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1985 AL Strikeouts Leaders

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Bert Blyleven led the AL in strikeouts in 1985 with 206, 8 ahead of Floyd Bannister (198).

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Bert Blyleven Led the AL in 1985 Bert Blyleven Cleveland Indians
206 Strikeouts 8 clear of Floyd Bannister
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# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven CLE +1 206 17 16 3.16 293.2
2 Floyd Bannister Floyd Bannister CHA 198 10 14 4.87 210.2
3 Jack Morris Jack Morris DET 191 16 11 3.33 257.0
4 Bruce Hurst Bruce Hurst BOS 189 11 13 4.51 229.1
5 Mike Witt Mike Witt CAL 180 15 9 3.56 250.0
6 Britt Burns Britt Burns CHA 172 18 11 3.96 227.0
7 Dave Stieb Dave Stieb TOR 167 14 13 2.48 265.0
8 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana DET +1 159 12 14 4.27 215.0
9 Bret Saberhagen Bret Saberhagen KCA 158 20 6 2.87 235.1
10 Mike Moore Mike Moore SEA 155 17 10 3.46 247.0
11 Oil Can Boyd Oil Can Boyd BOS 154 15 13 3.70 272.1
12 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro NYA 149 16 12 4.09 220.0
13 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA 143 22 6 3.27 259.0
14 Doyle Alexander Doyle Alexander TOR 142 17 10 3.45 260.2
15 Charlie Hough Charlie Hough TEX 141 14 16 3.31 250.1
16 Matt Young Matt Young SEA 136 12 19 4.91 218.1
17 Frank Viola Frank Viola MIN 135 18 14 4.09 250.2
18 Mike Boddicker Mike Boddicker BAL 135 12 17 4.07 203.1
19 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CHA 134 16 11 3.17 238.2
20 Walt Terrell DET 130 15 10 3.85 229.0
21 Mike Smithson Mike Smithson MIN 127 15 14 4.34 257.0
22 Teddy Higuera Teddy Higuera ML4 127 15 8 3.90 212.1
23 Danny Darwin ML4 125 8 18 3.80 217.2
24 Buddy Black Buddy Black KCA 122 10 15 4.33 205.2
25 Danny Jackson Danny Jackson KCA 114 14 12 3.42 208.0
26 Greg Harris Greg Harris TEX 111 5 4 2.47 113.0
27 Chris Codiroli OAK 111 14 14 4.46 226.0
28 Dan Petry Dan Petry DET 109 15 13 3.36 238.2
29 Ken Dixon Ken Dixon BAL 108 8 4 3.67 162.0
30 Charlie Leibrandt Charlie Leibrandt KCA 108 17 9 2.69 237.2
31 Don Sutton Don Sutton OAK +1 107 15 10 3.86 226.0
32 Tim Lollar Tim Lollar CHA +1 105 8 10 4.62 150.0
33 Bob Ojeda Bob Ojeda BOS 102 9 11 4.00 157.2
34 Kirk McCaskill Kirk McCaskill CAL 102 12 12 4.70 189.2
35 Gene Nelson Gene Nelson CHA 101 10 10 4.26 145.2
36 Mark Gubicza Mark Gubicza KCA 99 14 10 4.06 177.1
37 Joe Cowley NYA 97 12 6 3.95 159.2
38 Tim Birtsas OAK 94 10 6 4.01 141.1
39 Storm Davis Storm Davis BAL 93 10 8 4.53 175.0
40 Dave Righetti Dave Righetti NYA 92 12 7 2.78 107.0
41 Mike Mason TEX 92 8 15 4.83 179.0
42 John Butcher John Butcher MIN 92 11 14 4.98 207.2
43 Ed Whitson Ed Whitson NYA 89 10 8 4.88 158.2
44 Bob James CHA 88 8 7 2.13 110.0
45 Scott McGregor Scott McGregor BAL 86 14 14 4.81 204.0
46 Brian Fisher NYA 85 4 4 2.38 98.1
47 Jimmy Key Jimmy Key TOR 85 14 6 3.00 212.2
48 Al Nipper BOS 85 9 12 4.06 162.0
49 Curt Wardle MIN +1 84 8 9 6.18 115.0
50 Neal Heaton Neal Heaton CLE 82 9 17 4.90 207.2
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