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1937 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

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Lefty Gomez led the majors with 194 strikeouts in 1937, 28 ahead of Bobo Newsom (166). It was one of 3 times Lefty Gomez led in strikeouts.

Lefty Gomez Led all of MLB in 1937 Lefty Gomez New York Yankees
194 Strikeouts 28 clear of Bobo Newsom
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Lefty Gomez Lefty Gomez NYA 194 21 11 2.33 278.1
2 Bobo Newsom Bobo Newsom BOS +1 166 16 14 4.81 275.1
3 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell NY1 159 22 8 3.20 261.2
4 Lefty Grove Lefty Grove BOS 153 17 9 3.02 262.0
5 Bob Feller Bob Feller CLE 150 9 7 3.39 148.2
6 Lee Grissom Lee Grissom CIN 149 12 17 3.26 223.2
7 Cy Blanton PIT 143 14 12 3.30 242.2
8 Cliff Melton Cliff Melton NY1 142 20 9 2.61 248.0
9 Tommy Bridges Tommy Bridges DET 138 15 12 4.07 245.1
10 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson BOS 137 16 10 3.70 221.1
11 Wayne LaMaster PHI 135 15 19 5.31 220.1
12 Claude Passeau Claude Passeau PHI 135 14 18 4.34 292.1
13 Red Ruffing Red Ruffing NYA 131 20 7 2.98 256.1
14 Wes Ferrell Wes Ferrell WS1 +1 123 14 19 4.90 281.0
15 Van Mungo Van Mungo BRO 122 9 11 2.91 161.0
16 Dizzy Dean Dizzy Dean SLN 120 13 10 2.69 197.1
17 Russ Bauers Russ Bauers PIT 118 13 6 2.88 187.2
18 Vern Kennedy Vern Kennedy CHA 114 14 13 5.09 221.0
19 Bill Lee Bill Lee CHN 108 14 15 3.54 272.1
20 Bob Weiland Bob Weiland SLN 105 15 14 3.54 264.1
21 Tex Carleton Tex Carleton CHN 105 16 8 3.15 208.1
22 Larry French Larry French CHN 100 16 10 3.98 208.0
23 Hal Schumacher Hal Schumacher NY1 100 13 12 3.60 217.2
24 George Caster George Caster PHA 100 12 19 4.43 231.2
25 Hilton Smith Hilton Smith KCM +1 99 11 4 1.66 130.1
26 Roy Henshaw BRO 98 5 12 5.07 156.1
27 Mel Harder Mel Harder CLE 95 15 12 4.28 233.2
28 Paul Derringer Paul Derringer CIN 94 10 14 4.04 222.2
29 Luke Hamlin Luke Hamlin BRO 93 11 13 3.59 185.2
30 Bucky Walters Bucky Walters PHI 87 14 15 4.75 246.1
31 Lon Warneke Lon Warneke SLN 87 18 11 4.53 238.2
32 Johnny Allen Johnny Allen CLE 87 15 1 2.55 173.0
33 Jimmie DeShong Jimmie DeShong WS1 86 14 15 4.90 264.1
34 Bill Swift Bill Swift PIT 84 9 10 3.95 164.0
35 Jesse Houston Jesse Houston CT 84 9 3 2.26 111.2
36 Thornton Lee Thornton Lee CHA 80 12 10 3.52 204.2
37 Eddie Smith Eddie Smith PHA 79 4 17 3.94 196.2
38 Denny Galehouse Denny Galehouse CLE 78 9 14 4.57 200.2
39 Slick Castleman Slick Castleman NY1 78 11 6 3.31 160.1
40 Clay Bryant CHN 75 9 3 4.26 135.1
41 Oral Hildebrand Oral Hildebrand SLA 75 8 17 5.14 201.1
42 Al Hollingsworth Al Hollingsworth CIN 74 9 15 3.91 202.1
43 Charlie Root Charlie Root CHN 74 13 5 3.38 178.2
44 Jack Knott Jack Knott SLA 74 8 18 4.89 191.1
45 Ed Brandt Ed Brandt PIT 74 11 10 3.11 176.1
46 Ray Brown Ray Brown HG 74 11 3 3.21 126.0
47 Elden Auker Elden Auker DET 73 17 9 3.88 252.2
48 Monte Pearson Monte Pearson NYA 71 9 3 3.17 144.2
49 Lou Fette BSN 70 20 10 2.88 259.0
50 Danny MacFayden Danny MacFayden BSN 70 14 14 2.93 246.0
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