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1986 NL Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Strikeouts per nine innings

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Mike Scott led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1986 with 10.00, 0.19 ahead of Nolan Ryan (9.81).

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Mike Scott Led the NL in 1986 Mike Scott Houston Astros
10.00 Strikeouts / 9 0.19 clear of Nolan Ryan
Showing Strikeouts / 9 and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team K/9 W L ERA IP
1 Mike Scott Mike Scott HOU 10.00 18 10 2.22 275.1
2 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan HOU 9.81 12 8 3.34 178.0
3 Sid Fernandez Sid Fernandez NYN 8.81 16 6 3.52 204.1
4 Floyd Youmans MON 8.30 13 12 3.53 219.0
5 Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela LAN 8.09 21 11 3.14 269.1
6 David Palmer ATL 7.30 11 10 3.65 209.2
7 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden NYN 7.20 17 6 2.84 250.0
8 Ron Darling Ron Darling NYN 6.99 15 6 2.81 237.0
9 Bob Welch Bob Welch LAN 6.99 7 13 3.28 235.2
10 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson CHN 6.58 9 11 4.19 169.2
11 Mike Krukow Mike Krukow SFN 6.54 20 9 3.05 245.0
12 Scott Garrelts Scott Garrelts SFN 6.48 13 9 3.11 173.2
13 Rick Sutcliffe CHN 6.22 5 14 4.64 176.2
14 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley CHN 6.13 6 11 4.57 201.0
15 Bob Ojeda Bob Ojeda NYN 6.13 18 5 2.57 217.1
16 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI +2 6.12 9 14 5.10 176.1
17 Zane Smith ATL 6.11 8 16 4.05 204.2
18 John Denny John Denny CIN 6.04 11 10 4.20 171.1
19 Orel Hershiser Orel Hershiser LAN 5.95 14 14 3.85 231.1
20 Kevin Gross PHI 5.74 12 12 4.02 241.2
21 Rick Rhoden Rick Rhoden PIT 5.64 15 12 2.84 253.2
22 Jay Tibbs Jay Tibbs MON 5.53 7 9 3.97 190.1
23 Tom Browning Tom Browning CIN 5.44 14 13 3.81 243.1
24 Rick Honeycutt LAN 5.26 11 9 3.32 171.0
25 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel PIT 5.22 9 16 3.96 215.2
26 Rick Mahler Rick Mahler ATL 5.19 14 18 4.88 237.2
27 Bryn Smith MON 5.04 10 8 3.94 187.1
28 Andy Hawkins SDN 5.03 10 8 4.30 209.1
29 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper HOU 4.99 17 12 3.14 258.0
30 Joe Johnson Joe Johnson ATL +1 4.53 13 9 4.42 175.0
31 Bill Gullickson CIN 4.45 15 12 3.38 244.2
32 Danny Cox Danny Cox SLN 4.42 12 13 2.90 220.0
33 John Tudor John Tudor SLN 4.40 13 7 2.92 219.0
34 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 4.07 14 10 3.25 230.0
35 Steve Trout Steve Trout CHN 3.86 5 7 4.75 161.0
36 Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss SFN 3.79 10 13 3.57 204.1