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1896 NL Strikeouts Leaders

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Cy Young led the NL in strikeouts in 1896 with 140, 3 ahead of Pink Hawley (137). It was one of 2 times Cy Young led in strikeouts.

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Cy Young Led the NL in 1896 Cy Young Cleveland Spiders
140 Strikeouts 3 clear of Pink Hawley
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Cy Young Cy Young CL4 140 28 15 3.24 414.1
2 Pink Hawley Pink Hawley PIT 137 22 21 3.57 378.0
3 Frank Killen Frank Killen PIT 134 30 18 3.41 432.1
4 Theodore Breitenstein Theodore Breitenstein SLN 114 18 26 4.48 339.2
5 Jouett Meekin Jouett Meekin NY1 110 26 14 3.82 334.1
6 Bill Hill LS3 104 9 28 4.31 319.2
7 James McJames James McJames WAS 103 12 20 4.27 280.1
8 Kid Nichols Kid Nichols BSN 102 30 14 2.83 372.1
9 Jack Taylor PHI 97 20 21 4.79 359.0
10 Win Mercer Win Mercer WAS 94 25 18 4.13 366.1
11 Bill Hoffer Bill Hoffer BLN 93 25 7 3.38 309.0
12 Chick Fraser Chick Fraser LS3 91 12 27 4.87 349.1
13 George Cuppy George Cuppy CL4 86 25 14 3.12 358.0
14 Danny Friend CHN 86 18 14 4.74 290.2
15 Buttons Briggs CHN 84 12 8 4.31 194.0
16 Clark Griffith Clark Griffith CHN 81 23 11 3.54 317.2
17 Arlie Pond Arlie Pond BLN 80 16 8 3.49 214.1
18 Brickyard Kennedy Brickyard Kennedy BRO 76 17 20 4.42 305.2
19 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry CHN 75 15 14 4.43 235.2
20 Jack Stivetts Jack Stivetts BSN 71 22 14 4.10 329.0
21 Red Donahue Red Donahue SLN 70 7 24 5.80 267.0
22 Dad Clarke Dad Clarke NY1 66 17 24 4.26 351.0
23 Bill Hart Bill Hart SLN 65 12 29 5.12 336.0
24 Red Ehret Red Ehret CIN 60 18 14 3.42 276.2
25 Frank Dwyer Frank Dwyer CIN 57 24 11 3.15 288.2
26 Zeke Wilson Zeke Wilson CL4 56 17 9 4.01 240.0
27 Dan Daub Dan Daub BRO 53 12 11 3.60 225.0
28 Harley Payne Harley Payne BRO 52 14 16 3.39 241.2
29 Jim Hughey Jim Hughey PIT 48 6 8 4.99 155.0
30 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 46 10 7 3.34 145.1
31 Mike Sullivan NY1 42 10 13 4.66 185.1
32 Ed Doheny Ed Doheny NY1 39 6 7 4.49 108.1
33 Bert Cunningham Bert Cunningham LS3 37 7 14 5.09 189.1
34 Bert Abbey BRO 37 8 8 5.15 164.1
35 Kid Carsey Kid Carsey PHI 36 11 11 5.62 187.1
36 Silver King Silver King WAS 35 10 7 4.09 145.1
37 Jim Sullivan BSN 33 11 12 4.03 225.1
38 Frank Foreman Frank Foreman CIN 33 14 7 3.97 185.2
39 George Hemming George Hemming BLN 33 15 6 4.19 202.0
40 Sadie McMahon Sadie McMahon BLN 33 11 9 3.48 175.2
41 Cy Seymour Cy Seymour NY1 33 2 4 6.40 70.1
42 Billy Rhines Billy Rhines CIN 32 8 6 2.45 143.0
43 Willie McGill Willie McGill PHI 29 5 4 5.31 79.2
44 Harry Keener PHI 28 3 11 5.88 113.1
45 Joe Corbett Joe Corbett BLN 28 3 0 2.20 41.0
46 John Foreman John Foreman PIT +1 27 4 6 7.87 84.2
47 Fred Klobedanz BSN 26 6 4 3.01 80.2
48 Chauncey Fisher CIN 25 10 7 4.45 159.2
49 Al Orth Al Orth PHI 23 15 10 4.41 196.0
50 Bill Kissinger SLN 22 2 9 6.49 136.0
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