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1979 NL Strikeouts Leaders

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J. R. Richard led the NL in strikeouts in 1979 with 313, 100 ahead of Steve Carlton (213). It was one of 2 times J. R. Richard led in strikeouts.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
J. R. Richard Led the NL in 1979 J. R. Richard Houston Astros
313 Strikeouts 100 clear of Steve Carlton
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 313 18 13 2.71 292.1
2 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 213 18 11 3.62 251.0
3 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 208 21 20 3.39 342.0
4 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT 172 12 5 3.60 237.1
5 Lynn McGlothen Lynn McGlothen CHN 147 13 14 4.12 212.0
6 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 146 12 15 3.82 226.0
7 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 145 14 13 3.29 251.1
8 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 145 15 10 3.59 233.0
9 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 143 13 12 3.00 248.2
10 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 140 12 11 3.06 232.2
11 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 138 14 14 5.01 237.0
12 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson MON 138 9 8 3.43 168.0
13 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 131 16 6 3.14 215.0
14 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 129 11 10 2.97 212.0
15 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 125 18 12 3.62 239.0
16 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 123 9 12 4.64 207.1
17 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 119 21 11 3.00 263.2
18 Mike Krukow Mike Krukow CHN 119 9 9 4.21 164.2
19 Bob Shirley Bob Shirley SDN 117 8 16 3.38 205.0
20 Rick Sutcliffe Rick Sutcliffe LAN 117 17 10 3.46 242.0
21 Pete Falcone Pete Falcone NYN 113 6 14 4.16 184.0
22 Randy Jones Randy Jones SDN 112 11 12 3.63 263.0
23 Bruce Sutter Bruce Sutter CHN 110 6 6 2.22 101.1
24 Enrique Romo Enrique Romo PIT 106 10 5 2.99 129.1
25 Dan Schatzeder Dan Schatzeder MON 106 10 5 2.83 162.0
26 Bruce Kison PIT 105 13 7 3.19 172.1
27 Bill Caudill Bill Caudill CHN 104 1 7 4.80 90.0
28 Jim Bibby Jim Bibby PIT 103 12 4 2.81 137.2
29 Silvio Martinez Silvio Martinez SLN 102 15 8 3.27 206.2
30 John Candelaria John Candelaria PIT 101 14 9 3.22 207.0
31 John Denny John Denny SLN 99 8 11 4.85 206.0
32 John D'Acquisto John D'Acquisto SDN 97 9 13 4.92 133.2
33 Eddie Solomon Eddie Solomon ATL 96 7 14 4.21 186.0
34 Don Robinson Don Robinson PIT 96 8 8 3.87 160.2
35 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 95 11 13 3.64 195.1
36 Ed Whitson Ed Whitson PIT +1 93 7 11 4.10 158.0
37 Randy Lerch Randy Lerch PHI 92 10 13 3.74 214.0
38 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 92 11 11 3.83 218.2
39 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 88 14 12 3.65 212.0
40 Doug Bair CIN 86 11 7 4.29 94.1
41 Dennis Lamp Dennis Lamp CHN 86 11 10 3.50 200.1
42 John Curtis John Curtis SFN 85 10 9 4.18 120.2
43 Joe Sambito Joe Sambito HOU 83 8 7 1.77 91.1
44 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 83 7 14 3.54 160.0
45 Tom Griffin Tom Griffin SFN 82 5 6 3.91 94.1
46 Ed Halicki Ed Halicki SFN 81 5 8 4.58 125.2
47 Gary Lavelle Gary Lavelle SFN 80 7 9 2.51 96.2
48 Tom Hume Tom Hume CIN 80 10 9 2.76 163.0
49 Bill Bonham Bill Bonham CIN 78 9 7 3.79 175.2
50 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 77 12 12 3.43 194.0
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