Single-A Single-Season Strikeouts Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The Single-A single-season strikeouts record is 225, set by Ramón Ortiz in 1997. It has stood for 29 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1990.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Record Holders

3 marks since 1990

Year	Player	SO	Stood for
1997	Ramón Ortiz	225	still standing
1991	Salomon Torres	214	6 years
1990	Filiberto Martinez	195	1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

41 seasons

Year	Leader	SO
2026	Brady Parker	152
2025	Peyton Olejnik	130
2024	Travis Sykora	129
2023	Trey Dombroski	148
2022	Joseph Hernandez	143
2021	Carson Ragsdale	167
2019	Seth Corry	172
2018	Tony Dibrell	147
2018	Spencer Howard	147
2018	Jhonathan Díaz	147
2017	Luis Escobar	168
2016	Angel Perdomo	156
2015	Austin Gomber	140
2014	Kyle Lloyd	155
2013	Tyler Glasnow	164
2012	Drew Granier	167
2011	Josh A. Smith	166
2010	Armando Rodriguez	152
2009	Matt Moore	176
2008	David Bromberg	177
2007	Duane Below	160
2007	Aneury Rodriguez	160
2006	Matt Maloney	180
2005	Jonathan Sánchez	166
2004	Brad Knox	174
2003	Merkin Valdez	166
2002	J.D. Durbin	163
2002	Dustin McGowan	163
2001	Clint Nageotte	187
2000	Dave Williams	193
1999	John Stephens	217
1998	Josh Kalinowski	215
1997	Ramón Ortiz	225	new record
1996	Nelson Figueroa	200
1995	Jesus Sanchez	177
1995	Damian Moss	177
1994	Billy Wagner	204
1993	Mike Bertotti	185
1992	Jason Hisey	182
1991	Salomon Torres	214	new record
1990	Filiberto Martinez	195	new record