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1981 NL Strikeouts Leaders

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Fernando Valenzuela led the NL in strikeouts in 1981 with 180, 1 ahead of Steve Carlton (179).

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Fernando Valenzuela Led the NL in 1981 Fernando Valenzuela Los Angeles Dodgers
180 Strikeouts 1 clear of Steve Carlton
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela LAN 180 13 7 2.48 192.1
2 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 179 13 4 2.42 190.0
3 Mario Soto Mario Soto CIN 151 12 9 3.29 175.0
4 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan HOU 140 11 5 1.69 149.0
5 Bill Gullickson Bill Gullickson MON 115 7 9 2.80 157.1
6 Bruce Berenyi Bruce Berenyi CIN 106 9 6 3.50 126.0
7 Don Sutton Don Sutton HOU 104 11 9 2.61 158.2
8 Mike Krukow Mike Krukow CHN 101 9 9 3.68 144.1
9 Bob Welch Bob Welch LAN 88 9 5 3.44 141.1
10 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 87 14 2 2.54 166.1
11 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 87 12 8 3.42 160.2
12 Tom Griffin Tom Griffin SFN 83 8 8 3.76 129.1
13 Tommy Boggs Tommy Boggs ATL 81 3 13 4.10 142.2
14 Juan Eichelberger Juan Eichelberger SDN 81 8 8 3.50 141.1
15 Frank Pastore Frank Pastore CIN 81 4 9 4.02 132.0
16 Dick Ruthven Dick Ruthven PHI 80 12 7 5.15 146.2
17 Al Holland Al Holland SFN 78 7 5 2.41 100.2
18 Doyle Alexander Doyle Alexander SFN 77 11 7 2.89 152.1
19 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 77 9 9 2.82 166.0
20 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson MON 77 9 7 2.95 137.1
21 Pat Zachry Pat Zachry NYN 76 7 14 4.14 139.0
22 Rick Rhoden Rick Rhoden PIT 76 9 4 3.89 136.1
23 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN +1 75 8 11 3.11 156.1
24 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper HOU 75 9 5 2.18 156.2
25 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 74 11 6 2.28 142.1
26 Steve Mura Steve Mura SDN 70 5 14 4.28 138.2
27 Larry Christenson PHI 70 4 7 3.54 106.2
28 Rod Scurry Rod Scurry PIT 65 4 5 3.77 74.0
29 Ed Whitson Ed Whitson SFN 65 6 9 4.02 123.0
30 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 63 8 6 2.45 124.2
31 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 62 7 7 3.10 139.1
32 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry ATL 60 8 9 3.94 150.2
33 Bruce Sutter Bruce Sutter SLN 57 3 5 2.62 82.1
34 Pete Falcone Pete Falcone NYN 56 5 3 2.55 95.1
35 Rick Mahler Rick Mahler ATL 54 8 6 2.80 112.1
36 Mike Scott Mike Scott NYN 54 5 10 3.90 136.0
37 Greg Harris Greg Harris NYN 54 3 5 4.46 68.2
38 Gary Lucas SDN 53 7 7 2.00 90.0
39 Dave Smith Dave Smith HOU 52 5 3 2.76 75.0
40 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen SLN 52 7 7 3.27 140.1
41 Ray Burris Ray Burris MON 52 9 7 3.05 135.2
42 Jerry Reuss Jerry Reuss LAN 51 10 4 2.30 152.2
43 Chris Welsh SDN 51 6 7 3.78 123.2
44 Neil Allen NYN 50 7 6 2.97 66.2
45 Lee Smith Lee Smith CHN 50 3 6 3.51 66.2
46 Ken Kravec CHN 50 1 6 5.06 78.1
47 Jeff Reardon Jeff Reardon MON +1 49 3 0 2.18 70.1
48 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz LAN 48 2 7 4.09 77.0
49 Jim Bibby Jim Bibby PIT 48 6 3 2.50 93.2
50 Rick Camp ATL 47 9 3 1.78 76.0
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