4 players were tied for the most strikeouts in 1898, with 60 strikeouts. The first three are Billy Clingman, Jake Gettman and Bill Joyce.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Billy Clingman B. Clingman	60	1898	LOU	154	538	65	138	12	6	0	50	51	5	15	609	162	18	15	.257	.327	.301	.628	70	-9.4	.314	85	-12.7
2	Jake Gettman J. Gettman	60	1898	WSH	142	567	75	157	16	5	5	47	29	6	32	612	198	26	10	.277	.319	.349	.668	76	-4.3	.325	89	-9.2
3	Bill Joyce B. Joyce	60	1898	NYG	145	508	91	131	20	9	10	91	88	18	34	619	199	39	5	.258	.386	.392	.778	104	23.6	.384	125	21.1
4	Candy Lachance C. Lachance	60	1898	BKN	136	526	62	130	23	7	5	65	31	8	23	576	182	35	11	.247	.299	.346	.645	66	-9.3	.313	82	-13.9
5	Barry McCormick B. McCormick	54	1898	CHI	137	530	76	131	15	9	2	78	47	5	15	594	170	26	12	.247	.314	.321	.635	68	-9.4	.313	85	-12.6
6	Dick Harley D. Harley	53	1898	STL	142	549	74	135	6	5	0	42	34	22	13	611	151	11	6	.246	.316	.275	.591	63	-16.3	.299	76	-20.4
7	Tom McCreery T. McCreery	53	1898	TOT	88	311	48	83	9	10	3	37	45	0	6	363	121	22	7	.267	.360	.389	.749	56	8.5	.364	115	7.3
8	Ducky Holmes D. Holmes	52	1898	TOT	136	543	63	150	11	10	1	64	25	10	29	587	184	22	9	.276	.320	.339	.659	71	-5.5	.321	88	-9.4
9	Monte Cross M. Cross	46	1898	PHI	149	525	68	135	25	5	1	50	55	8	20	599	173	31	11	.257	.337	.330	.666	77	-1.5	.331	95	-3.9
10	Bill Everitt B. Everitt	43	1898	CHI	149	596	102	190	15	6	0	69	53	3	28	661	217	21	9	.319	.377	.364	.741	102	15.6	.365	113	12
11	Bill Dahlen B. Dahlen	41	1898	CHI	142	521	96	151	35	8	1	79	58	23	27	619	205	44	17	.290	.385	.393	.779	104	23.1	.383	123	19.7
12	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	40	1898	NYG	156	654	129	204	28	16	2	68	59	4	36	722	270	46	5	.312	.372	.413	.785	119	24.9	.379	122	22
13	Duff Cooley D. Cooley	38	1898	PHI	149	629	123	196	24	12	4	55	48	4	17	692	256	40	11	.312	.364	.407	.771	111	20.2	.372	118	17.4
14	Harry Davis H. Davis	38	1898	TOT	96	363	49	95	14	15	2	40	19	1	13	392	145	31	9	.262	.300	.399	.700	50	-0.9	.331	96	-2.4
15	Bill Grey B. Grey	38	1898	PIT	137	528	56	121	17	5	0	67	28	12	5	585	148	22	17	.229	.283	.280	.564	52	-24.1	.280	68	-25.7
16	Elmer Flick E. Flick	36	1898	PHI	134	453	84	137	16	13	8	81	86	15	23	565	203	37	11	.302	.430	.448	.878	114	40.2	.427	149	37.8
17	Fielder Jones F. Jones	36	1898	BKN	146	596	89	181	15	9	1	69	46	8	36	667	217	25	17	.304	.362	.364	.726	98	11.1	.356	106	5.8
18	Bill Magee B. Magee	36	1898	LOU	38	111	10	14	1	0	0	5	2	1	2	115	15	1	1	.126	.149	.135	.284	-2	-16.7	.143	-10	-17.4
19	Algie McBride A. McBride	36	1898	CIN	120	486	94	147	14	12	2	43	51	12	16	557	191	28	8	.302	.383	.393	.776	92	19.3	.379	119	14.2
20	Charlie Dexter C. Dexter	35	1898	LOU	112	421	76	132	13	5	1	66	26	7	44	467	158	19	13	.314	.363	.375	.739	70	9.5	.361	111	7
21	Jim Connor J. Connor	34	1898	CHI	138	505	51	114	9	9	0	67	42	3	11	563	141	18	13	.226	.289	.279	.568	52	-21.9	.283	68	-25
22	Bones Ely B. Ely	34	1898	PIT	148	519	49	110	14	5	2	44	24	0	6	556	140	21	13	.212	.247	.270	.517	38	-34.7	.252	52	-36.3
23	Bid McPhee B. McPhee	34	1898	CIN	133	486	72	121	26	9	1	60	66	2	21	565	168	36	11	.249	.341	.346	.687	76	2.2	.339	96	-3
24	Willie Sudhoff W. Sudhoff	34	1898	STL	41	120	5	19	2	1	0	4	5	1	0	131	23	3	5	.158	.198	.192	.390	3	-13.8	.195	18	-14.7
25	Patsy Donovan P. Donovan	33	1898	PIT	147	610	112	184	16	9	0	37	34	7	41	661	218	25	10	.302	.346	.357	.703	91	4.6	.343	103	2.8

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