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1878 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Batters struck out

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Tommy Bond led the majors with 182 strikeouts in 1878, 13 ahead of Will White (169). It was one of 2 times Tommy Bond led in strikeouts.

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Tommy Bond Led all of MLB in 1878 Tommy Bond Boston Red Caps
182 Strikeouts 13 clear of Will White
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN 182 40 19 2.06 532.2
2 Will White Will White CN1 169 30 21 1.79 468.0
3 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin CHN 163 29 26 2.24 506.0
4 The Only Nolan The Only Nolan IN1 125 13 22 2.57 347.0
5 John Ward John Ward PRO 116 22 13 1.51 334.0
6 Sam Weaver ML2 95 12 31 1.95 383.0
7 Mike Golden Mike Golden ML2 52 3 13 4.14 161.0
8 Bobby Mitchell CN1 51 7 2 2.14 80.0
9 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick IN1 36 5 8 1.69 117.0
10 Harry Wheeler PRO 25 6 1 3.48 62.0
11 Tricky Nichols Tricky Nichols PRO 21 4 7 4.22 98.0
12 Tom Healey IN1 +1 20 6 7 2.39 113.0
13 Laurie Reis CHN 8 1 3 3.25 36.0
14 Fred Corey PRO 7 1 2 2.35 23.0
15 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson CHN 4 0 1 6.00 9.0
16 Russ McKelvy IN1 3 0 2 2.16 25.0
17 Jack Manning Jack Manning BSN 2 1 0 14.29 11.1
18 Cherokee Fisher Cherokee Fisher PRO 2 0 1 4.00 9.0
19 Doug Allison Doug Allison PRO 0 0 0 1.80 5.0
20 Lew Brown Lew Brown PRO 0 0 0 18.00 1.0
21 Joe Ellick Joe Ellick ML2 0 0 1 3.00 3.0