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Have you ever been sitting around wondering exactly who ranks in the top 10 in strikeouts in a single season in Yankee history? Maybe, you're wondering what player had the most complete games in a single season during the 50s (Allie Reynolds - 24 in 1952.) Well, I have wondered some of those things, so I put together this page in case anyone else was also wondering. Click here to see the batting leaders.

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Strikeouts per 9 IP is how many strikeouts a pitcher averaged for every 9 innings pitched. The number in parenthesis is the total amount of innings pitched they threw as a Yankee.

	Player	K per 9 IP (Min. 25 IP)	Year
1.	Ryne Duren	12.31 (49.0 IP)	1960
2.	Marshall Bridges	9.55 (33.0 IP)	1963
3.	Steve Hamilton	9.10 (62.1 IP)	1963
4.	Al Downing	8.76 (175.2 IP)	1963
5.	Marshall Bridges	8.29 (71.2 IP)	1962
6.	Al Downing	8.00 (244.0 IP)	1964
7.	Steve Hamilton	7.98 (62.0 IP)	1967
8.	Steve Hamilton	7.87 (58.1 IP)	1965
9.	Hal Reniff	7.80 (85.1 IP)	1965
10.	Al Downing	7.63 (201.2 IP)	1967
11.	Al Downing	7.60 (212.0 IP)	1965
12.	Pete Mikkelsen	7.54 (82.1 IP)	1965
13.	Lindy McDaniel	7.54 (51.1 IP)	1968
14.	Steve Hamilton	7.46 (50.2 IP)	1968
15.	Hal Reniff	7.46 (95.1 IP)	1966
16.	Steve Hamilton	7.31 (60.1 IP)	1964
17.	Ken Johnson	7.27 (26.0 IP)	1969
18.	Bobby Shantz	7.18 (67.2 IP)	1960
19.	Al Downing	6.84 (200.0 IP)	1966
20.	Whitey Ford	6.65 (283.0 IP)	1961
21.	Pedro Ramos	6.63 (92.1 IP)	1965
22.	Pete Mikkelsen	6.59 (86.0 IP)	1964
23.	Luis Arroyo	6.58 (119.0 IP)	1961
24.	Lindy McDaniel	6.45 (83.2 IP)	1969
25.	Steve Barber	6.45 (97.2 IP)	1967
26.	Luis Arroyo	6.42 (40.2 IP)	1960
27.	Whitey Ford	6.33 (244.2 IP)	1964
28.	Whitey Ford	6.32 (269.1 IP)	1963
29.	Jim Bouton	6.29 (44.1 IP)	1967
30.	Steve Hamilton	6.16 (57.0 IP)	1969
31.	Steve Barber	6.10 (128.1 IP)	1968
32.	Fred Talbot	6.09 (99.0 IP)	1968
33.	Stan Williams	6.04 (146.0 IP)	1963
34.	Ralph Terry	6.03 (115.0 IP)	1964
35.	Johnny James	6.02 (43.1 IP)	1960
36.	Bill Kunkel	6.02 (46.1 IP)	1963
37.	Bob Turley	6.00 (72.0 IP)	1961
	Dooley Womack	6.00 (75.0 IP)	1966
38.	Whitey Ford	5.97 (244.1 IP)	1965
39.	Stan Williams	5.93 (82.0 IP)	1964
40.	Al Downing	5.87 (61.1 IP)	1968
41.	Al Downing	5.85 (130.2 IP)	1969
42.	Pedro Ramos	5.82 (89.2 IP)	1966
43.	Bill Stafford	5.79 (60.2 IP)	1964
44.	Jim Bouton	5.77 (151.1 IP)	1965
45.	Bud Daley	5.76 (129.2 IP)	1961
46.	Bill Stafford	5.74 (111.1 IP)	1965
47.	Steve Hamilton	5.70 (90.0 IP)	1966
