which pitcher has the most strikeouts in a season since 1980

Since 1980, Randy Johnson has fanned the most hitters in a season, with 372 strikeouts in 2001.

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1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
372
2001
ARI ARI
35
21
6
.778
34
2.49
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
364
1999
ARI ARI
35
17
9
.654
35
2.48
12
2
0
271.2
207
75
86
30
70
9
0
3
1,079
4
12.06
2.32
5.20
0.99
33.7
6.5
1.02
.292
2.85
53
2.75
59
6.86
57.2
3Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
347
2000
ARI ARI
35
19
7
.731
35
2.64
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
12.56
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
56
2.53
53
7.31
61.1
4Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
334
2002
ARI ARI
35
24
5
.828
35
2.32
8
4
0
260.0
197
67
78
26
71
13
0
1
1,035
3
11.56
2.46
4.70
0.90
32.3
6.9
1.03
.289
2.70
54
2.65
61
6.82
47
5Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
329
1998
TOT
34
19
11
.633
34
3.28
10
6
0
244.1
203
89
102
23
86
14
0
1
1,014
7
12.12
3.17
3.83
0.85
32.4
8.5
1.18
.320
3.76
72
2.89
65
7.48
42.2
6Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
326
2019
HOU 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
7Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
319
1997
PHI PHI
35
17
11
.607
35
2.97
7
2
0
254.1
208
84
96
25
58
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
8Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
316
2002
ARI ARI
36
23
7
.767
35
3.23
5
1
0
259.1
218
93
95
29
33
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
9Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
313
1999
BOS BOS
31
23
4
.852
29
2.07
5
1
0
213.1
160
49
56
9
37
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
10Chris Sale
C. Sale
308
2017
BOS BOS
32
17
8
.680
32
2.90
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
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
11Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
308
1993
SEA SEA
35
19
8
.704
34
3.24
10
3
1
255.1
185
92
97
22
99
16
1
1
1,043
8
10.86
3.49
3.11
0.78
29.5
9.5
1.11
.273
3.42
74
3.04
70
6.52
36.2
12Mike Scott
M. Scott
306
1986
HOU 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
13Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
305
1997
MON MON
31
17
8
.680
31
1.90
13
4
0
241.1
158
51
65
16
67
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
14Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
301
2015
LAD LAD
33
16
7
.696
33
2.13
4
3
0
232.2
163
55
62
15
42
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
15Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
301
1989
TEX TEX
32
16
10
.615
32
3.20
6
2
0
239.1
162
85
96
17
98
9
0
3
988
19
11.32
3.69
3.07
0.64
30.5
9.9
1.09
.258
3.61
82
2.50
65
6.09
35.1
16Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
300
2019
HOU 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
17Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
300
2018
WSH WSH
33
18
7
.720
33
2.53
2
1
0
220.2
150
62
66
23
51
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
18Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
300
1998
PHI PHI
35
15
14
.517
35
3.25
15
2
0
268.2
236
97
101
23
61
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
19Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
294
1995
SEA SEA
30
18
2
.900
30
2.48
6
3
0
214.1
159
59
65
12
65
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
20Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
293
2001
ARI ARI
35
22
6
.786
35
2.98
6
1
0
256.2
237
85
86
37
39
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
21Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
292
1997
TOR TOR
34
21
7
.750
34
2.05
9
3
0
264.0
204
60
65
9
68
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
22Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
291
1997
SEA SEA
30
20
4
.833
29
2.28
5
2
0
213.0
147
54
60
20
77
10
0
2
850
4
12.30
3.25
3.78
0.85
34.2
9.1
1.05
.281
2.54
50
2.82
62
6.21
41.3
23Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
291
1988
BOS BOS
35
18
12
.600
35
2.93
14
8
0
264.0
217
86
93
17
62
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
24Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
290
2018
HOU 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
25Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
290
2004
ARI ARI
35
16
14
.533
35
2.60
4
2
0
245.2
177
71
88
18
44
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
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