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Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerSO_p  Single-SeasonSO_p  ActiveSO_p  YearlySO_p 
1871Al Pratt34 Al Pratt34 Al Pratt34 Al Pratt34
1872Bobby Mathews72 Bobby Mathews55 Bobby Mathews72 Bobby Mathews55
1873Bobby Mathews147 Bobby Mathews75 Bobby Mathews147 Bobby Mathews75
1874Bobby Mathews157 Bobby Mathews75 Bobby Mathews157 Dan Collins18
1875Bobby Mathews167 Bobby Mathews75 Bobby Mathews167 Frank Fleet26
1876Bobby Mathews204 Jim Devlin122 Bobby Mathews204 Jim Devlin122
1877Tommy Bond277 Tommy Bond170 Tommy Bond277 Tommy Bond170
1878Tommy Bond459 Tommy Bond182 Tommy Bond459 Tommy Bond182
1879Tommy Bond614 John Ward+239 Tommy Bond614 John Ward+239
1880Tommy Bond732 Larry Corcoran268 Tommy Bond732 Larry Corcoran268
1881Tommy Bond734 Larry Corcoran268 Tommy Bond734 George Derby212
1882Jim McCormick871 Larry Corcoran268 Jim McCormick871 Charley Radbourn+201
1883Jim McCormick1016 Tim Keefe+361 Jim McCormick1016 Tim Keefe+361
1884Jim McCormick1359 Hugh Daily483 Jim McCormick1359 Hugh Daily483
1885Jim McCormick1455 Hugh Daily483 Jim McCormick1455 John Clarkson+308
1886Jim McCormick1627 Matt Kilroy513 Jim McCormick1627 Matt Kilroy513
1887Jim McCormick1704 Matt Kilroy513 Jim McCormick1704 Toad Ramsey355
1888Tim Keefe+2005 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2005 Tim Keefe+335
1889Tim Keefe+2230 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2230 Mark Baldwin368
1890Tim Keefe+2318 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2318 Amos Rusie+341
1891Tim Keefe+2382 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2382 Amos Rusie+337
1892Tim Keefe+2509 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2509 Bill Hutchison314
1893Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Tim Keefe+2562 Amos Rusie+208
1894Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 John Clarkson+1978 Amos Rusie+195
1895Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1679 Amos Rusie+201
1896Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1679 Cy Young+140
1897Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1814 Doc McJames156
1898Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1928 Cy Seymour239
1899Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1928 Noodles Hahn145
1900Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1928 Noodles Hahn132
1901Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Amos Rusie+1934 Noodles Hahn239
1902Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Kid Nichols+1667 Vic Willis+225
1903Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+1734 Rube Waddell+302
1904Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+1934 Rube Waddell+349
1905Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2144 Rube Waddell+287
1906Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2284 Rube Waddell+196
1907Tim Keefe+2562 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2431 Rube Waddell+232
1908Cy Young+2581 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2581 Ed Walsh+269
1909Cy Young+2690 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2690 Orval Overall205
1910Cy Young+2748 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2748 Walter Johnson+313
1911Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Cy Young+2803 Ed Walsh+255
1912Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Christy Mathewson+2253 Walter Johnson+303
1913Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Christy Mathewson+2346 Walter Johnson+243
1914Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Christy Mathewson+2426 Cy Falkenberg236
1915Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Christy Mathewson+2483 Pete Alexander+241
1916Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Christy Mathewson+2502 Walter Johnson+228
1917Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2305 Pete Alexander+200
1918Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2467 Walter Johnson+162
1919Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2614 Walter Johnson+147
1920Cy Young+2803 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2692 Pete Alexander+173
1921Walter Johnson+2835 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2835 Walter Johnson+143
1922Walter Johnson+2940 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+2940 Urban Shocker149
1923Walter Johnson+3070 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+3070 Dazzy Vance+197
1924Walter Johnson+3228 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+3228 Dazzy Vance+262
1925Walter Johnson+3336 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+3336 Dazzy Vance+221
1926Walter Johnson+3461 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+3461 Lefty Grove+194
1927Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Walter Johnson+3509 Dazzy Vance+184
1928Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Pete Alexander+2159 Dazzy Vance+200
1929Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Pete Alexander+2192 Lefty Grove+170
1930Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Pete Alexander+2198 Lefty Grove+209
1931Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Dazzy Vance+1805 Lefty Grove+175
1932Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Dazzy Vance+1908 Dizzy Dean+191
1933Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Dazzy Vance+1975 Dizzy Dean+199
1934Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Dazzy Vance+2017 Dizzy Dean+195
1935Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Dazzy Vance+2045 Dizzy Dean+190
1936Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+1817 Van Mungo238
1937Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+1970 Lefty Gomez+194
1938Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+2069 Bob Feller+240
1939Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+2150 Bob Feller+246
1940Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+2212 Bob Feller+261
1941Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Lefty Grove+2266 Bob Feller+260
