1879 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

John Ward led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1879 with 239, 7 ahead of Will White (232).

Led all of MLB in 1879 John Ward Providence Grays

239 Strikeouts 7 clear of Will White

Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	John Ward	PRO	239	47	19	2.15	587.0
2	Will White	CN1	232	43	31	1.99	680.0
3	Jim McCormick	CL2	197	20	40	2.42	546.1
4	Tommy Bond	BSN	155	43	19	1.96	555.1
5	Terry Larkin	CHN	142	31	23	2.44	513.1
6	Pud Galvin	BFN	136	37	27	2.28	593.0
7	George Bradley	TRN	133	13	40	2.85	487.0
8	Harry McCormick	SR1	96	18	33	2.99	457.1
9	Bobby Mathews	PRO	90	12	6	2.29	189.0
10	BM Bobby Mitchell	CL2	90	7	15	3.28	194.2
11	Frank Hankinson	CHN	69	15	10	2.50	230.2
12	BM Bill McGunnigle	BFN	62	9	5	2.62	120.0
13	Curry Foley	BSN	57	9	9	2.51	161.2
14	Blondie Purcell	SR1 +1	31	4	17	3.78	197.2
15	HS Harry Salisbury	TRN	31	4	6	2.22	89.0
16	FG Fred Goldsmith	TRN	31	2	4	1.57	63.0
17	Lee Richmond	BSN	11	1	0	2.00	9.0
18	MD Mike Dorgan	SR1	8	0	0	2.25	12.0
19	Cal McVey	CN1	7	0	2	8.36	14.0
20	Jim Tyng	BSN	7	1	2	5.00	27.0
21	Dan Brouthers	TRN	6	0	2	5.57	21.0
22	PM Pat McManus	TRN	6	0	2	3.00	21.0
23	JN Jack Neagle	CN1	4	0	1	3.46	13.0
24	Gid Gardner	TRN	3	0	2	5.79	14.0
25	HW Harry Wheeler	CN1	0	0	1	81.00	1.0