1912 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Walter Johnson led the majors with 303 strikeouts in 1912, 45 ahead of Smoky Joe Wood (258). It stands 60th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 12 times Walter Johnson led in strikeouts.

Led all of MLB in 1912 Walter Johnson Washington Senators

303 Strikeouts 45 clear of Smoky Joe Wood

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Walter Johnson	WS1	303	33	12	1.39	369.0
2	Smoky Joe Wood	BOS	258	34	5	1.91	344.0
3	Ed Walsh	CHA	254	27	17	2.15	393.0
4	Pete Alexander	PHI	195	19	17	2.81	310.1
5	Vean Gregg	CLE	184	20	13	2.59	271.1
6	Bob Groom	WS1	179	24	13	2.62	316.0
7	Claude Hendrix	PIT	176	24	9	2.59	288.2
8	Rube Marquard	NY1	175	26	11	2.57	294.2
9	Rube Benton	CIN	162	18	20	3.10	302.0
10	Nap Rucker	BRO	151	18	21	2.21	297.2
11	Marty O'Toole	PIT	150	15	17	2.71	275.1
12	Lefty Tyler	BSN	144	12	22	4.18	256.1
13	Larry Cheney	CHN	140	26	10	2.85	303.1
14	Earl Hamilton	SLA	139	11	14	3.24	249.2
15	Christy Mathewson	NY1	134	23	12	2.12	310.0
16	HB Hugh Bedient	BOS	122	20	9	2.92	231.0
17	Howie Camnitz	PIT	121	22	12	2.83	276.2
18	Art Fromme	CIN	120	16	18	2.74	296.0
19	Jack Coombs	PHA	120	21	10	3.29	262.1
20	Jeff Tesreau	NY1	119	17	7	1.96	243.0
21	Tom Seaton	PHI	118	16	12	3.28	255.0
22	Buck O'Brien	BOS	115	20	13	2.58	275.2
23	Joe Lake	DET +1	114	10	18	3.44	219.2
24	Russ Ford	NYA	112	13	21	3.55	291.2
25	Jack Warhop	NYA	110	10	19	2.86	258.0
26	Eddie Plank	PHA	110	26	6	2.22	259.2
27	Jimmy Lavender	CHN	109	16	13	3.04	251.2
28	Slim Sallee	SLN	108	16	17	2.60	294.0
29	Tom Hughes	WS1	108	13	10	2.94	196.0
30	George Suggs	CIN	104	19	16	2.94	303.0
31	George Kahler	CLE	104	12	19	3.69	246.1
32	George Baumgardner	SLA	102	11	13	3.38	218.1
33	Hub Perdue	BSN	101	13	16	3.80	249.0
34	Pat Ragan	BRO	101	7	18	3.63	208.0
35	Joe Benz	CHA	97	13	17	2.90	238.2
36	Jean Dubuc	DET	97	17	10	2.77	250.0
37	Frank Lange	CHA	96	10	10	3.27	165.1
38	Ray Caldwell	NYA	95	8	16	4.47	183.1
39	Hippo Vaughn	NYA +1	95	6	11	3.88	144.0
40	Willie Mitchell	CLE	94	5	8	2.80	163.2
41	George McConnell	NYA	91	8	12	2.75	176.2
42	Eddie Cicotte	CHA +1	90	10	10	3.50	198.0
43	Charles Bender	PHA	90	13	8	2.74	171.0
44	Ed Willett	DET	89	17	15	3.29	284.1
45	George Mullin	DET	88	12	17	3.54	226.0
46	Carl Cashion	WS1	84	10	6	3.17	170.1
47	Charley Hall	BOS	83	15	8	3.02	191.0
48	Red Ames	NY1	83	11	5	2.46	179.0
49	Ray Collins	BOS	82	13	8	2.53	199.1
50	Otto Hess	BSN	80	12	17	3.76	254.0

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