1978 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Gary Alexander led the majors with 166 strikeouts in 1978, 21 ahead of Dale Murphy (145).

Led all of MLB in 1978 Gary Alexander Cleveland Indians

166 Strikeouts 21 clear of Dale Murphy

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

#	Player	Team	SO	G	AB	H	AVG
1	Gary Alexander	CLE +1	166	148	498	112	.225
2	Dale Murphy	ATL	145	151	530	120	.226
3	George Foster	CIN	138	158	604	170	.281
4	Greg Luzinski	PHI	135	155	540	143	.265
5	Reggie Jackson	NYA	133	139	511	140	.274
6	Gorman Thomas	ML4	133	137	452	111	.246
7	Andre Dawson	MON	128	157	609	154	.253
8	Jim Rice	BOS	126	163	677	213	.315
9	Butch Hobson	BOS	122	147	512	128	.250
10	Bobby Bonds	TEX +1	120	156	565	151	.267
11	Dwight Evans	BOS	119	147	497	123	.247
12	Dave Kingman	CHN	111	119	395	105	.266
13	Lee May	BAL	110	148	556	137	.246
14	SH Steve Henderson	NYN	109	157	587	156	.266
15	Bill Robinson	PIT	105	136	499	123	.246
16	Ron LeFlore	DET	104	155	666	198	.297
17	Omar Moreno	PIT	104	155	515	121	.235
18	Tony Perez	MON	104	148	544	158	.290
19	Mike Schmidt	PHI	103	145	513	129	.251
20	Larry Parrish	MON	103	144	520	144	.277
21	Rick Monday	LAN	100	119	342	87	.254
22	Gene Tenace	SDN	98	142	401	90	.224
23	Eddie Murray	BAL	97	161	610	174	.285
24	Ron Cey	LAN	96	159	555	150	.270
25	Jason Thompson	DET	96	153	589	169	.287
26	MP Mitchell Page	OAK	95	147	516	147	.285
27	Ken Singleton	BAL	94	149	502	147	.293
28	Willie Stargell	PIT	93	122	390	115	.295
29	Willie Montanez	NYN	92	159	609	156	.256
30	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	92	153	488	147	.301
31	Dave Parker	PIT	92	148	581	194	.334
32	Gary Matthews	ATL	92	129	474	135	.285
33	Bump Wills	TEX	91	157	539	135	.250
34	Dave McKay	TOR	91	145	504	120	.238
35	Larry Hisle	ML4	90	142	520	151	.290
36	Reggie Smith	LAN	90	128	447	132	.295
37	Garry Maddox	PHI	89	155	598	172	.288
38	Dan Ford	MIN	88	151	592	162	.274
39	Ellis Valentine	MON	88	151	570	165	.289
40	Steve Kemp	DET	87	159	582	161	.277
41	Garry Templeton	SLN	87	155	647	181	.280
42	George Scott	BOS	86	120	412	96	.233
43	Ruppert Jones	SEA	85	129	472	111	.235
44	Clint Hurdle	KCA	84	133	417	110	.264
45	Carlton Fisk	BOS	83	157	571	162	.284
46	Dave Concepcion	CIN	83	153	565	170	.301
47	Bobby Grich	CAL	83	144	487	122	.251
48	Sixto Lezcano	ML4	83	132	442	129	.292
49	Johnny Bench	CIN	83	120	393	102	.260
50	Lee Mazzilli	NYN	82	148	542	148	.273

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