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1998 MLB Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

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Kerry Wood led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1998 with 12.58, 0.46 ahead of Randy Johnson (12.12). It stands 12th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Kerry Wood led in strikeouts / 9.

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Kerry Wood Led all of MLB in 1998 Kerry Wood Chicago Cubs
12.58 Strikeouts / 9 0.46 clear of Randy Johnson
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# Player Team K/9 W L ERA IP
1 Kerry Wood Kerry Wood CHN 12.58 13 6 3.40 166.2
2 Randy Johnson Randy Johnson SEA +1 12.12 19 11 3.28 244.1
3 Roger Clemens Roger Clemens TOR 10.39 20 6 2.65 234.2
4 Curt Schilling Curt Schilling PHI 10.05 15 14 3.25 268.2
5 Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez BOS 9.67 19 7 2.89 233.2
6 John Smoltz John Smoltz ATL 9.29 17 3 2.90 167.2
7 David Cone David Cone NYA 9.06 20 7 3.55 207.2
8 Kevin Brown Kevin Brown SDN 9.00 18 7 2.38 257.0
9 Chuck Finley Chuck Finley ANA 8.54 11 9 3.39 223.1
10 Kevin Millwood Kevin Millwood ATL 8.41 17 8 4.08 174.1
11 Darren Dreifort LAN 8.40 8 12 4.00 180.0
12 Todd Stottlemyre Todd Stottlemyre SLN +1 8.28 14 13 3.74 221.2
13 Al Leiter Al Leiter NYN 8.11 17 6 2.47 193.0
14 Sterling Hitchcock Sterling Hitchcock SDN 8.06 9 7 3.93 176.1
15 Shane Reynolds Shane Reynolds HOU 8.06 19 8 3.51 233.1
16 Tony Saunders TBA 8.05 6 15 4.12 192.1
17 Mike Remlinger Mike Remlinger CIN 7.89 8 15 4.82 164.1
18 Chan Ho Park Chan Ho Park LAN 7.79 15 9 3.71 220.2
19 Mike Mussina Mike Mussina BAL 7.63 13 10 3.49 206.1
20 Jeff Juden MIL +1 7.47 8 14 5.80 178.1
21 Dustin Hermanson MON 7.41 14 11 3.13 187.0
22 Steve Woodard MIL 7.33 10 12 4.18 165.2
23 Pedro Astacio Pedro Astacio COL 7.31 13 14 6.23 209.1
24 Greg Maddux Greg Maddux ATL 7.31 18 9 2.22 251.0
25 Omar Daal ARI 7.30 8 12 2.88 162.2
26 Javier Vazquez Javier Vazquez MON 7.26 5 15 6.06 172.1
27 Jon Lieber Jon Lieber PIT 7.26 8 14 4.11 171.0
28 Juan Guzman Juan Guzman TOR +1 7.17 10 16 4.35 211.0
29 Jesus Sanchez FLO 7.13 7 9 4.47 173.0
30 Aaron Sele Aaron Sele TEX 7.07 19 11 4.23 212.2
31 Denny Neagle Denny Neagle ATL 7.06 16 11 3.55 210.1
32 Jeff Fassero Jeff Fassero SEA 7.05 13 12 3.97 224.2
33 Chris Carpenter Chris Carpenter TOR 6.99 12 7 4.37 175.0
34 Bartolo Colon Bartolo Colon CLE 6.97 14 9 3.71 204.0
35 Jose Rosado KCA 6.96 8 11 4.69 174.2
36 Brett Tomko Brett Tomko CIN 6.92 13 12 4.44 210.2
37 David Wells David Wells NYA 6.84 18 4 3.49 214.1
38 Rick Helling TEX 6.82 20 7 4.41 216.1
39 Mark Clark CHN 6.78 9 14 4.84 213.2
40 Rolando Arrojo TBA 6.77 14 12 3.56 202.0
41 Pete Harnisch Pete Harnisch CIN 6.76 14 7 3.14 209.0
42 Scott Erickson Scott Erickson BAL 6.66 16 13 4.01 251.1
43 Jason Schmidt Jason Schmidt PIT 6.63 11 14 4.07 214.1
44 Hideki Irabu Hideki Irabu NYA 6.55 13 9 4.06 173.0
45 Jaret Wright Jaret Wright CLE 6.54 12 10 4.72 192.2
46 Jose Lima Jose Lima HOU 6.52 16 8 3.70 233.1
47 Rick Reed Rick Reed NYN 6.49 16 11 3.48 212.1
48 Woody Williams TOR 6.48 10 9 4.46 209.2
49 Steve Trachsel Steve Trachsel CHN 6.45 15 8 4.46 208.0
50 Francisco Cordova PIT 6.41 13 14 3.31 220.1
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