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1940 NL Strikeouts Leaders

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Chet Ross led the NL in strikeouts in 1940 with 127, 37 ahead of Joe Orengo (90).

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Chet Ross Led the NL in 1940 Chet Ross Boston Bees
127 Strikeouts 37 clear of Joe Orengo
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO G AB H AVG
1 Chet Ross Chet Ross BSN 127 149 569 160 .281
2 Joe Orengo Joe Orengo SLN 90 129 415 119 .287
3 Dolph Camilli Dolph Camilli BRO 83 142 512 147 .287
4 Vince DiMaggio Vince DiMaggio PIT +1 83 112 360 104 .289
5 Hank Leiber Hank Leiber CHN 68 117 440 133 .302
6 Bill Nicholson CHN 67 135 491 146 .297
7 Sibby Sisti Sibby Sisti BSN 64 123 459 115 .251
8 Ernie Koy Ernie Koy SLN +1 62 117 396 119 .301
9 Pete Coscarart BRO 59 143 506 120 .237
10 Maurice Van Robays PIT 58 145 572 156 .273
11 Billy Myers Billy Myers CIN 56 90 282 57 .202
12 Elbie Fletcher Elbie Fletcher PIT 54 147 510 139 .273
13 Max West Max West BSN 54 139 524 137 .261
14 Ival Goodman Ival Goodman CIN 54 136 519 134 .258
15 Jim Gleeson CHN 52 129 485 152 .313
16 Tony Cuccinello Tony Cuccinello NY1 +1 51 122 433 98 .226
17 Mel Ott Mel Ott NY1 50 151 536 155 .289
18 Johnny Rizzo Johnny Rizzo PHI +2 50 143 505 143 .283
19 Joe Marty PHI 50 123 455 123 .270
20 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize SLN 49 155 579 182 .314
21 Lonny Frey Lonny Frey CIN 48 150 563 150 .266
22 Harry Craft Harry Craft CIN 46 115 422 103 .244
23 Bennie Warren Bennie Warren PHI 46 106 289 71 .246
24 Terry Moore Terry Moore SLN 44 136 537 163 .304
25 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller BSN 43 151 569 157 .276
26 Pee Wee Reese Pee Wee Reese BRO 42 84 312 85 .272
27 Billy Werber Billy Werber CIN 40 143 584 162 .277
28 Eddie Joost Eddie Joost CIN 40 88 278 60 .216
29 Frankie Gustine Frankie Gustine PIT 39 133 524 147 .281
30 Frank Demaree Frank Demaree NY1 39 121 460 139 .302
31 Al Glossop BSN +1 38 87 239 54 .226
32 Art Mahan PHI 37 146 544 133 .244
33 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick BRO +1 36 143 581 175 .301
34 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick CIN 36 110 417 125 .300
35 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN 35 140 516 158 .306
36 Gene Moore Gene Moore BSN +1 35 113 389 113 .290
37 Stu Martin Stu Martin SLN 35 112 369 88 .238
38 Bobby Bragan Bobby Bragan PHI 34 132 474 105 .222
39 Marty Marion Marty Marion SLN 34 125 435 121 .278
40 Merrill May Merrill May PHI 33 136 501 147 .293
41 Bobby Mattick CHN 33 128 441 96 .218
42 Pete Reiser Pete Reiser BRO 33 58 225 66 .293
43 Claude Passeau Claude Passeau CHN 33 46 98 20 .204
44 Cookie Lavagetto Cookie Lavagetto BRO 32 118 448 115 .257
45 Johnny Rucker Johnny Rucker NY1 32 86 277 82 .296
46 Harry Danning Harry Danning NY1 31 140 524 157 .300
47 Jimmy Wasdell Jimmy Wasdell BRO +1 31 87 265 67 .253
48 Jo-Jo Moore Jo-Jo Moore NY1 30 138 543 150 .276
49 Billy Herman Billy Herman CHN 30 135 558 163 .292
50 Ham Schulte PHI 30 120 436 103 .236
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