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1978 AL Strikeouts Leaders

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Nolan Ryan led the AL in strikeouts in 1978 with 260, 12 ahead of Ron Guidry (248). It was one of 11 times Nolan Ryan led in strikeouts.

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Nolan Ryan Led the AL in 1978 Nolan Ryan California Angels
260 Strikeouts 12 clear of Ron Guidry
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 260 10 13 3.72 234.2
2 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA 248 25 3 1.74 273.2
3 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 183 21 17 3.33 294.2
4 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan BAL 167 19 15 4.03 281.1
5 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 162 20 8 2.99 268.1
6 Jon Matlack Jon Matlack TEX 157 15 13 2.27 270.0
7 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 157 18 8 3.04 249.0
8 Ken Kravec CHA 154 11 16 4.08 203.0
9 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 142 16 11 3.52 276.1
10 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 139 6 14 4.10 197.2
11 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer BAL 138 21 12 2.46 296.0
12 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana CAL 137 18 12 3.65 239.0
13 Milt Wilcox DET 132 13 12 3.76 215.1
14 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell ML4 131 22 9 2.36 293.1
15 Chris Knapp CAL 126 14 8 4.21 188.1
16 Rich Gossage Rich Gossage NYA 122 10 11 2.01 134.1
17 Roger Erickson Roger Erickson MIN 121 14 13 3.96 265.2
18 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 120 16 13 3.96 250.0
19 Steve Stone Steve Stone CHA 118 12 12 4.37 212.0
20 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 116 15 10 2.49 220.1
21 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant BOS 114 13 8 3.31 212.1
22 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK 108 8 15 3.24 197.1
23 Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn MIN 106 14 14 3.03 252.1
24 Rick Wise Rick Wise CLE 106 9 19 4.34 211.2
25 Jim Clancy Jim Clancy TOR 106 10 12 4.09 193.2
26 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 97 13 15 3.20 230.1
27 Jesse Jefferson Jesse Jefferson TOR 97 7 16 4.38 211.2
28 Mike Paxton Mike Paxton CLE 96 12 11 3.86 191.0
29 Jim Kern Jim Kern CLE 95 10 10 3.08 99.1
30 Pete Broberg Pete Broberg OAK 94 10 12 4.62 165.2
31 Scott McGregor Scott McGregor BAL 94 15 13 3.32 233.0
32 Don Aase Don Aase CAL 93 11 8 4.03 178.2
33 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 92 7 13 3.43 175.2
34 Ed Figueroa Ed Figueroa NYA 92 20 9 2.99 253.0
35 Jim Slaton Jim Slaton DET 92 17 11 4.12 233.2
36 John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson OAK 91 11 10 3.39 186.0
37 Steve Renko Steve Renko OAK 89 6 12 4.29 151.0
38 Rich Gale Rich Gale KCA 88 14 8 3.09 192.1
39 Byron McLaughlin Byron McLaughlin SEA 87 4 8 4.37 107.0
40 David Clyde David Clyde CLE 83 8 11 4.28 153.1
41 Larry Gura KCA 81 16 4 2.72 221.2
42 Doyle Alexander Doyle Alexander TEX 81 9 10 3.86 191.0
43 Gary Serum Gary Serum MIN 80 9 9 4.10 184.1
44 Francisco Barrios CHA 79 9 15 4.05 195.2
45 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen ML4 78 18 12 3.21 280.2
46 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA 76 19 13 3.40 262.0
47 Balor Moore TOR 75 6 9 4.93 144.1
48 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell SEA 75 8 14 4.18 168.0
49 John Hiller John Hiller DET 74 9 4 2.34 92.1
50 Don Hood Don Hood CLE 73 5 6 4.48 154.2
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