List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders
National League

List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders

Section Title: National League
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Year	Leader	K	Team	Runner-up	K	Ref

1876	Jim Devlin	122	Louisville Grays	George Bradley	103

1877	Tommy Bond	170	Boston Red Caps	Jim Devlin	141

1878	Tommy Bond	182	Boston Red Caps	Will White	169

1879	John Montgomery Ward	239	Providence Grays	Will White	232

1880	Larry Corcoran	268	Chicago White Stockings	Jim McCormick	260

1881	George Derby	212	Detroit Wolverines	Jim McCormick	178

1882	Charles Radbourn	201	Cleveland Spiders	Jim McCormick	200

1883	Jim Whitney	345	Boston Beaneaters	Charles Radbourn	315

1884	Charles Radbourn	441	Providence Grays	Charlie Buffinton	417

1885	John Clarkson	308	Chicago White Stockings	Mickey Welch	258

1886	Lady Baldwin	323	Detroit Wolverines	John Clarkson	313

1887	John Clarkson	237	Chicago White Stockings	Tim Keefe	189

1888	Tim Keefe	335	New York Giants	John Clarkson	223

1889	John Clarkson	284	Boston Beaneaters	Tim Keefe	225

1890	Amos Rusie	341	New York Giants	Bill Hutchinson	289

1891	Amos Rusie	337	New York Giants	Bill Hutchinson	261

1892	Bill Hutchinson	314	Chicago White Stockings	Amos Rusie	304

1893	Amos Rusie	208	New York Giants	Brickyard Kennedy	107

1894	Amos Rusie	195	New York Giants	Ted Breitenstein	140

1895	Amos Rusie	201	Cleveland Spiders	Kid Nichols	148

1896	Cy Young	140	Cleveland Spiders	Pink Hawley	137

1897	Doc McJames Cy Seymour	156	Washington Senators New York Giants	Joe Corbett	149

1898	Cy Seymour	239	New York Giants	Doc McJames	178

1899	Noodles Hahn	145	Cincinnati Reds	Cy Seymour	142

1900	Noodles Hahn	132	Cincinnati Reds	Rube Waddell	130

1901	Noodles Hahn	239	Cincinnati Reds	Bill Donovan	226

1902	Vic Willis	225	Boston Beaneaters	Doc White	185

1903	Christy Mathewson	267	New York Giants	Joe McGinnity	171

1904	Christy Mathewson	212	New York Giants	Vic Willis	196

1905	Christy Mathewson	206	New York Giants	Red Ames	198

1906	Fred Beebe	171	Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals	Francis "Big Jeff" Pfeffer	158

1907	Christy Mathewson	178	New York Giants	Bob Ewing	147

1908	Christy Mathewson	259	New York Giants	Nap Rucker	199

1909	Orval Overall	205	Chicago Cubs	Nap Rucker	201

1910	Earl Moore	185	Philadelphia Phillies	Christy Mathewson	184

1911	Rube Marquard	237	New York Giants	Grover Cleveland Alexander	227

1912	Grover Cleveland Alexander	195	Philadelphia Phillies	Claude Hendrix	176

1913	Tom Seaton	168	Philadelphia Phillies	Jeff Tesreau	167

1914	Grover Cleveland Alexander	214	Philadelphia Phillies	Jeff Tesreau	189

1915	Grover Cleveland Alexander	241	Philadelphia Phillies	Jeff Tesreau	176

1916	Grover Cleveland Alexander	167	Philadelphia Phillies	Larry Cheney	166

1917	Grover Cleveland Alexander	200	Philadelphia Phillies	Hippo Vaughn	195

1918	Hippo Vaughn	148	Chicago Cubs	Wilbur Cooper	117

1919	Hippo Vaughn	141	Chicago Cubs	Hod Eller	137

1920	Grover Cleveland Alexander	173	Chicago Cubs	Burleigh Grimes Hippo Vaughn	131

1921	Burleigh Grimes	136	Brooklyn Robins	Wilbur Cooper	134

