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1939 NL Strikeouts Leaders

Batters struck out

Claude Passeau and Bucky Walters shared the lead in the NL with 137 strikeouts in 1939, 7 ahead of Mort Cooper (130).

Claude Passeau Led the NL in 1939 Claude Passeau Chicago Cubs
137 Strikeouts Tied with Bucky Walters
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Claude Passeau Claude Passeau CHN +1 137 15 13 3.28 274.1
2 Bucky Walters Bucky Walters CIN 137 27 11 2.29 319.0
3 Mort Cooper Mort Cooper SLN 130 12 6 3.25 210.2
4 Paul Derringer Paul Derringer CIN 128 25 7 2.93 301.0
5 Bill Lee Bill Lee CHN 105 19 15 3.44 282.1
6 Johnny Vander Meer Johnny Vander Meer CIN 102 5 9 4.67 129.0
7 Larry French Larry French CHN 98 15 8 3.29 194.0
8 Kirby Higbe Kirby Higbe PHI +1 95 12 15 4.67 210.0
9 Cliff Melton Cliff Melton NY1 95 12 15 3.56 207.1
10 Luke Hamlin Luke Hamlin BRO 88 20 13 3.64 269.2
11 Gene Thompson Gene Thompson CIN 87 13 5 2.54 152.1
12 Vito Tamulis Vito Tamulis BRO 83 9 8 4.37 158.2
13 Whitey Moore Whitey Moore CIN 81 13 12 3.45 187.2
14 Harry Gumbert Harry Gumbert NY1 81 18 11 4.32 243.2
15 Hugh Casey Hugh Casey BRO 79 15 10 2.93 227.1
16 Bob Bowman SLN 78 13 5 2.60 169.1
17 Boom-Boom Beck Boom-Boom Beck PHI 77 7 14 4.73 182.2
18 Bill Posedel Bill Posedel BSN 73 15 13 3.92 220.2
19 Mace Brown Mace Brown PIT 71 9 13 3.37 200.1
20 Curt Davis Curt Davis SLN 70 22 16 3.63 248.0
21 Bill Lohrman Bill Lohrman NY1 70 12 13 4.07 185.2
22 Rip Sewell Rip Sewell PIT 69 10 9 4.08 176.1
23 Manny Salvo Manny Salvo NY1 69 4 10 4.63 136.0
24 Charlie Root Charlie Root CHN 65 8 8 4.03 167.1
25 Bob Klinger Bob Klinger PIT 64 14 17 4.36 225.0
26 Bob Weiland Bob Weiland SLN 63 10 12 3.57 146.1
27 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell NY1 62 11 9 2.75 154.0
28 Hugh Mulcahy Hugh Mulcahy PHI 59 9 16 4.99 225.2
29 Lon Warneke Lon Warneke SLN 59 13 7 3.78 162.0
30 Joe Bowman Joe Bowman PIT 58 10 14 4.48 184.2
31 Hal Schumacher Hal Schumacher NY1 58 13 10 4.81 181.2
32 Milt Shoffner Milt Shoffner BSN +1 57 6 8 3.18 170.0
33 Bill McGee SLN 56 12 5 3.81 156.0
34 Bill Swift Bill Swift PIT 56 5 7 3.89 129.2
35 Tom Sunkel Tom Sunkel SLN 54 4 4 4.22 85.1
36 Lee Grissom Lee Grissom CIN 53 9 7 4.10 153.2
37 Whit Wyatt Whit Wyatt BRO 52 8 3 2.31 109.0
38 Clyde Shoun Clyde Shoun SLN 50 3 1 3.76 103.0
39 Jim Turner Jim Turner BSN 50 4 11 4.28 157.2
40 Max Butcher Max Butcher PHI +1 48 6 17 4.62 191.0
41 Ira Hutchinson Ira Hutchinson BRO 46 5 2 4.34 105.2
42 Danny MacFayden Danny MacFayden BSN 46 8 14 3.90 191.2
43 Joe Sullivan Joe Sullivan BSN 46 6 9 3.64 113.2
44 Johnny Lanning BSN 45 5 6 3.42 129.0
45 Freddie Fitzsimmons Freddie Fitzsimmons BRO 44 7 9 3.87 151.1
46 Tot Pressnell BRO 43 9 7 4.02 156.2
47 Vance Page Vance Page CHN 43 7 7 3.88 139.1
48 Jim Tobin Jim Tobin PIT 43 9 9 4.52 145.1
49 Earl Whitehill Earl Whitehill CHN 42 4 7 5.14 89.1
50 Ray Harrell PHI +1 40 3 9 5.87 112.0
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