1979 AL Strikeouts Leaders

Nolan Ryan led the AL with 223 strikeouts in 1979, 22 ahead of Ron Guidry (201). It was one of 11 times Nolan Ryan led in strikeouts.

Led the AL in 1979 Nolan Ryan California Angels

223 Strikeouts 22 clear of Ron Guidry

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Nolan Ryan	CAL	223	16	14	3.60	222.2
2	Ron Guidry	NYA	201	18	8	2.78	236.1
3	Mike Flanagan	BAL	190	23	9	3.08	265.2
4	Fergie Jenkins	TEX	164	16	14	4.07	259.0
5	Jerry Koosman	MIN	157	20	13	3.38	263.2
6	Dennis Eckersley	BOS	150	17	10	2.99	246.2
7	Jim Kern	TEX	136	13	5	1.57	143.0
8	Dennis Martinez	BAL	132	15	16	3.66	292.1
9	Dave Goltz	MIN	132	14	13	4.16	250.2
10	KK Ken Kravec	CHA	132	15	13	3.74	250.0
11	Mike Parrott	SEA	127	14	12	3.77	229.1
12	Tom Underwood	TOR	127	9	16	3.69	227.0
13	Dennis Leonard	KCA	126	14	12	4.08	236.0
14	Mike Torrez	BOS	125	16	13	4.49	252.1
15	RW Rich Wortham	CHA	119	14	14	4.90	204.0
16	Floyd Bannister	SEA	115	10	15	4.05	182.1
17	Jack Morris	DET	113	17	7	3.28	197.2
18	Tommy John	NYA	111	21	9	2.96	276.1
19	MW Milt Wilcox	DET	109	12	10	4.35	196.1
20	Sid Monge	CLE	108	12	10	2.40	131.0
21	Rick Wise	CLE	108	15	10	3.73	231.2
22	Dave Frost	CAL	107	16	10	3.57	239.1
23	Aurelio Lopez	DET	106	10	5	2.41	127.0
24	Luis Tiant	NYA	104	13	8	3.91	195.2
25	Rich Gale	KCA	103	9	10	5.65	181.2
26	Rick Langford	OAK	101	12	16	4.28	218.2
27	Steve Renko	BOS	99	11	9	4.11	171.0
28	Mark Clear	CAL	98	11	5	3.63	109.0
29	Dan Spillner	CLE	97	9	5	4.62	157.2
30	Don Aase	CAL	96	9	10	4.81	185.1
31	Steve Stone	BAL	96	11	7	3.77	186.0
32	John Henry Johnson	TEX +1	96	4	14	4.63	167.0
33	Mike Norris	OAK	96	5	8	4.80	146.1
34	Matt Keough	OAK	95	2	17	5.04	176.2
35	Moose Haas	ML4	95	11	11	4.78	184.2
36	Len Barker	CLE	93	6	6	4.92	137.1
37	Rick Waits	CLE	91	16	13	4.44	231.0
38	Mike Caldwell	ML4	89	16	6	3.29	235.0
39	Steve McCatty	OAK	87	11	12	4.22	185.2
40	Steve Comer	TEX	86	17	12	3.68	242.1
41	Pete Redfern	MIN	85	7	3	3.49	108.1
42	LG Larry Gura	KCA	85	13	12	4.47	233.2
43	RH Rick Honeycutt	SEA	83	11	12	4.04	194.0
44	PU Pat Underwood	DET	83	6	4	4.59	121.2
45	Mike Marshall	MIN	81	10	15	2.65	142.2
46	Scott McGregor	BAL	81	13	6	3.35	174.2
47	Jim Slaton	ML4	80	15	9	3.63	213.0
48	Paul Splittorff	KCA	77	15	17	4.24	240.0
49	Steve Trout	CHA	76	11	8	3.89	155.0
50	Byron McLaughlin	SEA	74	7	7	4.22	123.2

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