1922	Dazzy Vance	134	Brooklyn Robins	Wilbur Cooper	129

1923	Dazzy Vance	197	Brooklyn Robins	Dolf Luque	151

1924	Dazzy Vance	262	Brooklyn Robins	Burleigh Grimes	135

1925	Dazzy Vance	221	Brooklyn Robins	Dolf Luque	140

1926	Dazzy Vance	140	Brooklyn Robins	Charlie Root	127

1927	Dazzy Vance	184	Brooklyn Robins	Charlie Root	145

1928	Dazzy Vance	200	Brooklyn Robins	Pat Malone	155

1929	Pat Malone	166	Chicago Cubs	Watty Clark	140

1930	Bill Hallahan	177	St. Louis Cardinals	Dazzy Vance	173

1931	Bill Hallahan	159	St. Louis Cardinals	Carl Hubbell	155

1932	Dizzy Dean	191	St. Louis Cardinals	Carl Hubbell	137

1933	Dizzy Dean	199	St. Louis Cardinals	Carl Hubbell	156

1934	Dizzy Dean	195	St. Louis Cardinals	Van Mungo	184

1935	Dizzy Dean	190	St. Louis Cardinals	Carl Hubbell	150

1936	Van Mungo	238	Brooklyn Dodgers	Dizzy Dean	195

1937	Carl Hubbell	159	New York Giants	Lee Grissom	149

1938	Clay Bryant	135	Chicago Cubs	Paul Derringer	132

1939	Claude Passeau Bucky Walters	137	Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	Mort Cooper	130

1940	Kirby Higbe	137	Philadelphia Phillies	Claude Passeau Whit Wyatt	124

1941	Johnny Vander Meer	202	Cincinnati Reds	Whit Wyatt	176

1942	Johnny Vander Meer	186	Cincinnati Reds	Mort Cooper	152

1943	Johnny Vander Meer	174	Cincinnati Reds	Mort Cooper	141

1944	Bill Voiselle	161	New York Giants	Max Lanier	141

1945	Preacher Roe	148	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hal Gregg	139

1946	Johnny Schmitz	135	Chicago Cubs	Kirby Higbe	134

1947	Ewell Blackwell	193	Cincinnati Reds	Ralph Branca	148

1948	Harry Brecheen	149	St. Louis Cardinals	Rex Barney	138

1949	Warren Spahn	151	Boston Braves	Don Newcombe	149

1950	Warren Spahn	191	Boston Braves	Ewell Blackwell	188

1951	Don Newcombe Warren Spahn	164	Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Braves	Sal Maglie	146

1952	Warren Spahn	183	Boston Braves	Bob Rush	157

1953	Robin Roberts	198	Philadelphia Phillies	Carl Erskine	187

1954	Robin Roberts	185	Philadelphia Phillies	Harvey Haddix	184

1955	Sam Jones	198	Chicago Cubs	Robin Roberts	160

1956	Sam Jones	176	Chicago Cubs	Harvey Haddix	170

1957	Jack Sanford	188	Philadelphia Phillies	Moe Drabowsky Dick Drott	170

1958	Sam Jones	225	Chicago Cubs	Warren Spahn	150

1959	Don Drysdale	242	Los Angeles Dodgers	Sam Jones	209

1960	Don Drysdale	246	Los Angeles Dodgers	Sandy Koufax	197

1961	Sandy Koufax	269	Los Angeles Dodgers	Stan Williams	205

1962	Don Drysdale	232	Los Angeles Dodgers	Sandy Koufax	219

1963	Sandy Koufax	306	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jim Maloney	265

1964	Bob Veale	250	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bob Gibson	245

1965	Sandy Koufax	382	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bob Veale	276

1966	Sandy Koufax	317	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jim Bunning	252

1967	Jim Bunning	253	Philadelphia Phillies	Ferguson Jenkins	236

1968	Bob Gibson	268	St. Louis Cardinals	Ferguson Jenkins	260

1969	Ferguson Jenkins	273	Chicago Cubs	Bob Gibson	269

1970	Tom Seaver	283	New York Mets	Bob Gibson Ferguson Jenkins	274

1971	Tom Seaver	289	New York Mets	Ferguson Jenkins	263

