most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher, 1970 to1973

Sam McDowell struck out the most hitters in 1970, with 304 strikeouts.

	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	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	304	1970	CLE	39	20	12	.625	39	2.92	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	108	25	131	7	2	10	1,257	17	8.97	3.87	2.32	0.74	24.2	10.4	1.20	.267	3.19	76	3.06	75	6.96	33.8
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	283	1970	NYM	37	18	12	.600	36	2.82	19	2	0	290.2	230	91	103	21	83	4	1	8	1,173	6	8.76	2.57	3.41	0.65	24.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.19	71	2.52	67	7.12	40.5
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	274	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	2.28	59	8.02	51.7
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	274	1970	CHC	40	22	16	.579	39	3.39	24	3	0	313.0	265	118	128	30	60	7	1	6	1,265	9	7.88	1.73	4.57	0.86	21.7	4.7	1.04	.263	3.68	76	2.77	65	7.62	48.3
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	230	1970	DET	40	14	19	.424	39	3.80	13	3	0	272.2	272	115	125	27	109	5	0	3	1,181	14	7.59	3.60	2.11	0.89	19.5	9.2	1.40	.302	4.13	99	3.49	86	8.98	16.7
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	214	1970	SFG	41	23	13	.639	41	3.20	23	5	0	328.2	292	117	138	27	84	8	0	8	1,336	11	5.86	2.30	2.55	0.74	16.0	6.3	1.14	.264	3.78	80	3.24	85	8.00	20.5
7	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	206	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	8.66	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
8	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	202	1970	CHC	39	17	11	.607	38	3.38	15	1	0	287.2	271	108	125	30	94	3	0	6	1,208	12	6.32	2.94	2.15	0.94	16.7	7.8	1.27	.274	3.91	75	3.60	84	8.48	20.6
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	201	1970	LAD	38	15	13	.536	38	4.08	10	4	0	260.1	251	118	127	38	78	10	0	7	1,109	9	6.95	2.70	2.58	1.31	18.1	7.0	1.26	.272	4.39	107	4.00	111	8.68	-13
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	199	1970	BAL	39	20	10	.667	39	2.71	17	5	0	305.0	263	92	98	21	100	1	0	4	1,257	10	5.87	2.95	1.99	0.62	15.8	8.0	1.19	.259	2.89	74	3.22	83	7.76	22.7
11	Ray Culp R. Culp	197	1970	BOS	33	17	14	.548	33	3.04	15	1	0	251.1	211	85	104	22	91	11	0	8	1,057	10	7.05	3.26	2.16	0.79	18.6	8.6	1.20	.257	3.72	77	3.42	82	7.56	20.2
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	193	1970	STL	34	10	19	.345	33	3.73	13	2	0	253.2	239	105	123	25	109	2	0	16	1,086	14	6.85	3.87	1.77	0.89	17.8	10.0	1.37	.283	4.36	91	3.70	96	8.48	4.9
13	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	191	1970	HOU	37	16	12	.571	36	3.87	17	2	1	269.2	263	116	124	31	82	6	1	4	1,132	8	6.37	2.74	2.33	1.03	16.9	7.2	1.28	.282	4.14	97	3.69	97	8.78	3.2
14	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	190	1970	BAL	40	24	8	.750	40	3.48	21	4	0	297.2	273	115	126	34	69	1	0	5	1,214	6	5.74	2.09	2.75	1.03	15.7	5.7	1.15	.260	3.81	95	3.55	91	8.25	11.1
15	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	185	1970	SDP	40	14	15	.483	34	3.76	8	1	1	251.0	257	105	126	28	78	4	3	13	1,073	4	6.63	2.80	2.37	1.00	17.2	7.3	1.33	.294	4.52	97	3.59	97	9.22	2.2
16	Dave McNally D. McNally	185	1970	BAL	40	24	9	.727	40	3.22	16	1	0	296.0	277	106	114	29	78	7	0	3	1,218	8	5.63	2.37	2.37	0.88	15.2	6.4	1.20	.270	3.47	88	3.52	91	8.42	12
17	Tom Hall T. Hall	184	1970	MIN	52	11	6	.647	11	2.55	1	0	4	155.1	94	44	46	11	66	2	13	4	619	3	10.66	3.82	2.79	0.64	29.7	10.7	1.03	.233	2.67	67	2.50	62	5.45	26.1
18	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	181	1970	CIN	37	18	7	.720	37	3.27	4	2	0	250.2	226	91	102	25	96	1	0	9	1,052	8	6.50	3.45	1.89	0.90	17.2	9.1	1.28	.268	3.66	84	3.65	99	8.11	0.6
19	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	178	1970	OAK	40	18	14	.563	40	3.81	9	1	0	262.1	253	111	124	32	74	9	0	3	1,116	6	6.11	2.54	2.41	1.10	15.9	6.6	1.25	.269	4.25	107	3.81	101	8.68	-1.9
20	Bob Veale B. Veale	178	1970	PIT	34	10	15	.400	32	3.92	5	1	0	202.0	189	88	99	15	94	3	0	11	882	9	7.93	4.19	1.89	0.67	20.2	10.7	1.40	.294	4.41	99	3.28	87	8.42	10.9
21	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	176	1970	MON	40	7	15	.318	30	4.59	5	3	0	207.2	209	106	118	26	109	14	3	8	928	3	7.63	4.72	1.61	1.13	19.0	11.7	1.53	.303	5.11	111	4.34	111	9.06	-9.5
22	Pat Jarvis P. Jarvis	173	1970	ATL	36	16	16	.500	34	3.61	11	1	0	254.0	240	102	110	21	72	0	1	5	1,062	5	6.13	2.55	2.40	0.74	16.3	6.8	1.23	.275	3.90	87	3.20	81	8.50	21.1
23	Bill Hands B. Hands	170	1970	CHC	39	18	15	.545	38	3.70	12	2	1	265.0	278	109	121	20	76	4	1	8	1,127	9	5.77	2.58	2.24	0.68	15.1	6.7	1.34	.301	4.11	82	3.24	76	9.44	28.5
24	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	168	1970	ATL	34	12	18	.400	32	4.27	10	3	0	229.2	222	109	124	40	68	6	1	2	980	6	6.58	2.66	2.47	1.57	17.1	6.9	1.26	.261	4.86	103	4.40	111	8.70	-10.7
25	Jim Perry J. Perry	168	1970	MIN	40	24	12	.667	40	3.04	13	4	0	278.2	258	94	112	20	57	9	0	10	1,141	3	5.43	1.84	2.95	0.65	14.7	5.0	1.13	.268	3.62	79	3.07	76	8.33	29.6

