How many strikeouts (pitching) did Gaylord Perry have in 1968?
1731968 Regular Season
Gaylord Perry recorded 173 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1968 regular season, 21st in the MLB.
- 10th-best of Gaylord Perry's 22 seasons on file; the high is 238 in 1973.
- Down 57 from 230 in 1967.
- 22% of the San Francisco Giants' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  SF | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5.23 | 43.0 | 20 | 14 | 1.58 | 0 |
| 1963 | SF | 31 | 1 | 6 | 4.03 | 76.0 | 52 | 29 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1964 | SF | 44 | 12 | 11 | 2.75 | 206.1 | 155 | 43 | 1.08 | 5 |
| 1965 | SF | 47 | 8 | 12 | 4.19 | 195.2 | 170 | 70 | 1.35 | 1 |
| 1966 | SF | 36 | 21 | 8 | 2.99 | 255.2 | 201 | 40 | 1.10 | 0 |
| 1967 | SF | 39 | 15 | 17 | 2.61 | 293.0 | 230 | 84 | 1.08 | 1 |
| 1968 | SF | 39 | 16 | 15 | 2.44 | 291.0 | 173 | 59 | 1.03 | 1 |
| 1969 | SF | 40 | 19 | 14 | 2.49 | 325.1 | 233 | 91 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 1970 | SF | 41 | 23 | 13 | 3.20 | 328.2 | 214 | 84 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1971 | SF | 37 | 16 | 12 | 2.76 | 280.0 | 158 | 67 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1972 |  CLE | 41 | 24 | 16 | 1.92 | 342.2 | 234 | 82 | 0.98 | 1 |
| 1973 | CLE | 41 | 19 | 19 | 3.38 | 344.0 | 238 | 115 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1974 | CLE | 37 | 21 | 13 | 2.51 | 322.1 | 216 | 99 | 1.02 | 0 |
| 1975 |  CLE/TEX | 37 | 18 | 17 | 3.24 | 305.2 | 233 | 70 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1976 | TEX | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3.24 | 250.1 | 143 | 52 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1977 | TEX | 34 | 15 | 12 | 3.37 | 238.0 | 177 | 56 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1978 |  SD | 37 | 21 | 6 | 2.73 | 260.2 | 154 | 66 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 1979 | SD | 32 | 12 | 11 | 3.06 | 232.2 | 140 | 67 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1980 | NYY/TEX | 34 | 10 | 13 | 3.68 | 205.2 | 135 | 64 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1981 |  ATL | 23 | 8 | 9 | 3.94 | 150.2 | 60 | 24 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1982 |  SEA | 32 | 10 | 12 | 4.40 | 216.2 | 116 | 54 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1983 |  SEA/KC | 30 | 7 | 14 | 4.64 | 186.1 | 82 | 49 | 1.41 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV