99	25	53	2	0	2	986	5	8.06	2.04	3.94	0.96	21.2	5.4	1.33	.333	3.82	88	3.44	85	9.91	16
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	209	1985	HOU	35	10	12	.455	35	3.80	4	0	0	232.0	205	98	108	12	95	9	0	8	983	14	8.11	3.69	2.20	0.47	21.3	9.7	1.29	.293	4.19	111	2.89	84	7.95	14.2
21	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	208	2002	HOU	35	19	9	.679	34	3.01	0	0	0	233.0	215	78	86	17	62	5	0	4	956	3	8.03	2.39	3.35	0.66	21.8	6.5	1.19	.298	3.32	71	2.98	70	8.30	32.2
22	Hunter Brown H. Brown	206	2025	HOU	31	12	9	.571	31	2.43	1	0	0	185.1	133	50	55	17	57	7	0	1	729	0	10.00	2.77	3.61	0.83	28.3	7.8	1.03	.262	2.67	60	3.13	75	6.46	21.4
23	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	206	2004	HOU	36	20	10	.667	35	3.49	2	2	0	237.0	233	92	100	17	62	11	0	5	983	5	7.82	2.35	3.32	0.65	21.0	6.3	1.24	.314	3.80	80	3.16	71	8.85	33.6
24	Darryl Kile D. Kile	205	1997	HOU	34	19	7	.731	34	2.57	6	4	0	255.2	208	73	87	19	94	10	0	2	1,056	7	7.22	3.31	2.18	0.67	19.4	8.9	1.18	.260	3.06	65	3.68	93	7.32	8.2
25	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	204	1996	HOU	35	16	10	.615	35	3.65	4	1	0	239.0	227	97	103	20	44	8	0	3	981	5	7.68	1.66	4.64	0.75	20.8	4.5	1.13	.294	3.88	91	3.20	78	8.55	24

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Astros	42	44	.488	1.0
Athletics	40	44	.476	2.0
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Mon 6/29	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 6/30	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 7/1	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 7/3	TBR	@	HOU	8:15 PM
Sat 7/4	TBR	@	HOU	7:10 PM

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Nationals	43	42	.506	7.5
Mets	35	49	.417	15.0
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Cubs	46	38	.548	5.5
Cardinals	43	38	.531	7.0
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