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2025 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	88	74	.543
Tigers	87	75	.537	1.0
Royals	82	80	.506	6.0
Twins	70	92	.432	18.0
White Sox	60	102	.370	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/26	CLE	@	SEA	10:10 PM
Fri 3/27	CLE	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Sat 3/28	CLE	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Sun 3/29	CLE	@	SEA	4:10 PM
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	LAD	10:10 PM

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60

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RBI Leaders

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MLB 2025 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Phillies - y	96	66	.593
Mets	83	79	.512	13.0
Marlins	79	83	.488	17.0
Braves	76	86	.469	20.0
Nationals	66	96	.407	30.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	97	65	.599
Cubs - w	92	70	.568	5.0
Reds - w	83	79	.512	14.0
Cardinals	78	84	.481	19.0
Pirates	71	91	.438	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	93	69	.574
Padres - w	90	72	.556	3.0
Giants	81	81	.500	12.0
Diamondbacks	80	82	.494	13.0
Rockies	43	119	.265	50.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Blue Jays - y	94	68	.580
Yankees - w	94	68	.580
Red Sox - w	89	73	.549	5.0
Rays	77	85	.475	17.0
Orioles	75	87	.463	19.0
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Guardians - y	88	74	.543
Tigers - w	87	75	.537	1.0
Royals	82	80	.506	6.0
Twins	70	92	.432	18.0
White Sox	60	102	.370	28.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners - y	90	72	.556
Astros	87	75	.537	3.0
Rangers	81	81	.500	9.0
Athletics	76	86	.469	14.0
Angels	72	90	.444	18.0

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Tue 9/16	CIN	@	STL	6-2
Tue 9/16	ATL	@	WSH	9-4
Tue 9/16	ATH	@	BOS	4-5
Tue 9/16	TOR	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/16	SEA	@	KCR	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/25	NYY	@	SFG	8:05 PM
Thu 3/26	LAA	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Thu 3/26	WSH	@	CHC	4:00 AM
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