League Leaders Who Led?

1897 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

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Tom McCreery led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1897 with 73, 10 ahead of Tom Brown (63).

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Tom McCreery LS3 +1 140 521 91 149 13 11 5 68 62 73 28 .286 .363 .382 .745
2 Tom Brown Tom Brown WAS 116 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 52 63 25 .292 .364 .369 .733
3 Billy Clingman Billy Clingman LS3 115 403 61 92 14 7 2 47 37 52 14 .228 .301 .313 .614
4 Barry McCormick CHN 101 419 87 112 8 10 2 55 33 51 44 .267 .324 .348 .672
5 Monte Cross Monte Cross SLN 132 465 60 133 17 11 4 55 62 44 38 .286 .378 .396 .774
6 Ollie Pickering Ollie Pickering LS3 +1 110 431 67 126 10 4 2 43 37 42 38 .292 .352 .348 .700
7 Harry Davis Harry Davis PIT 111 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 26 40 21 .305 .359 .473 .832
8 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley PHI 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 51 39 31 .329 .386 .421 .807
9 Bill Wilson LS3 107 389 44 83 12 4 1 41 18 39 9 .213 .257 .273 .530
10 George LaChance BRO 126 520 86 160 28 16 4 90 15 38 26 .308 .333 .446 .780
11 Bill Joyce Bill Joyce NY1 110 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 81 38 35 .303 .444 .432 .875
12 Chief Sockalexis Chief Sockalexis CL4 66 278 43 94 9 8 3 42 18 38 16 .338 .385 .460 .845
13 Bill Everitt CHN 92 379 63 119 14 7 5 39 36 37 26 .314 .374 .427 .801
14 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 61 36 40 .327 .397 .447 .845
15 James Stafford James Stafford LS3 +1 120 464 68 124 16 5 7 57 34 36 15 .267 .321 .369 .690
16 Red Donahue Red Donahue SLN 49 155 11 33 7 2 1 14 4 36 1 .213 .233 .303 .536
17 Gene DeMontreville Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 21 35 30 .341 .366 .433 .799
18 Ducky Holmes NY1 +1 82 314 52 82 8 6 1 45 19 33 30 .261 .312 .334 .646
19 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 130 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 48 32 14 .335 .394 .504 .898
20 Kip Selbach WAS 124 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 80 32 46 .313 .414 .461 .875
21 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith PIT 123 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 70 32 25 .311 .408 .463 .871
22 Phil Geier PHI 92 316 51 88 6 2 1 35 56 31 19 .279 .392 .320 .712
23 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton BSN 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 105 30 66 .343 .461 .414 .875
24 Charlie Dexter Charlie Dexter LS3 76 257 43 72 12 5 2 46 21 30 12 .280 .342 .389 .731
25 Charlie Irwin CIN 134 505 89 146 26 6 0 74 47 29 27 .289 .360 .364 .725
26 Willie Clark Willie Clark NY1 117 436 63 122 17 12 1 75 37 29 18 .280 .349 .381 .729
27 Charles Zimmer Charles Zimmer CL4 80 294 50 93 22 3 0 40 25 29 8 .316 .378 .412 .789
28 Frank Killen Frank Killen PIT 42 129 16 32 4 0 1 7 17 29 2 .248 .340 .302 .642
29 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 136 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 50 27 27 .300 .369 .458 .827
30 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy CIN 128 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 54 27 37 .292 .375 .376 .751
31 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 114 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 60 27 11 .285 .379 .361 .740
32 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker WAS +1 97 366 52 122 20 5 5 65 29 27 18 .333 .399 .456 .855
33 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke LS3 130 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 45 26 59 .390 .461 .530 .992
34 Charlie Reilly Charlie Reilly WAS 101 351 64 97 18 3 2 60 34 26 18 .276 .359 .362 .720
35 Fred Klobedanz BSN 48 148 29 48 8 5 1 20 5 26 1 .324 .363 .466 .829
36 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren NY1 130 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 42 25 50 .329 .376 .415 .791
37 Henry Reitz BLN 128 477 76 138 15 6 2 84 50 25 23 .289 .370 .359 .728
38 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett CL4 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 76 25 28 .383 .468 .476 .944
39 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHI 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 20 .362 .392 .569 .960
40 Jimmy Callahan Jimmy Callahan CHN 94 360 60 105 18 6 3 47 10 25 12 .292 .320 .400 .720
41 Bill Dahlen Bill Dahlen CHN 75 276 67 80 18 8 6 40 43 25 15 .290 .399 .478 .877
42 Jesse Hoffmeister PIT 48 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 8 25 6 .309 .337 .484 .821
43 Dick Padden Dick Padden PIT 134 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 38 24 18 .282 .350 .364 .714
44 Bones Ely Bones Ely PIT 133 516 63 146 20 8 2 74 25 24 10 .283 .317 .364 .682
45 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason NY1 132 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 27 24 44 .317 .353 .367 .719
46 Fred Hartman Fred Hartman SLN 125 519 67 158 21 8 2 67 26 24 18 .304 .350 .387 .737
47 Zeke Wrigley WAS 104 388 65 110 14 8 3 64 21 24 5 .284 .320 .384 .704
48 John Houseman SLN 80 278 34 68 6 6 0 21 28 24 16 .245 .329 .309 .639
49 Jerry Nops BLN 30 92 7 18 2 2 0 7 3 24 0 .196 .229 .261 .490
50 George Davis George Davis NY1 131 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 43 23 65 .353 .410 .509 .918
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