1972	Steve Carlton	310	Philadelphia Phillies	Tom Seaver	249

1973	Tom Seaver	251	New York Mets	Steve Carlton	223

1974	Steve Carlton	240	Philadelphia Phillies	Andy Messersmith	221

1975	Tom Seaver	243	New York Mets	John Montefusco	215

1976	Tom Seaver	235	New York Mets	J. R. Richard	214

1977	Phil Niekro	262	Atlanta Braves	J. R. Richard	214

1978	J. R. Richard	303	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro	248

1979	J. R. Richard	313	Houston Astros	Steve Carlton	213

1980	Steve Carlton	286	Philadelphia Phillies	Nolan Ryan	200

1981	Fernando Valenzuela	180	Los Angeles Dodgers	Steve Carlton	179

1982	Steve Carlton	286	Philadelphia Phillies	Mario Soto	274

1983	Steve Carlton	275	Philadelphia Phillies	Mario Soto	242

1984	Dwight Gooden	276	New York Mets	Fernando Valenzuela	240

1985	Dwight Gooden	268	New York Mets	Mario Soto	214

1986	Mike Scott	306	Houston Astros	Fernando Valenzuela	242

1987	Nolan Ryan	270	Houston Astros	Mike Scott	233

1988	Nolan Ryan	228	Houston Astros	David Cone	213

1989	José DeLeón	201	St. Louis Cardinals	Tim Belcher	200

1990	David Cone	233	New York Mets	Dwight Gooden Ramón Martínez	223

1991	David Cone	241	New York Mets	Greg Maddux†	198

1992	John Smoltz†	215	Atlanta Braves	David Cone	214

1993	José Rijo	227	Cincinnati Reds	John Smoltz†	208

1994	Andy Benes	189	San Diego Padres	José Rijo	171

1995	Hideo Nomo	236	Los Angeles Dodgers	John Smoltz†	193

1996	John Smoltz†	276	Atlanta Braves	Hideo Nomo	234

1997	Curt Schilling	319	Philadelphia Phillies	Pedro Martínez†	305

1998	Curt Schilling	300	Philadelphia Phillies	Kevin Brown	257

1999	Randy Johnson†	364	Arizona Diamondbacks	Kevin Brown	221

2000	Randy Johnson†	347	Arizona Diamondbacks	Chan Ho Park	217

2001	Randy Johnson†	372	Arizona Diamondbacks	Curt Schilling	293

2002	Randy Johnson†	334	Arizona Diamondbacks	Curt Schilling	316

2003	Kerry Wood	266	Chicago Cubs	Mark Prior	245

2004	Randy Johnson†	290	Arizona Diamondbacks	Ben Sheets	264

2005	Jake Peavy	216	San Diego Padres	Chris Carpenter	213

2006	Aaron Harang	216	Cincinnati Reds	Jake Peavy	215

2007	Jake Peavy	240	San Diego Padres	Aaron Harang	218

2008	Tim Lincecum	265	San Francisco Giants	Dan Haren Johan Santana Edinson Vólquez	206

2009	Tim Lincecum	261	San Francisco Giants	Javier Vázquez	238

2010	Tim Lincecum	231	San Francisco Giants	Roy Halladay	219

2011	Clayton Kershaw	248	Los Angeles Dodgers	Cliff Lee	238

2012	R.A. Dickey	230	New York Mets	Clayton Kershaw	229

2013	Clayton Kershaw	232	Los Angeles Dodgers	Cliff Lee	222

2014	Johnny Cueto Stephen Strasburg	242	Cincinnati Reds Washington Nationals	Clayton Kershaw	239

2015	Clayton Kershaw	301	Los Angeles Dodgers	Max Scherzer	276

2016	Max Scherzer	284	Washington Nationals	José Fernández	253

2017	Max Scherzer	268	Washington Nationals	Jacob deGrom	239

2018	Max Scherzer	300	Washington Nationals	Jacob deGrom	269

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Charlie Buffinton was the runner-up for that season in Major League Baseball with 417 strikeouts.

final_sentence: Charlie Buffinton was the runner-up for that season in Major League Baseball with 417 strikeouts.