Ron Guidry had the most strikeouts - walks allowed in 1978, with 176.

Interpreted as:

highest pitching k-bb by a player in 1978

	NAME	SO-BB	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	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	176	248	72	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
2	J.R. Richard	162	303	141	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	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
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	146	248	102	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	2.88	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	137	226	89	1978	CIN	36	16	14	.533	36	2.88	8	1	0	259.2	218	83	97	26	0	0	11	1,075	6	7.83	3.08	2.54	0.90	21.0	8.3	1.18	.262	3.36	80	3.16	89	7.56	11.7
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	116	182	66	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	3.03	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	94	17	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
6	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	116	157	41	1978	TEX	34	18	8	.692	30	3.04	16	4	0	249.0	228	84	92	21	3	3	2	990	2	5.67	1.48	3.83	0.76	15.9	4.1	1.08	.270	3.33	81	2.94	79	8.24	21.9
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	112	260	148	1978	CAL	31	10	13	.435	31	3.72	14	3	0	234.2	183	97	106	12	3	0	7	1,008	13	9.97	5.68	1.76	0.46	25.8	14.7	1.41	.292	4.07	103	2.95	79	7.02	20.3
8	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	109	177	68	1978	SFG	36	11	9	.550	36	3.81	3	0	0	238.2	233	101	110	25	4	0	6	1,003	4	6.67	2.56	2.60	0.94	17.6	6.8	1.26	.285	4.15	109	3.36	99	8.79	0.4
9	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	106	157	51	1978	TEX	35	15	13	.536	33	2.27	18	2	1	270.0	252	68	93	14	4	2	4	1,097	8	5.23	1.70	3.08	0.47	14.3	4.6	1.12	.273	3.10	60	2.70	72	8.40	31.2
10	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	105	183	78	1978	KCR	40	21	17	.553	40	3.33	20	4	0	294.2	283	109	125	27	9	0	7	1,218	12	5.59	2.38	2.35	0.82	15.0	6.4	1.23	.278	3.82	88	3.41	91	8.64	11.5
11	Vida Blue V. Blue	101	171	70	1978	SFG	35	18	10	.643	35	2.79	9	4	0	258.0	233	80	87	12	0	0	4	1,042	5	5.97	2.44	2.44	0.42	16.4	6.7	1.17	.280	3.03	80	2.67	79	8.13	21.1
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	100	154	54	1978	LAD	34	15	11	.577	34	3.55	12	2	0	238.1	228	94	109	29	5	0	7	990	6	5.82	2.04	2.85	1.10	15.6	5.5	1.18	.266	4.12	101	3.61	101	8.61	-0.9
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	98	161	63	1978	PHI	34	16	13	.552	34	2.84	12	3	0	247.1	228	78	91	30	3	0	7	1,006	3	5.86	2.29	2.56	1.09	16.0	6.3	1.18	.264	3.31	78	3.65	101	8.30	-1
14	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	91	162	71	1978	BOS	35	20	8	.714	35	2.99	16	3	0	268.1	258	89	99	30	7	0	8	1,121	3	5.43	2.38	2.28	1.01	14.5	6.3	1.23	.268	3.32	74	3.69	94	8.65	6.8
15	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	90	149	59	1978	STL	45	12	12	.500	23	2.54	6	2	1	198.1	187	56	65	9	2	15	5	819	7	6.76	2.68	2.53	0.41	18.2	7.2	1.24	.297	2.95	70	2.58	75	8.49	18.8
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	88	154	66	1978	SDP	37	21	6	.778	37	2.73	5	2	0	260.2	241	79	96	9	2	0	8	1,055	4	5.32	2.28	2.33	0.31	14.6	6.3	1.18	.282	3.31	82	2.62	77	8.32	23.5
17	Larry Christenson L. Christenson	84	131	47	1978	PHI	33	13	14	.481	33	3.24	9	3	0	228.0	209	82	90	16	1	0	7	925	6	5.17	1.86	2.79	0.63	14.2	5.1	1.12	.264	3.55	89	2.97	82	8.25	16
18	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	80	167	87	1978	BAL	40	19	15	.559	40	4.03	17	2	0	281.1	271	126	128	22	3	0	2	1,160	8	5.34	2.78	1.92	0.70	14.4	7.5	1.27	.283	4.09	113	3.36	90	8.67	11.2
19	Don Robinson D. Robinson	78	135	57	1978	PIT	35	14	6	.700	32	3.47	9	1	1	228.1	203	88	98	20	3	1	4	937	9	5.32	2.25	2.37	0.79	14.4	6.1	1.14	.253	3.86	95	3.32	92	8.00	7.3
20	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	77	131	54	1978	MIL	37	22	9	.710	34	2.36	23	6	1	293.1	258	77	90	14	7	1	3	1,176	8	4.02	1.66	2.43	0.43	11.1	4.6	1.06	.252	2.76	63	2.93	79	7.92	26.3
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	77	137	60	1978	CAL	33	18	12	.600	33	3.65	10	4	0	239.0	239	97	108	26	9	0	7	1,014	5	5.16	2.26	2.28	0.98	13.5	5.9	1.25	.272	4.07	101	3.71	100	9.00	0.2
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	76	160	84	1978	NYM	38	3	15	.167	32	3.75	3	0	2	235.1	221	98	110	17	8	6	11	986	5	6.12	3.21	1.90	0.65	16.2	8.5	1.30	.285	4.21	109	3.33	95	8.45	4.4
23	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	72	106	34	1978	CHC	64	8	10	.444	0	3.19	0	0	27	98.2	82	35	44	10	1	47	7	414	8	9.67	3.10	3.12	0.91	25.6	8.2	1.18	.274	4.01	81	2.81	75	7.48	10
24	Tommy John T. John	71	124	53	1978	LAD	33	17	10	.630	30	3.30	7	0	1	213.0	230	78	95	11	5	3	7	912	6	5.24	2.24	2.34	0.46	13.6	5.8	1.33	.305	4.01	94	2.90	81	9.72	15.8
25	Mark Littell M. Littell	71	130	59	1978	STL	72	4	8	.333	2	2.79	0	0	11	106.1	80	33	38	8	4	51	16	447	9	11.00	4.99	2.20	0.68	29.1	13.2	1.31	.293	3.22	77	2.88	84	6.77	6.4