1942Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Red Ruffing+1933 Johnny Vander Meer186
1943Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Red Ruffing+1933 Johnny Vander Meer174
1944Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Red Ruffing+1933 Hal Newhouser+187
1945Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Red Ruffing+1957 Hal Newhouser+212
1946Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Red Ruffing+1976 Bob Feller+348
1947Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bobo Newsom2030 Bob Feller+196
1948Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bobo Newsom2039 Bob Feller+164
1949Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2108 Virgil Trucks153
1950Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2227 Warren Spahn+191
1951Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2338 Don Newcombe, Vic Raschi, and Warren Spahn+164
1952Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2419 Warren Spahn+183
1953Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2479 Robin Roberts+198
1954Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2538 Robin Roberts+ and Bob Turley185
1955Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2563 Herb Score245
1956Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Feller+2581 Herb Score263
1957Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Early Wynn+1634 Jack Sanford188
1958Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Early Wynn+1813 Sam Jones225
1959Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Early Wynn+1992 Don Drysdale+242
1960Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Early Wynn+2150 Don Drysdale+246
1961Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Early Wynn+2214 Sandy Koufax+269
1962Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Warren Spahn+2313 Don Drysdale+232
1963Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Warren Spahn+2415 Sandy Koufax+306
1964Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Warren Spahn+2493 Bob Veale250
1965Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Warren Spahn+2583 Sandy Koufax+382
1966Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Sandy Koufax+2396 Sandy Koufax+317
1967Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Jim Bunning+2398 Jim Bunning+253
1968Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Jim Bunning+2493 Sam McDowell283
1969Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Jim Bunning+2650 Sam McDowell279
1970Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Jim Bunning+2797 Sam McDowell304
1971Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Jim Bunning+2855 Mickey Lolich308
1972Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Gibson+2786 Nolan Ryan+329
1973Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Gibson+2928 Nolan Ryan+383
1974Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Gibson+3057 Nolan Ryan+367
1975Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Bob Gibson+3117 Frank Tanana269
1976Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Mickey Lolich2799 Nolan Ryan+327
1977Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Gaylord Perry+2847 Nolan Ryan+341
1978Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Gaylord Perry+3001 J.R. Richard303
1979Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Gaylord Perry+3141 J.R. Richard313
1980Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Gaylord Perry+3276 Steve Carlton+286
1981Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Gaylord Perry+3336 Fernando Valenzuela180
1982Walter Johnson+3509 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+3494 Steve Carlton+286
1983Steve Carlton+3709 Matt Kilroy513 Steve Carlton+3709 Steve Carlton+275
1984Nolan Ryan+3874 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+3874 Dwight Gooden276
1985Nolan Ryan+4083 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+4083 Dwight Gooden268
1986Nolan Ryan+4277 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+4277 Mike Scott306
1987Nolan Ryan+4547 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+4547 Nolan Ryan+270
1988Nolan Ryan+4775 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+4775 Roger Clemens291
1989Nolan Ryan+5076 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+5076 Nolan Ryan+301
1990Nolan Ryan+5308 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+5308 David Cone233
1991Nolan Ryan+5511 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+5511 Roger Clemens and David Cone241
1992Nolan Ryan+5668 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+5668 David Cone261
1993Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Nolan Ryan+5714 Randy Johnson308
1994Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Jack Morris2478 Randy Johnson204
1995Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens2333 Randy Johnson294
1996Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens2590 John Smoltz276
1997Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens2882 Curt Schilling319
1998Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens3153 Randy Johnson329
1999Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens3316 Randy Johnson364
2000Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens3504 Randy Johnson347
2001Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens3717 Randy Johnson372
2002Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens3909 Randy Johnson334
2003Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens4099 Kerry Wood266
2004Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens4317 Randy Johnson290
2005Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens4502 Johan Santana238
2006Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens4604 Johan Santana245
2007Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Roger Clemens4672 Jake Peavy240
2008Nolan Ryan+5714 Matt Kilroy513 Randy Johnson4789 Tim Lincecum265
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