48.	Thad Tillotson	5.67 (98.1 IP)	1967
49.	Mike Kekich	5.66 (105.0 IP)	1969
50.	Hal Reniff	5.64 (89.1 IP)	1963
51.	Luis Arroyo	5.61 (33.2 IP)	1962
52.	Whitey Ford	5.59 (257.2 IP)	1962
53.	Jack Aker	5.48 (65.2 IP)	1969
54.	Bob Turley	5.48 (69.0 IP)	1962
55.	Stan Bahnsen	5.45 (267.1 IP)	1968
56.	Hal Reniff	5.40 (40.0 IP)	1967
	Bill Stafford	5.40 (60.0 IP)	1960
57.	Jim Bouton	5.34 (249.1 IP)	1963
58.	Mel Stottlemyre	5.33 (255.0 IP)	1967
59.	Ralph Terry	5.30 (298.2 IP)	1962
60.	Stan Bahnsen	5.30 (220.2 IP)	1969
61.	Whitey Ford	5.30 (73.0 IP)	1966
62.	Dooley Womack	5.29 (97.0 IP)	1967
63.	Bill Burbach	5.25 (140.2 IP)	1969
64.	Mel Stottlemyre	5.24 (251.0 IP)	1966
65.	Bill Stafford	5.22 (89.2 IP)	1963
66.	Jim Coates	5.12 (117.2 IP)	1962
67.	Jim Coates	5.09 (141.1 IP)	1961
68.	Fritz Peterson	5.06 (181.1 IP)	1967
69.	Rollie Sheldon	5.01 (102.1 IP)	1964
70.	Ralph Terry	4.97 (166.2 IP)	1960
71.	Fritz Peterson	4.96 (272.0 IP)	1969
72.	Hal Reniff	4.93 (69.1 IP)	1964
73.	Jim Bouton	4.91 (44.0 IP)	1968
74.	Fritz Peterson	4.87 (212.1 IP)	1968
75.	Jim Bouton	4.86 (120.1 IP)	1966
76.	Jim Bouton	4.80 (133.0 IP)	1962
77.	Mel Stottlemyre	4.79 (291.0 IP)	1965
78.	Bud Daley	4.70 (105.1 IP)	1962
79.	Bill Stafford	4.66 (195.0 IP)	1961
80.	Rollie Sheldon	4.65 (162.2 IP)	1961
81.	Bill Stafford	4.60 (213.1 IP)	1962
82.	Mel Stottlemyre	4.59 (96.0 IP)	1964
83.	Mel Stottlemyre	4.52 (278.2 IP)	1968
84.	Bob Turley	4.52 (173.1 IP)	1960
85.	Bob Friend	4.43 (44.2 IP)	1966
86.	Jim Coates	4.40 (149.1 IP)	1960
87.	Joe Verbanic	4.37 (80.1 IP)	1967
88.	Whitey Ford	4.30 (44.0 IP)	1967
89.	Hal Reniff	4.17 (45.1 IP)	1961
90.	Jim Bouton	4.15 (271.1 IP)	1964
91.	Rollie Sheldon	4.12 (118.0 IP)	1962
92.	Bud Daley	4.11 (35.0 IP)	1964
93.	Ralph Terry	4.11 (188.1 IP)	1961
94.	Fritz Peterson	4.02 (215.0 IP)	1966
95.	Tex Clevenger	3.98 (31.2 IP)	1961
96.	Art Ditmar	3.98 (54.1 IP)	1961
97.	Whitey Ford	3.97 (192.2 IP)	1960
98.	Fred Talbot	3.96 (138.2 IP)	1967
99.	Dooley Womack	3.94 (61.2 IP)	1968
100.	Ralph Terry	3.83 (268.0 IP)	1963
101.	Jack Cullen	3.81 (59.0 IP)	1965
102.	Joe Verbanic	3.71 (97.0 IP)	1968
103.	Duke Maas	3.58 (70.1 IP)	1960
104.	Bill Monbouquette	3.58 (133.1 IP)	1967
105.	Eli Grba	3.57 (80.2 IP)	1960
106.	Fred Talbot	3.47 (124.1 IP)	1966
107.	Mel Stottlemyre	3.36 (303.0 IP)	1969
108.	John Gabler	3.29 (52.0 IP)	1960
109.	Bill Monbouquette	3.22 (89.1 IP)	1968
110.	Art Ditmar	2.93 (200.0 IP)	1960
111.	Bill Short	2.68 (47.0 IP)	1960
112.	Tex Clevenger	2.61 (38.0 IP)	1962

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