who led mlb in strikeouts in 1981

Fernando Valenzuela fanned the most batters in 1981, with 180 strikeouts in his rookie season.

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1Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
180
1981
25
13
7
.650
25
2.48
11
8
0
192.1
140
53
55
11
61
1
0
4
758
4
8.42
2.85
2.95
0.51
23.7
8.0
1.05
.255
2.57
73
2.44
72
6.55
20.4
2Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
179
1981
24
13
4
.765
24
2.42
10
1
0
190.0
152
51
59
9
62
1
0
3
763
9
8.48
2.94
2.89
0.43
23.5
8.1
1.13
.279
2.79
69
2.32
67
7.20
23.7
3Mario Soto
M. Soto
151
1981
25
12
9
.571
25
3.29
10
3
0
175.0
142
64
69
13
61
3
0
3
717
4
7.77
3.14
2.48
0.67
21.1
8.5
1.16
.264
3.55
93
2.93
85
7.30
10.1
4Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
140
1981
21
11
5
.688
21
1.69
5
3
0
149.0
99
28
34
2
68
1
0
1
605
16
8.46
4.11
2.06
0.12
23.1
11.2
1.12
.246
2.05
52
2.28
70
5.98
16.5
5Len Barker
L. Barker
127
1981
22
8
7
.533
22
3.91
9
3
0
154.1
150
67
72
7
46
1
0
0
660
5
7.41
2.68
2.76
0.41
19.2
7.0
1.27
.299
4.20
105
2.45
65
8.75
22.7
6Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
115
1981
22
7
9
.438
22
2.80
3
2
0
157.1
142
49
54
3
34
4
0
4
640
4
6.58
1.94
3.38
0.17
18.0
5.3
1.12
.287
3.09
80
2.11
62
8.12
22.5
7Britt Burns
B. Burns
108
1981
24
10
6
.625
23
2.64
5
1
0
156.2
139
46
52
14
49
6
0
1
651
1
6.20
2.81
2.20
0.80
16.6
7.5
1.20
.264
2.99
72
3.43
93
7.99
4.3
8Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
107
1981
20
11
7
.611
20
2.88
9
1
0
159.1
145
51
52
9
40
5
0
1
644
3
6.04
2.26
2.68
0.51
16.6
6.2
1.16
.282
2.94
77
2.84
75
8.19
16.8
9Dennis Leonard
D. Leonard
107
1981
26
13
11
.542
26
2.99
9
2
0
201.2
202
67
79
15
41
3
0
5
837
5
4.78
1.83
2.61
0.67
12.8
4.9
1.20
.279
3.53
81
3.16
87
9.01
11
10Bruce Berenyi
B. Berenyi
106
1981
21
9
6
.600
20
3.50
5
3
0
126.0
97
49
55
3
77
0
0
0
544
7
7.57
5.50
1.38
0.21
19.5
14.2
1.38
.263
3.93
99
3.06
89
6.93
5.5
11Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
104
1981
23
11
5
.688
21
2.76
0
0
0
127.0
100
39
41
12
26
1
1
0
497
6
7.37
1.84
4.00
0.85
20.9
5.2
0.99
.249
2.91
78
2.82
77
7.09
11.7
12Don Sutton
D. Sutton
104
1981
23
11
9
.550
23
2.61
6
3
0
158.2
132
46
51
6
29
1
0
3
624
0
5.90
1.64
3.59
0.34
16.7
4.6
1.01
.260
2.89
80
2.34
72
7.49
16.4
13Mike Krukow
M. Krukow
101
1981
25
9
9
.500
25
3.68
2
1
0
144.1
146
59
68
11
55
2
0
6
622
8
6.30
3.43
1.84
0.69
16.2
8.8
1.39
.298
4.24
99
3.37
96
9.10
2.5
14Danny Darwin
D. Darwin
98
1981
22
9
9
.500
22
3.64
6
2
0
146.0
115
59
67
12
57
6
0
5
601
1
6.04
3.51
1.72
0.74
16.3
9.5
1.18
.241
4.13
103
3.62
100
7.09
-0.4
15Jack Morris
J. Morris
97
1981
25
14
7
.667
25
3.05
15
1
0
198.0
153
67
69
14
78
2
0
11
798
2
4.41
3.55
1.24
0.64
12.2
9.8
1.17
.229
3.14
83
3.75
98
6.95
2
16John Denny
J. Denny
94
1981
19
10
6
.625
19
3.15
6
3
0
145.2
139
51
62
9
66
3
0
3
623
10
5.81
4.08
1.42
0.56
15.1
10.6
1.41
.288
3.83
84
3.53
93
8.59
4.3
17Steve McCatty
S. McCatty
91
1981
22
14
7
.667
22
2.33
16
4
0
185.2
140
48
50
12
61
2
0
1
741
0
4.41
2.96
1.49
0.58
12.3
8.2
1.08
.223
2.42
67
3.47
95
6.79
3.4
18Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
89
1981
15
8
4
.667
15
2.05
2
0
0
105.1
75
24
25
1
38
0
0
0
422
1
7.60
3.25
2.34
0.09
21.1
9.0
1.07
.252
2.14
58
2.11
58
6.41
18.2
19Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
89
1981
25
11
10
.524
25
3.19
11
2
0
183.2
148
65
70
10
61
11
0
2
748
1
4.36
2.99
1.46
0.49
11.9
8.2
1.14
.239
3.43
82
3.51
92
7.25
6.6
20Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
88
1981
25
14
5
.737
24
3.32
9
2
0
179.0
173
66
84
10
62
2
0
1
753
6
4.42
3.12
1.42
0.50
11.7
8.2
1.31
.276
4.22
93
3.41
93
8.70
5.3
21Bob Welch
B. Welch
88
1981
23
9
5
.643
23
3.44
2
1
0
141.1
141
54
56
11
41
3
0
0
601
2
5.60
2.61
2.15
0.70
14.6
6.8
1.29
.284
3.57
102
3.30
97
8.98
1.3
22Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
87
1981
22
12
8
.600
22
3.42
7
3
0
160.2
149
61
64
7
41
2
0
4
652
1
4.87
2.30
2.12
0.39
13.3
6.3
1.18
.276
3.59
97
2.88
85
8.35
9
23Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
87
1981
23
14
2
.875
23
2.54
6
1
0
166.1
120
47
51
10
66
3
0
8
671
5
4.71
3.57
1.32
0.54
13.0
9.8
1.12
.218
2.76
72
3.58
104
6.49
-2.2
24Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
85
1981
21
9
9
.500
20
4.45
5
2
0
121.1
128
60
62
14
39
3
0
0
522
7
6.30
2.89
2.18
1.04
16.3
7.5
1.38
.299
4.60
118
3.73
94
9.49
3.5
25Rick Langford
R. Langford
84
1981
24
12
10
.545
24
2.99
18
2
0
195.1
190
65
81
14
58
3
0
2
823
1
3.87
2.67
1.45
0.65
10.2
7.0
1.27
.265
3.73
86
3.61
99
8.75
0.7

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