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1978 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

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J. R. Richard led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1978 with 303, 43 ahead of Nolan Ryan (260). It stands 60th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times J. R. Richard led in strikeouts.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
J. R. Richard Led all of MLB in 1978 J. R. Richard Houston Astros
303 Strikeouts 43 clear of Nolan Ryan
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# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 303 18 11 3.11 275.1
2 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 260 10 13 3.72 234.2
3 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 248 19 18 2.88 334.1
4 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA 248 25 3 1.74 273.2
5 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 226 16 14 2.88 259.2
6 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 183 21 17 3.33 294.2
7 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT 182 14 10 3.03 243.2
8 John Montefusco John Montefusco SFN 177 11 9 3.81 238.2
9 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 171 18 10 2.79 258.0
10 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan BAL 167 19 15 4.03 281.1
11 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 162 20 8 2.99 268.1
12 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 161 16 13 2.84 247.1
13 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman NYN 160 3 15 3.75 235.1
14 Jon Matlack Jon Matlack TEX 157 15 13 2.27 270.0
15 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 157 18 8 3.04 249.0
16 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 154 21 6 2.73 260.2
17 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 154 15 11 3.55 238.1
18 Ken Kravec CHA 154 11 16 4.08 203.0
19 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 149 12 12 2.54 198.1
20 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 147 17 11 2.63 260.0
21 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 142 16 11 3.52 276.1
22 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 139 6 14 4.10 197.2
23 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer BAL 138 21 12 2.46 296.0
24 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana CAL 137 18 12 3.65 239.0
25 Don Robinson Don Robinson PIT 135 14 6 3.47 228.1
26 Milt Wilcox DET 132 13 12 3.76 215.1
27 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell ML4 131 22 9 2.36 293.1
28 Larry Christenson PHI 131 13 14 3.24 228.0
29 Mark Littell SLN 130 4 8 2.79 106.1
30 Chris Knapp CAL 126 14 8 4.21 188.1
31 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 126 13 10 2.47 219.0
32 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 125 9 6 2.43 207.1
33 Tommy John Tommy John LAN 124 17 10 3.30 213.0
34 Rich Gossage Rich Gossage NYA 122 10 11 2.01 134.1
35 Roger Erickson Roger Erickson MIN 121 14 13 3.96 265.2
36 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 120 16 13 3.96 250.0
37 Dick Ruthven Dick Ruthven PHI +1 120 15 11 3.38 231.2
38 Steve Stone Steve Stone CHA 118 12 12 4.37 212.0
39 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 116 15 10 2.49 220.1
40 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 115 14 15 3.41 242.2
41 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 114 11 17 3.70 233.2
42 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant BOS 114 13 8 3.31 212.1
43 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 111 11 9 3.70 177.1
44 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK 108 8 15 3.24 197.1
45 Bruce Sutter Bruce Sutter CHN 106 8 10 3.19 98.2
46 Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn MIN 106 14 14 3.03 252.1
47 Rick Wise Rick Wise CLE 106 9 19 4.34 211.2
48 Jim Clancy Jim Clancy TOR 106 10 12 4.09 193.2
49 Ed Halicki Ed Halicki SFN 105 9 10 2.85 199.0
50 John D'Acquisto John D'Acquisto SDN 104 4 3 2.13 93.0
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