1916 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Walter Johnson led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1916 with 228, 46 ahead of Elmer Myers (182). It was one of 12 times Walter Johnson led in strikeouts.

Led all of MLB in 1916 Walter Johnson Washington Senators

228 Strikeouts 46 clear of Elmer Myers

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Walter Johnson	WS1	228	25	20	1.90	369.2
2	Elmer Myers	PHA	182	14	23	3.66	315.0
3	Babe Ruth	BOS	170	23	12	1.75	323.2
4	Pete Alexander	PHI	167	33	12	1.55	389.0
5	Larry Cheney	BRO	166	18	12	1.92	253.0
6	Al Mamaux	PIT	163	21	15	2.53	310.0
7	Bullet Joe Bush	PHA	157	15	24	2.57	286.2
8	Harry Harper	WS1	149	14	10	2.45	249.2
9	Fred Toney	CIN	146	14	17	2.28	300.0
10	Dutch Leonard	BOS	144	18	12	2.36	274.0
11	Hippo Vaughn	CHN	144	17	15	2.20	294.0
12	Lefty Williams	CHA	138	13	7	2.89	224.1
13	Eppa Rixey	PHI	134	22	10	1.85	287.0
14	Dick Rudolph	BSN	133	19	12	2.16	312.0
15	Al Demaree	PHI	130	19	14	2.62	285.0
16	Dave Davenport	SLA	129	12	11	2.85	290.2
17	Jeff Pfeffer	BRO	128	25	11	1.92	328.2
18	Bob Shawkey	NYA	122	24	14	2.21	276.2
19	Lee Meadows	SLN	120	12	23	2.58	289.0
20	Bert Gallia	WS1	120	17	12	2.76	283.2
21	Pete Schneider	CIN	117	10	19	2.69	274.1
22	Claude Hendrix	CHN	117	8	16	2.68	218.0
23	Lefty Tyler	BSN	117	17	9	2.02	249.1
24	Pol Perritt	NY1	115	18	11	2.62	251.0
25	Rube Benton	NY1	115	16	8	2.87	238.2
26	Jeff Tesreau	NY1	113	14	14	2.92	268.1
27	Reb Russell	CHA	112	18	11	2.42	264.1
28	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	111	12	11	1.87	246.0
29	Harry Coveleski	DET	108	21	11	1.97	324.1
30	Rube Marquard	BRO	107	13	6	1.58	205.0
31	Allen Russell	NYA	104	6	10	3.20	171.1
32	Red Ames	SLN	98	11	16	2.64	228.0
33	Fred Anderson	NY1	98	9	13	3.40	188.0
34	Tom Hughes	BSN	97	16	3	2.35	161.0
35	Al Schulz	CIN	95	8	19	3.14	215.0
36	HD Hooks Dauss	DET	95	19	12	3.21	238.2
37	Pat Ragan	BSN	94	9	9	2.08	182.0
38	Bob Groom	SLA	92	13	9	2.57	217.1
39	Carl Weilman	SLA	91	17	18	2.15	276.0
40	Eddie Cicotte	CHA	91	15	7	1.78	187.0
41	Jimmy Lavender	CHN	91	10	14	2.82	188.0
42	Jim Bagby	CLE	88	16	16	2.61	272.2
43	Eddie Plank	SLA	88	16	15	2.33	235.2
44	FM Frank Miller	PIT	88	7	10	2.29	173.0
45	GM Guy Morton	CLE	88	12	8	2.89	149.2
46	Red Faber	CHA	87	17	9	2.02	205.1
47	Ferdie Schupp	NY1	86	9	3	0.90	140.1
48	Willie Mitchell	DET +1	84	9	10	3.78	171.1
49	Bill Doak	SLN	82	12	8	2.62	192.0
50	George McConnell	CHN	82	4	12	2.57	171.1

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