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1956 AL Strikeouts Leaders

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Herb Score led the AL in strikeouts in 1956 with 263, 71 ahead of Billy Pierce (192). It was one of 2 times Herb Score led in strikeouts.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
Herb Score Led the AL in 1956 Herb Score Cleveland Indians
263 Strikeouts 71 clear of Billy Pierce
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Herb Score Herb Score CLE 263 20 9 2.53 249.1
2 Billy Pierce Billy Pierce CHA 192 20 9 3.32 276.1
3 Paul Foytack Paul Foytack DET 184 15 13 3.59 256.0
4 Billy Hoeft Billy Hoeft DET 172 20 14 4.06 248.0
5 Frank Lary Frank Lary DET 165 21 13 3.15 294.0
6 Camilo Pascual Camilo Pascual WS1 162 6 18 5.87 188.2
7 Early Wynn Early Wynn CLE 158 20 9 2.72 277.2
8 Jack Harshman Jack Harshman CHA 143 15 11 3.10 226.2
9 Whitey Ford Whitey Ford NYA 141 19 6 2.47 225.2
10 Connie Johnson Connie Johnson BAL +1 136 9 11 3.44 196.0
11 Tom Brewer Tom Brewer BOS 127 19 9 3.50 244.1
12 Art Ditmar Art Ditmar KC1 126 12 22 4.42 254.1
13 Dick Donovan Dick Donovan CHA 120 12 10 3.64 234.2
14 Mike Garcia Mike Garcia CLE 119 11 12 3.78 197.2
15 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan BOS 116 14 7 3.42 242.0
16 Jim Wilson Jim Wilson CHA +1 113 13 14 4.28 208.0
17 Tom Sturdivant Tom Sturdivant NYA 110 16 8 3.30 158.1
18 Don Larsen Don Larsen NYA 107 11 5 3.26 179.2
19 Ike Delock BOS 105 13 7 4.21 128.1
20 Ray Moore Ray Moore BAL 105 12 7 4.18 185.0
21 Chuck Stobbs Chuck Stobbs WS1 97 15 15 3.60 240.0
22 Bob Lemon Bob Lemon CLE 94 20 14 3.03 255.1
23 Dave Sisler Dave Sisler BOS 93 9 8 4.62 142.1
24 Bob Turley Bob Turley NYA 91 8 4 5.05 132.0
25 Dean Stone WS1 86 5 7 6.27 132.0
26 Bill Wight Bill Wight BAL 84 9 12 4.02 174.2
27 Don Ferrarese Don Ferrarese BAL 81 4 10 5.03 102.0
28 Willard Nixon Willard Nixon BOS 74 9 8 4.21 145.1
29 Bobby Shantz Bobby Shantz KC1 67 2 7 4.35 101.1
30 Johnny Kucks Johnny Kucks NYA 67 18 9 3.85 224.1
31 Steve Gromek Steve Gromek DET 64 8 6 4.28 141.0
32 Erv Palica Erv Palica BAL 62 4 11 4.49 116.1
33 Lou Kretlow Lou Kretlow KC1 61 4 9 5.31 118.2
34 Jack Crimian KC1 59 4 8 5.51 129.0
35 Don Mossi Don Mossi CLE 59 6 5 3.59 87.2
36 Mike Fornieles Mike Fornieles BAL +1 59 4 8 4.05 126.2
37 Troy Herriage KC1 59 1 13 6.64 103.0
38 Hal Brown Hal Brown BAL 57 9 7 4.04 151.2
39 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman KC1 56 9 10 3.83 171.1
40 Pedro Ramos Pedro Ramos WS1 54 12 10 5.27 152.0
41 Wally Burnette KC1 54 6 8 2.89 121.1
42 Bob Porterfield Bob Porterfield BOS 53 3 12 5.14 126.0
43 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne NYA 52 7 3 3.36 109.2
44 Bob Wiesler WS1 49 3 12 6.44 123.0
45 Hal Griggs WS1 48 1 6 6.02 98.2
46 Bob Grim Bob Grim NYA 48 6 1 2.77 74.2
47 Alex Kellner KC1 44 7 4 4.32 91.2
48 Virgil Trucks Virgil Trucks DET 43 6 5 3.83 120.0
49 Ray Narleski Ray Narleski CLE 42 3 2 1.52 59.1
50 Rip Coleman NYA 42 3 5 3.67 88.1
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