1903 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Rube Waddell led the majors with 302 strikeouts in 1903, 35 ahead of Christy Mathewson (267). It stands 62nd among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 6 times Rube Waddell led in strikeouts.

Led all of MLB in 1903 Rube Waddell Philadelphia Athletics

302 Strikeouts 35 clear of Christy Mathewson

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Rube Waddell	PHA	302	21	16	2.44	324.0
2	Christy Mathewson	NY1	267	30	13	2.26	366.1
3	Bill Donovan	DET	187	17	16	2.29	307.0
4	Eddie Plank	PHA	176	23	16	2.38	336.0
5	Cy Young	BOS	176	28	9	2.08	341.2
6	Joe McGinnity	NY1	171	31	20	2.43	434.0
7	George Mullin	DET	170	19	15	2.25	320.2
8	Jack Powell	SLA	169	15	19	2.91	306.1
9	Ned Garvin	BRO	154	15	18	3.08	298.0
10	Bill Dinneen	BOS	148	21	13	2.26	299.0
11	Earl Moore	CLE	148	20	8	1.74	247.2
12	Jack Chesbro	NYA	147	21	15	2.77	324.2
13	Togie Pittinger	BSN	140	18	22	3.48	351.2
14	Casey Patten	WS1	133	11	22	3.60	300.0
15	Jake Weimer	CHN	128	20	8	2.30	282.0
16	Charles Bender	PHA	127	17	14	3.07	270.0
17	Noodles Hahn	CIN	127	22	12	2.52	296.0
18	Vic Willis	BSN	125	12	18	2.98	278.0
19	Deacon Phillippe	PIT	123	25	9	2.43	289.1
20	Addie Joss	CLE	120	18	13	2.19	283.2
21	Doc White	CHA	114	17	16	2.13	300.0
22	Bob Wicker	CHN +1	113	20	9	2.96	252.0
23	Tom Hughes	BOS	112	20	7	2.57	244.2
24	JT Jesse Tannehill	NYA	106	15	15	3.27	239.2
25	Willie Sudhoff	SLA	104	21	15	2.27	293.2
26	Chick Fraser	PHI	104	12	17	4.50	250.0
27	Bob Ewing	CIN	104	14	13	2.77	246.2
28	Frank Kitson	DET	102	15	16	2.58	257.2
29	Wiley Piatt	BSN	100	9	14	3.18	181.0
30	John Malarkey	BSN	98	11	16	3.09	253.0
31	Henry Schmidt	BRO	96	22	13	3.83	301.0
32	Red Donahue	SLA +1	96	15	16	2.59	267.2
33	Oscar Jones	BRO	95	19	14	2.94	324.1
34	Luther Taylor	NY1	94	13	13	4.23	244.2
35	Sam Leever	PIT	90	25	7	2.06	284.1
36	Ed Siever	SLA	90	13	14	2.48	254.0
37	Roy Patterson	CHA	89	15	15	2.70	293.0
38	Al Orth	WS1	88	10	22	4.34	279.2
39	Tully Sparks	PHI	88	11	15	2.72	248.0
40	Weldon Henley	PHA	86	12	10	3.91	186.1
41	Jack Taylor	CHN	83	21	14	2.45	312.1
42	Mordecai Brown	SLN	83	9	13	2.60	201.0
43	GW Gene Wright	CLE +1	79	6	15	4.98	162.2
44	Davy Dunkle	WS1 +1	77	9	13	4.16	190.1
45	JS Jack Sutthoff	CIN	76	16	9	2.80	224.2
46	CM Chappie McFarland	SLN	76	9	19	3.07	229.0
47	Norwood Gibson	BOS	76	13	9	3.19	183.1
48	Ed Doheny	PIT	75	16	8	3.19	222.2
49	EP Ed Poole	CIN	73	7	13	3.28	184.0
50	Bob Rhoads	SLN +1	73	7	11	4.76	170.0

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