Newark Eagles Strikeouts Leaders

Career totals with the Newark Eagles and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

Leon Day holds the Newark Eagles career record with 455 strikeouts. The single-season record is 109, by Leon Day in 1946.

All-time Newark Eagles leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	SO	G
1	Leon Day	1935–1946	455	96
2	Max Manning	1939–1948	440	122
3	Leniel Hooker	1940–1948	344	129
4	Jimmy Hill	1938–1945	304	84
5	Rufus Lewis	1946–1948	190	43
6	Terris McDuffie	1935–1945	121	40
7	Bob Evans	1936–1939	100	37
8	Cotton Williams	1943–1948	91	37
9	Fred Hobgood	1941–1944	90	36
10	Will Jackman	1935–1936	58	24
11	Don Newcombe	1944–1945	56	15
12	James Brown	1939–1943	43	21
13	Johnny Davis	1943–1947	41	13
14	Johnny Wright	1937–1945	40	15
15	Elbert Williams	1935	39	18
16	Clyde Golden	1948	37	15
17	Warren Peace	1945–1947	26	14
18	William Bell	1936–1937	25	15
19	Ted Radcliffe	1935	21	11
20	Otis Starks	1935	16	10
21	Jesse Brown	1938	13	6
21	Nap Gulley	1947	13	3
21	Nelson Thomas	1947	13	6
24	Jim Elam	1943	11	9
24	Wilbur Lansing	1948	11	3

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	SO	G
1	Leon Day	1946	109	15
2	Rufus Lewis	1947	81	17
3	Max Manning	1941	80	22
4	Max Manning	1947	77	20
5	Leon Day	1942	75	11
5	Jimmy Hill	1941	75	21
7	Max Manning	1948	73	15
8	Max Manning	1940	68	22
9	Max Manning	1946	67	19
10	Leon Day	1935	62	17
11	Leon Day	1939	61	18
12	Jimmy Hill	1942	60	18
12	Rufus Lewis	1946	60	14
14	Jimmy Hill	1940	58	13
15	Leniel Hooker	1942	56	17
16	Leon Day	1936	54	12
17	Will Jackman	1935	53	21
18	Max Manning	1942	52	15
19	Jimmy Hill	1939	50	10
20	Rufus Lewis	1948	49	12
21	Leniel Hooker	1940	47	19
22	Leniel Hooker	1948	41	14
23	Leniel Hooker	1943	40	15
23	Cotton Williams	1948	40	15
25	Leon Day	1943	39	10