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AL Season Records
Strikeout %

Roger Clemens

1986 Boston Red Sox

3.978

Justin Verlander

2006 Detroit Tigers

3.229

Mike Mussina

1992 Baltimore Orioles

3.127

CC Sabathia

2001 Cleveland Indians

3.070

Nolan Ryan

1972 California Angels

2.970

Bert Blyleven

1970 Minnesota Twins

2.761

Randy Johnson

1990 Seattle Mariners

2.748

Chuck Finley

1988 California Angels

2.699

Frank Tanana

1974 California Angels

2.650

Walter Johnson

1908 Washington Senators

2.648

Mickey Lolich

1964 Detroit Tigers

2.327

Jack Morris

1979 Detroit Tigers

2.318

Felix Hernandez

2006 Seattle Mariners

2.311

Mark Langston

1984 Seattle Mariners

2.255

Early Wynn

1942 Washington Senators

2.155

Kevin Appier

1990 Kansas City Royals

2.049

Luis Tiant

1965 Cleveland Indians

2.007

Andy Pettitte

1995 New York Yankees

1.999

Jim Kaat

1961 Minnesota Twins

1.984

Sam McDowell

1964 Cleveland Indians

1.978

Lefty Grove

1925 Philadelphia Athletics

1.969

Red Ruffing

1925 Boston Red Sox

1.942

David Price

2010 Tampa Bay Rays

1.912

John Lackey

2003 Anaheim Angels

1.911

Jim Palmer

1966 Baltimore Orioles

1.904

Rick Porcello

2009 Detroit Tigers

1.900

Billy Pierce

1949 Chicago White Sox

1.897

Eddie Plank

1901 Philadelphia Athletics

1.893

Mark Buehrle

2001 Chicago White Sox

1.883

David Wells

1990 Toronto Blue Jays

1.868

Bartolo Colon

1998 Cleveland Indians

1.868

Ron Guidry

1977 New York Yankees

1.830

James Shields

2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1.823

Pedro Martinez

1998 Boston Red Sox

1.816

Tim Wakefield

1995 Boston Red Sox

1.816

Bob Feller

1938 Cleveland Indians

1.812

Camilo Pascual

1956 Washington Senators

1.810

Whitey Ford

1953 New York Yankees

1.799

Chris Sale

2012 Chicago White Sox

1.753

Kenny Rogers

1993 Texas Rangers

1.739

Floyd Bannister

1979 Seattle Mariners

1.675

Tommy John

1965 Chicago White Sox

1.664

Tommy Bridges

1931 Detroit Tigers

1.662

Jim 'Catfish' Hunter

1966 Kansas City Athletics

1.656

Rube Waddell

1902 Philadelphia Athletics

1.650

Chief Bender

1903 Philadelphia Athletics

1.649

Bobo Newsom

1934 St. Louis Browns

1.639

Rudy May

1969 California Angels

1.627

Brad Radke

1995 Minnesota Twins

1.568

Dave Stieb

1980 Toronto Blue Jays

1.567

Jon Lester

2008 Boston Red Sox

1.564

Hal Newhouser

1941 Detroit Tigers

1.549

Bobby Witt

1988 Texas Rangers

1.545

Dennis Eckersley

1975 Cleveland Indians

1.544

Charlie Hough

1982 Texas Rangers

1.526

Ervin Santana

2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1.524

Mike Moore

1984 Seattle Mariners

1.498

Allie Reynolds

1943 Cleveland Indians

1.481

Jimmy Key

1985 Toronto Blue Jays

1.446

Gary Peters

1963 Chicago White Sox

1.443

Eddie Cicotte

1908 Boston Red Sox

1.437

Corey Kluber

2014 Cleveland Indians

1.428

Dave Stewart

1984 Texas Rangers

1.410

Jamie Moyer

1994 Baltimore Orioles

1.409

Gerrit Cole

2018 Houston Astros

1.406

Gaylord Perry

1972 Cleveland Indians

1.402

Frank Viola

1983 Minnesota Twins

1.394

Sonny Siebert

1965 Cleveland Indians

1.393

Jered Weaver

2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1.389

Virgil Trucks

1942 Detroit Tigers

1.386

Lefty Gomez

1931 New York Yankees

1.378

Earl Wilson

1962 Boston Red Sox

1.365

Urban 'Red' Faber

1914 Chicago White Sox

1.356

Mike Boddicker

1983 Baltimore Orioles

1.354

Joe Coleman

1968 Washington Senators

1.327

Bump Hadley

1927 Washington Senators

1.327

Jim Perry

1960 Cleveland Indians

1.316

David Cone

1993 Kansas City Royals

1.303

Max Scherzer

2010 Detroit Tigers

1.298

Josh Beckett

2006 Boston Red Sox

1.289

Trevor Bauer

2015 Cleveland Indians

1.283

Jim Bunning

1957 Detroit Tigers

1.278

Mike Flanagan

1977 Baltimore Orioles

1.268

Mike Witt

1981 California Angels

1.239

Bob Shawkey

1914 Philadelphia Athletics

1.232

Zack Greinke

2005 Kansas City Royals

1.232

Dean Chance

1962 Los Angeles Angels

1.228

Freddy Garcia

1999 Seattle Mariners

1.228

Cy Young

1901 Boston Americans

1.226

Dave McNally

1965 Baltimore Orioles

1.221

Charles Nagy

1991 Cleveland Indians

1.219

Jack McDowell

1990 Chicago White Sox

1.194

Earl Whitehill

1924 Detroit Tigers

1.192

Juan Guzman

1992 Toronto Blue Jays

1.192

Dennis Leonard

1975 Kansas City Royals

1.185

Jim Clancy

1978 Toronto Blue Jays

1.179

Bullet Joe Bush

1913 Philadelphia Athletics

1.175

Chris Bosio

1987 Milwaukee Brewers

1.169

Sad Sam Jones

1918 Boston Red Sox

1.168

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Dizzy Trout

1939 Detroit Tigers

1.167

List only includes players that met minimum statistical requirements

1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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