1920 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Pete Alexander led the majors with 173 strikeouts in 1920, 40 ahead of Stan Coveleski (133). It was one of 6 times Pete Alexander led in strikeouts.

Led all of MLB in 1920 Pete Alexander Chicago Cubs

173 Strikeouts 40 clear of Stan Coveleski

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Pete Alexander	CHN	173	27	14	1.91	363.1
2	Stan Coveleski	CLE	133	24	14	2.49	315.0
3	Burleigh Grimes	BRO	131	23	11	2.22	303.2
4	Hippo Vaughn	CHN	131	19	16	2.54	301.0
5	Lefty Williams	CHA	128	22	14	3.91	299.0
6	Bob Shawkey	NYA	126	20	13	2.45	267.2
7	Jesse Haines	SLN	120	13	20	2.98	301.2
8	Ferdie Schupp	SLN	119	16	13	3.52	250.2
9	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	114	24	15	2.39	327.0
10	Eppa Rixey	PHI	109	11	22	3.48	284.1
11	Red Faber	CHA	108	23	13	2.99	319.0
12	Urban Shocker	SLA	107	20	10	2.71	245.2
13	Doc Ayers	DET	103	7	14	3.88	208.2
14	Sam Crawford	KCM	102	14	8	2.87	181.2
15	Al Mamaux	BRO	101	12	8	2.69	190.2
16	Jack Quinn	NYA	101	18	10	3.20	253.1
17	Dutch Ruether	CIN	99	16	12	2.47	265.2
18	Howard Ehmke	DET	98	15	18	3.25	268.1
19	Dave Brown	CAG	97	12	3	1.72	141.2
20	Lee Meadows	PHI	95	16	14	2.84	247.0
21	Jack Scott	BSN	94	10	21	3.53	291.0
22	Carl Mays	NYA	92	26	11	3.06	312.0
23	Rollie Naylor	PHA	90	10	23	3.47	251.1
24	Bill Doak	SLN	90	20	12	2.53	270.0
25	Bill Drake	SLG	90	10	12	3.11	191.0
26	Rube Marquard	BRO	89	10	7	3.23	189.2
27	Rube Curry	KCM	89	8	11	3.04	186.2
28	Jim Shaw	WS1	88	11	18	4.27	236.1
29	Bullet Joe Bush	BOS	88	15	15	4.25	243.2
30	EE Eric Erickson	WS1	87	12	16	3.84	239.1
31	Eddie Cicotte	CHA	87	21	10	3.26	303.1
32	Bill Holland	DS	87	10	5	2.92	157.1
33	Sad Sam Jones	BOS	86	13	16	3.94	274.0
34	Dixie Davis	SLA	85	18	12	3.17	269.1
35	Babe Adams	PIT	84	17	13	2.16	263.0
36	BR Bullet Rogan	KCM	83	6	5	3.42	105.1
37	HD Hooks Dauss	DET	82	13	21	3.56	270.1
38	Fred Toney	NY1	81	21	11	2.65	278.1
39	Allen Sothoron	SLA	81	8	15	4.70	218.1
40	Joe Oeschger	BSN	80	15	13	3.46	299.0
41	Ray Caldwell	CLE	80	20	10	3.86	237.2
42	Jeff Pfeffer	BRO	80	16	9	3.01	215.0
43	Scott Perry	PHA	79	11	25	3.62	263.2
44	Art Nehf	NY1	79	21	12	3.08	280.2
45	Leon Cadore	BRO	79	15	14	2.62	254.1
46	Walter Johnson	WS1	78	8	10	3.13	143.2
47	Hod Eller	CIN	76	13	12	2.95	210.1
48	Dutch Leonard	DET	76	10	17	4.33	191.1
49	José Leblanc	CSW	75	7	8	2.31	128.1
50	BS Bill Sherdel	SLN	74	11	10	3.28	170.0

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