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1887 NL Strikeouts Leaders

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John Clarkson led the NL in strikeouts in 1887 with 237, 48 ahead of Tim Keefe (189). It was one of 3 times John Clarkson led in strikeouts.

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John Clarkson Led the NL in 1887 John Clarkson Chicago White Stockings
237 Strikeouts 48 clear of Tim Keefe
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 237 38 21 3.08 523.0
2 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 189 35 19 3.12 476.2
3 Mark Baldwin Mark Baldwin CHN 164 18 17 3.40 334.0
4 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton PHI 160 21 17 3.66 332.1
5 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney WS8 146 24 21 3.22 404.2
6 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 135 29 13 3.73 366.2
7 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 125 22 10 3.00 297.1
8 Dan Casey Dan Casey PHI 119 28 13 2.86 390.1
9 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 115 22 15 3.36 346.0
10 Frank Gilmore Frank Gilmore WS8 114 7 20 3.87 234.2
11 George Weidman George Weidman DTN +2 97 17 16 5.00 288.0
12 Ed Morris Ed Morris PIT 91 14 22 4.31 317.2
13 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 87 24 23 4.55 425.0
14 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day WS8 86 8 20 4.17 254.2
15 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle IN3 85 13 24 3.65 328.0
16 Kid Madden BSN 81 21 14 3.79 321.0
17 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick PIT 77 13 23 4.30 322.1
18 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin PIT 76 28 21 3.29 440.2
19 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren CHN 76 11 7 3.86 161.0
20 Egyptian Healy IN3 75 12 29 5.17 341.0
21 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 60 13 10 3.84 211.0
22 Ledell Titcomb Ledell Titcomb NY1 +1 50 5 5 4.59 96.0
23 Bill George Bill George NY1 49 3 9 5.25 108.0
24 Dupee Shaw WS8 47 7 13 6.45 181.1
25 Dick Conway BSN 45 9 15 4.66 222.1
26 Bill Stemmyer Bill Stemmyer BSN 41 6 8 5.20 119.1
27 Pete Conway Pete Conway DTN 40 8 9 2.90 146.0
28 Lev Shreve Lev Shreve IN3 +1 35 8 10 4.50 160.0
29 Doc Leitner Doc Leitner IN3 27 2 6 5.68 65.0
30 Larry Twitchell Larry Twitchell DTN 24 11 1 4.33 112.1
31 Al Maul Al Maul PHI 18 4 2 5.54 50.1
32 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 14 2 1 4.20 45.0
33 John Kirby John Kirby IN3 +1 13 1 11 7.25 103.0
34 Hank Morrison IN3 13 3 4 7.58 57.0
35 Henry Gruber DTN 12 4 3 2.74 62.1
36 Mike Mattimore NY1 12 3 3 2.35 57.1
37 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI +1 10 0 5 7.26 48.1
38 Charlie Sprague Charlie Sprague CHN 9 1 0 4.91 22.0
39 Ed Beatin DTN 6 1 1 4.00 18.0
40 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin PHI 6 0 2 6.00 18.0
41 Bill Swarback NY1 6 0 2 5.06 16.0
42 John Cahill John Cahill IN3 5 0 2 14.32 22.0
43 Harry Pyle CHN 5 1 3 4.72 26.2
44 Bill Bishop PIT 4 0 3 13.33 27.0
45 Larry Corcoran Larry Corcoran IN3 4 0 2 12.60 15.0
46 Emil Geiss Emil Geiss CHN 4 0 1 8.00 9.0
47 Sam Moffet IN3 3 1 5 3.78 50.0
48 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 3 1 2 8.69 19.2
49 William Burke William Burke DTN 3 0 1 6.00 15.0
50 Jack McGeachey Jack McGeachey IN3 3 0 1 11.37 6.1
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