How many strikeouts (pitching) did Mike Scott have in 1986?
3061986 Regular Season
Mike Scott recorded 306 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1986 regular season, 1st in the MLB.
- Mike Scott's best regular season for strikeouts (pitching) in 13 seasons on file.
- Up 169 from 137 in 1985.
- 30% of the Houston Astros' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Best of 13 regular seasons, 1979 through 1991. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  NYM | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5.33 | 52.1 | 21 | 20 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1980 | NYM | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4.30 | 29.1 | 13 | 8 | 1.64 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYM | 23 | 5 | 10 | 3.90 | 136.0 | 54 | 34 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | 37 | 7 | 13 | 5.14 | 147.0 | 63 | 60 | 1.67 | 3 |
| 1983 |  HOU | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3.72 | 145.0 | 73 | 46 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 31 | 5 | 11 | 4.68 | 154.0 | 83 | 43 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | 36 | 18 | 8 | 3.29 | 221.2 | 137 | 80 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1986 | HOU | 37 | 18 | 10 | 2.22 | 275.1 | 306 | 72 | 0.92 | 0 |
| 1987 | HOU | 36 | 16 | 13 | 3.23 | 247.2 | 233 | 79 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1988 | HOU | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2.92 | 218.2 | 190 | 53 | 0.98 | 0 |
| 1989 | HOU | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3.10 | 229.0 | 172 | 62 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 1990 | HOU | 32 | 9 | 13 | 3.81 | 205.2 | 121 | 66 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1991 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.86 | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | 2.14 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV