1881 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

George Derby led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1881 with 212, 34 ahead of Jim McCormick (178).

Led all of MLB in 1881 George Derby Detroit Wolverines

212 Strikeouts 34 clear of Jim McCormick

Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	George Derby	DTN	212	29	26	2.20	494.2
2	Jim McCormick	CL2	178	26	30	2.45	526.0
3	Jim Whitney	BSN	162	31	33	2.48	552.1
4	Lee Richmond	WOR	156	25	26	3.39	462.1
5	Larry Corcoran	CHN	150	31	14	2.31	396.2
6	Pud Galvin	BFN	136	28	24	2.37	474.0
7	John Ward	PRO	119	18	18	2.13	330.0
8	Old Hoss Radbourn	PRO	117	25	11	2.43	325.1
9	Mickey Welch	TRN	104	21	18	2.67	368.0
10	Tim Keefe	TRN	103	18	27	3.24	403.0
11	FG Fred Goldsmith	CHN	76	24	13	2.59	330.0
12	The Only Nolan	CL2	54	8	14	3.05	180.0
13	FC Fred Corey	WOR	33	6	15	3.72	188.2
14	Bobby Mathews	PRO +1	33	5	8	3.02	125.1
15	Jack Lynch	BFN	32	10	9	3.59	165.2
16	JF John Fox	BSN	30	6	8	3.33	124.1
17	George Weidman	DTN	26	8	5	1.80	115.0
18	Blondie Purcell	BFN	15	4	1	2.77	61.2
19	Frank Mountain	DTN	13	3	4	5.25	60.0
20	Harry McCormick	WOR	7	1	8	3.56	78.1
21	Tony Mullane	DTN	7	1	4	4.91	44.0
22	George Bradley	CL2	6	2	4	3.88	51.0
23	Will White	DTN	5	0	2	5.00	18.0
24	Curry Foley	BFN	2	3	4	5.27	41.0
25	Tommy Bond	BSN	2	0	3	4.26	25.1
26	Ed Williamson	CHN	2	1	1	2.00	18.0
27	JL Jack Leary	DTN	2	0	2	4.15	13.0
28	Billy Taylor	WOR +1	2	0	1	5.73	11.0
29	John Morrill	BSN	0	0	1	6.35	5.2