babe ruth most pitching strikeouts in a season

Babe Ruth fanned his most hitters in a season in 1916, with 170 strikeouts.

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1Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
170
1916
44
23
12
.657
40
1.75
23
9
1
323.2
230
63
83
0
118
8
3
1,272
3
4.73
3.28
1.44
0.00
13.4
9.3
1.08
.236
2.31
65
2.43
90
6.40
8.8
2Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
128
1917
41
24
13
.649
38
2.01
35
6
2
326.1
244
73
93
2
108
11
3
1,277
5
3.53
2.98
1.19
0.06
10.0
8.5
1.08
.235
2.56
80
2.65
100
6.73
-2
3Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
112
1915
32
18
8
.692
28
2.44
16
1
0
217.2
166
59
80
3
85
6
3
874
9
4.63
3.51
1.32
0.12
12.8
9.7
1.15
.244
3.31
85
2.81
97
6.86
1.8
4Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
40
1918
20
13
7
.650
19
2.22
18
1
0
166.1
125
41
51
1
49
2
0
660
3
2.16
2.65
0.82
0.05
6.1
7.4
1.05
.218
2.76
84
2.75
102
6.76
-1.8
5Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
30
1919
17
9
5
.643
15
2.97
12
0
1
133.1
148
44
59
2
58
2
2
570
5
2.03
3.91
0.52
0.14
5.3
10.2
1.55
.305
3.98
96
3.58
118
9.99
-8.8
6Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
3
1930
1
1
0
1.000
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
3
3
0
2
0
0
39
0
3.00
2.00
1.50
0.00
7.7
5.1
1.44
.324
3.00
68
3.50
78
11.00
1
7Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
3
1914
4
2
1
.667
3
3.91
1
0
0
23.0
21
10
12
1
7
0
0
96
0
1.17
2.74
0.43
0.39
3.1
7.3
1.22
.235
4.70
146
3.65
132
8.22
-2.3
8Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
2
1921
2
2
0
1.000
1
9.00
0
0
0
9.0
14
9
10
1
9
0
1
49
0
2.00
9.00
0.22
1.00
4.1
18.4
2.56
.351
10.00
210
7.10
170
14.00
-2.9

More Red Sox Stats

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HR

25

Story

Trevor Story

RBI

96

Story

Trevor Story

AVG

.305

Gonzalez

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Team Pitching Leaders

W

18

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K

255

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA

2.59

Crochet

Garrett Crochet
Team Rankings

HR

186

15th

R

786

7th

SO

1,361

16th

ERA

3.70

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
Red Sox Red Sox
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:10 PM
Sat
3/28
@
4:10 PM
Sun
3/29
@
1:40 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:10 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:10 PM
Last Game
BOS Red Sox

1 - 2

0

Final

4

NYY Yankees

2 - 1

Thu 2 Oct 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
1:15 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:20 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM