1972 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Lee May and Bobby Darwin shared the lead in the majors with 145 strikeouts in 1972, 5 ahead of Dave Kingman (140).

Led all of MLB in 1972 Lee May Houston Astros

145 Strikeouts Tied with Bobby Darwin

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

#	Player	Team	SO	G	AB	H	AVG
1	Lee May	HOU	145	148	592	168	.284
2	Bobby Darwin	MIN	145	145	513	137	.267
3	Dave Kingman	SFN	140	135	472	106	.225
4	Bobby Bonds	SFN	137	153	626	162	.259
5	George Scott	ML4	130	152	578	154	.266
6	Willie Stargell	PIT	129	138	495	145	.293
7	Nate Colbert	SDN	127	151	563	141	.250
8	Dick Allen	CHA	126	148	506	156	.308
9	Reggie Jackson	OAK	125	135	499	132	.265
10	Tony Perez	CIN	121	136	515	146	.283
11	Doug Rader	HOU	120	152	553	131	.237
12	Earl Williams	ATL	118	151	565	146	.258
13	Greg Luzinski	PHI	114	150	563	158	.281
14	Bob Bailey	MON	112	143	489	114	.233
15	Bob Oliver	CAL +1	109	150	572	154	.269
16	Willie Montanez	PHI	108	147	531	131	.247
17	Aurelio Rodriguez	DET	104	153	601	142	.236
18	Tommy Harper	BOS	104	144	556	141	.254
19	Rick Monday	CHN	102	138	434	108	.249
20	Leroy Stanton	CAL	100	127	402	101	.251
21	Jim Wynn	HOU	99	145	542	148	.273
22	Ken Singleton	MON	99	142	507	139	.274
23	Garry Maddox	SFN	97	125	458	122	.266
24	Bobby Grich	BAL	96	133	460	128	.278
25	Lou Brock	SLN	93	153	621	193	.311
26	Don Money	PHI	92	152	536	119	.222
27	Chris Speier	SFN	92	150	562	151	.269
28	Boog Powell	BAL	92	140	465	117	.252
29	Tommie Agee	NYN	92	114	422	96	.227
30	JJ Johnny Jeter	SDN	92	110	326	72	.221
31	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	91	147	521	125	.240
32	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	91	139	433	100	.231
33	Bert Campaneris	OAK	88	149	625	150	.240
34	Bobby Tolan	CIN	88	149	604	171	.283
35	Johnny Bench	CIN	84	147	538	145	.270
36	Bob Robertson	PIT	84	115	306	59	.193
37	Bob Watson	HOU	83	147	548	171	.312
38	Carlton Fisk	BOS	83	131	457	134	.293
39	Don Buford	BAL	83	125	408	84	.206
40	Cleon Jones	NYN	83	106	375	92	.245
41	Dave Nelson	TEX	81	145	499	113	.226
42	Ted Ford	TEX	80	129	429	101	.235
43	Mike Andrews	CHA	78	148	505	111	.220
44	Paul Blair	BAL	78	142	477	111	.233
45	Dick Billings	TEX	77	133	469	119	.254
46	Denis Menke	CIN	76	140	447	104	.233
47	Cito Gaston	SDN	76	111	379	102	.269
48	Frank Robinson	LAN	76	103	342	86	.251
49	Ron Santo	CHN	75	133	464	140	.302
50	Mike Jorgensen	MON	75	113	372	86	.231

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