what hitter had the most strikeouts in 1981

Tony Armas had the most strikeouts in a season in 1981, with 115 strikeouts.

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	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	Tony Armas T. Armas	115	1981	OAK	109	440	51	115	24	3	22	76	19	2	5	1	462	211	49	0	1	6	6	.261	.294	.480	.774	59	10.1	.344	124	11.7
2	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	105	1981	NYM	100	353	40	78	11	3	22	59	55	1	6	0	412	161	36	1	2	7	9	.221	.326	.456	.782	54	11	.351	123	10.2
3	Dwayne Murphy D. Murphy	91	1981	OAK	107	390	58	98	10	3	15	60	73	2	10	4	477	159	28	8	4	6	6	.251	.369	.408	.777	65	14.5	.356	132	16.1
4	Lloyd Moseby L. Moseby	86	1981	TOR	100	378	36	88	16	2	9	43	24	1	11	8	412	135	27	5	4	3	4	.233	.278	.357	.635	35	-8.1	.287	74	-11.5
5	Dwight Evans D. Evans	85	1981	BOS	108	412	84	122	19	4	22	71	85	1	3	2	504	215	45	3	3	1	8	.296	.415	.522	.937	93	40.3	.423	168	36.7
6	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	85	1981	MIL	103	363	54	94	22	0	21	65	50	2	4	5	420	179	43	0	5	8	6	.259	.348	.493	.841	62	18.2	.373	143	19.6
7	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	82	1981	NYY	94	334	33	79	17	1	15	54	46	1	0	3	382	143	33	0	1	2	8	.237	.330	.428	.758	49	9	.346	123	9.4
8	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	80	1981	CWS	104	378	55	100	15	1	21	62	58	3	0	0	441	180	37	0	2	1	10	.265	.365	.476	.841	69	22.2	.383	145	21.4
9	Omar Moreno O. Moreno	76	1981	PIT	103	434	62	120	18	8	1	35	26	3	39	14	468	157	27	1	4	4	1	.276	.319	.362	.681	47	-2.1	.308	88	-6
10	Jim Rice J. Rice	76	1981	BOS	108	451	51	128	18	1	17	62	34	3	2	2	495	199	36	0	7	3	14	.284	.333	.441	.775	65	12.7	.349	117	9.2
11	George Foster G. Foster	75	1981	CIN	108	414	64	122	23	2	22	90	51	3	4	0	472	215	47	0	4	5	12	.295	.373	.519	.892	79	29.3	.399	152	26.9
12	Larry Parrish L. Parrish	73	1981	MON	97	349	41	85	19	3	8	44	28	0	0	0	385	134	30	5	3	2	10	.244	.297	.384	.681	39	-1.5	.309	92	-3.4
13	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	72	1981	ATL	104	369	43	91	12	1	13	50	44	0	14	5	416	144	26	1	2	8	10	.247	.325	.390	.716	47	2.7	.323	97	-1.2
14	Luis Salazar L. Salazar	72	1981	SDP	109	400	37	121	19	6	3	38	16	1	11	8	424	161	28	5	2	2	7	.303	.329	.403	.732	50	5.2	.331	111	5.2
15	Dan Ford D. Ford	71	1981	CAL	97	375	53	104	14	1	15	48	23	5	2	2	409	165	30	5	1	3	16	.277	.327	.440	.767	53	9.9	.347	123	10
16	Bobby Grich B. Grich	71	1981	CAL	100	352	56	107	14	2	22	61	40	4	2	4	404	191	38	5	3	4	5	.304	.378	.543	.921	71	28.8	.411	167	28.9
17	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	71	1981	PHI	102	354	78	112	19	2	31	91	73	4	12	4	434	228	52	0	3	18	9	.316	.435	.644	1.080	94	48.7	.467	198	46.5
18	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	70	1981	CWS	82	337	46	83	10	4	0	24	28	1	36	11	369	101	14	1	2	0	9	.246	.304	.300	.604	30	-8.7	.282	76	-9.4
19	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	68	1981	OAK	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	64	2	56	22	493	185	31	0	4	4	7	.319	.408	.437	.845	78	25.6	.385	152	27.3
20	Tony Bernazard T. Bernazard	66	1981	CWS	106	384	53	106	14	4	6	34	54	2	4	4	450	146	24	9	1	6	7	.276	.367	.380	.748	57	9.5	.343	118	8.7
21	Ruppert Jones R. Jones	66	1981	SDP	105	397	53	99	34	1	4	39	43	0	7	9	451	147	39	4	7	2	7	.249	.318	.370	.688	47	-0.2	.314	100	-0.1
22	Tony Perez T. Perez	66	1981	BOS	84	306	35	77	11	3	9	39	27	0	0	0	336	121	23	0	3	0	9	.252	.310	.395	.705	37	2	.322	99	-0.4
23	Hubie Brooks H. Brooks	65	1981	NYM	98	358	34	110	21	2	4	38	23	1	9	5	389	147	27	1	6	2	9	.307	.345	.411	.756	49	7.8	.341	116	7
24	Jeff Burroughs J. Burroughs	64	1981	SEA	89	319	32	81	13	1	10	41	41	0	0	1	360	126	24	0	0	3	7	.254	.339	.395	.734	44	6	.337	111	4.2
25	Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	64	1981	DET	83	290	41	95	11	3	9	40	18	2	17	5	313	139	23	1	2	1	9	.328	.369	.479	.848	49	15.9	.383	146	15.3

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