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1987 NL Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Strikeouts per nine innings

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Nolan Ryan led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1987 with 11.48, 3.01 ahead of Mike Scott (8.47). It was one of 12 times Nolan Ryan led in strikeouts / 9.

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Nolan Ryan Led the NL in 1987 Nolan Ryan Houston Astros
11.48 Strikeouts / 9 3.01 clear of Mike Scott
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# Player Team K/9 W L ERA IP
1 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan HOU 11.48 8 16 2.76 211.2
2 Mike Scott Mike Scott HOU 8.47 16 13 3.23 247.2
3 Bob Sebra Bob Sebra MON 7.92 6 15 4.42 177.1
4 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden NYN 7.41 15 7 3.21 179.2
5 Ron Darling Ron Darling NYN 7.24 12 8 4.29 207.2
6 Bob Welch Bob Welch LAN 7.01 15 9 3.22 251.2
7 Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela LAN 6.81 14 14 3.98 251.0
8 Kelly Downs Kelly Downs SFN 6.63 12 9 3.63 186.0
9 Rick Sutcliffe Rick Sutcliffe CHN 6.60 18 10 3.68 237.1
10 Jamie Moyer Jamie Moyer CHN 6.58 12 15 5.10 201.0
11 Dave Dravecky Dave Dravecky SDN +1 6.49 10 12 3.43 191.1
12 Orel Hershiser Orel Hershiser LAN 6.46 16 16 3.06 264.2
13 Danny Darwin HOU 6.16 9 10 3.59 195.2
14 Doug Drabek Doug Drabek PIT 6.12 11 12 3.88 176.1
15 Ed Whitson Ed Whitson SDN 5.91 10 13 4.73 205.2
16 Ted Power CIN 5.87 10 13 4.50 204.0
17 Tom Browning Tom Browning CIN 5.75 10 13 5.02 183.0
18 Mike Krukow Mike Krukow SFN 5.74 5 6 4.80 163.0
19 Atlee Hammaker Atlee Hammaker SFN 5.72 10 10 3.58 168.1
20 Brian Fisher PIT 5.68 11 9 4.52 185.1
21 Joe Magrane Joe Magrane SLN 5.34 9 7 3.54 170.1
22 Don Carman PHI 5.33 13 11 4.22 211.0
23 Eric Show Eric Show SDN 5.10 8 16 3.84 206.1
24 Mark Grant SDN +1 4.96 7 9 4.24 163.1
25 Bill Gullickson Bill Gullickson CIN +1 4.94 14 13 4.86 213.0
26 Kevin Gross PHI 4.93 9 16 4.35 200.2
27 Greg Mathews Greg Mathews SLN 4.92 11 11 3.73 197.2
28 Neal Heaton Neal Heaton MON 4.89 13 10 4.52 193.1
29 Zane Smith ATL 4.83 15 10 4.09 242.0
30 Shane Rawley Shane Rawley PHI 4.82 17 11 4.39 229.2
31 Doyle Alexander Doyle Alexander ATL +1 4.72 14 10 3.01 206.0
32 Danny Cox Danny Cox SLN 4.56 11 9 3.88 199.1
33 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 4.47 11 7 4.32 179.0
34 Rick Mahler Rick Mahler ATL 4.34 8 13 4.98 197.0
35 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel PIT +1 4.24 13 9 3.09 227.0
36 Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss SFN 4.16 13 10 3.68 171.0
37 Bruce Ruffin Bruce Ruffin PHI 4.09 11 14 4.35 204.2
38 Mike Dunne Mike Dunne PIT 3.97 13 6 3.03 163.1
39 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper HOU 3.85 8 17 5.27 177.2