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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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	Player	Strikeouts (Min. 25)	Year
1.	Dave Righetti	169	1983
2.	Ron Guidry	166	1980
3.	Dave Righetti	163	1982
4.	Ron Guidry	162	1982
5.	Ron Guidry	156	1983
6.	Phil Niekro	149	1985
7.	Ron Guidry	143	1985
8.	Ron Guidry	140	1986
9.	Phil Niekro	136	1984
10.	Rudy May	133	1980
11.	Dennis Rasmussen	131	1986
12.	Ron Guidry	127	1984
13.	Shane Rawley	124	1983
14.	John Candelaria	121	1988
15.	Tom Underwood	116	1980
16.	Shane Rawley	111	1982
17.	Dennis Rasmussen	110	1984
18.	Jay Howell	109	1984
19.	Rick Rhoden	107	1987
20.	Ron Guidry	104	1981
21.	Rich Gossage	103	1980
22.	Rich Gossage	102	1982
23.	Charles Hudson	100	1987
24.	Andy Hawkins	98	1989
25.	Joe Cowley	97	1985
26.	Ron Guidry	96	1987
27.	Rick Rhoden	94	1988
28.	Dave Righetti	92	1985
29.	Rich Gossage	90	1983
	Dave Righetti	90	1984
30.	Dennis Rasmussen	89	1987
	Dave Righetti	89	1981
	Ed Whitson	89	1985
31.	Brian Fisher	85	1985
	Ray Fontenot	85	1984
	Rudy May	85	1982
32.	Luis Tiant	84	1980
33.	Ron Davis	83	1981
	Dave Righetti	83	1986
34.	Lance McCullers	82	1989
35.	Tommy John	81	1988
36.	Chuck Cary	79	1989
	Rudy May	79	1981
37.	George Frazier	78	1983
	Tommy John	78	1980
	Tim Stoddard	78	1987
38.	Richard Dotson	77	1988
	Dave Righetti	77	1987
39.	Doug Drabek	76	1986
40.	Joe Cowley	71	1984
	Mike Morgan	71	1982
41.	Dave Righetti	70	1988
42.	George Frazier	69	1982
43.	Brian Fisher	67	1986
44.	Greg Cadaret	66	1989
45.	Ron Davis	65	1980
46.	Rich Bordi	64	1985
	Bob Shirley	64	1986
47.	Tommy John	63	1987
	Dennis Rasmussen	63	1985
48.	Neil Allen	61	1988
	Cecilio Guante	61	1988
	Jay Howell	61	1983
	Eric Plunk	61	1989
49.	Al Leiter	60	1988
50.	Joe Niekro	59	1986
51.	Charles Hudson	58	1988
52.	Steve Shields	55	1988
	Bob Shirley	55	1985
53.	Tommy John	54	1982
54.	Clay Parker	53	1989
	Bob Shirley	53	1983
55.	Lee Guetterman	51	1989
	Dave LaPoint	51	1989
	Dave Righetti	51	1989
56.	Tommy John	50	1981
57.	Bob Tewksbury	49	1986
58.	Rich Gossage	48	1981
	Bob Shirley	48	1984
59.	Jose Rijo	47	1984
60.	Cecilio Guante	46	1987
61.	Dale Murray	45	1983
62.	Mike Armstrong	43	1984
63.	John Candelaria	37	1989
	Roger Erickson	37	1982
	Al Holland	37	1986
64.	Pat Clements	36	1987
	Rod Scurry	36	1986
65.	Tim Stoddard	34	1986
66.	Tim Stoddard	33	1988
67.	Ron Guidry	32	1988
68.	Dave LaRoche	31	1982
69.	Joe Niekro	30	1987
	Walt Terrell	30	1989
70.	Tom Underwood	29	1981
71.	Doug Bird	28	1981
	Bill Gullickson	28	1987
	Tommy John	28	1986
	Al Leiter	28	1987
	Gaylord Perry	28	1980
72.	Clay Christiansen	27	1984
	Ray Fontenot	27	1983
	Steve Trout	27	1987
	Ed Whitson	27	1986
73.	Doyle Alexander	26	1982
	Matt Keough	26	1983
74.	Mike Griffin	25	1980
	Jimmy Jones	25	1989

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