John Smoltz struck out the most hitters in 1996, with 276 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	276	1996	ATL	35	24	8	.750	35	2.94	6	2	0	253.2	199	83	93	19	55	2	0	3	995	10	9.79	1.95	5.02	0.67	27.7	5.5	1.00	.280	3.30	69	2.63	60	7.06	48.4
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	257	1996	BOS	34	10	13	.435	34	3.63	6	2	0	242.2	216	98	106	19	106	4	0	2	1,032	8	9.53	3.93	2.42	0.70	24.9	10.3	1.33	.305	3.93	71	3.42	70	8.01	39.1
3	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	234	1996	LAD	33	16	11	.593	33	3.19	3	2	0	228.1	180	81	93	23	85	2	0	6	932	11	9.22	3.35	2.75	0.91	25.1	9.1	1.16	.267	3.67	82	3.57	86	7.09	15.3
4	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	222	1996	MON	34	15	11	.577	34	3.30	5	1	0	231.2	217	85	95	20	55	3	0	3	967	5	8.62	2.14	4.04	0.78	23.0	5.7	1.17	.295	3.69	78	3.12	74	8.43	28.3
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	222	1996	MON	33	13	10	.565	33	3.70	4	1	0	216.2	189	89	100	19	70	3	0	3	901	6	9.22	2.91	3.17	0.79	24.6	7.8	1.20	.290	4.15	88	3.26	78	7.85	22.9
6	Darryl Kile D. Kile	219	1996	HOU	35	12	11	.522	33	4.19	4	0	0	219.0	233	102	113	16	97	16	1	8	975	13	9.00	3.99	2.26	0.66	22.5	9.9	1.51	.346	4.64	105	3.66	90	9.58	10.1
7	Chuck Finley C. Finley	215	1996	CAL	35	15	16	.484	35	4.16	4	1	0	238.0	241	110	124	27	94	11	0	5	1,037	17	8.13	3.55	2.29	1.02	20.7	9.1	1.41	.310	4.69	83	4.15	84	9.11	21.3
8	Kevin Appier K. Appier	207	1996	KCR	32	14	11	.560	32	3.62	5	1	0	211.1	192	85	87	17	75	5	0	2	874	10	8.82	3.19	2.76	0.72	23.7	8.6	1.26	.307	3.71	71	3.39	68	8.18	37.6
9	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	204	1996	BAL	36	19	11	.633	36	4.81	4	1	0	243.1	264	130	137	31	69	3	0	0	1,039	3	7.55	2.55	2.96	1.15	19.6	6.6	1.37	.318	5.07	97	4.03	82	9.76	23.9
10	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	204	1996	HOU	35	16	10	.615	35	3.65	4	1	0	239.0	227	97	103	20	44	8	0	3	981	5	7.68	1.66	4.64	0.75	20.8	4.5	1.13	.294	3.88	91	3.20	78	8.55	24
11	Alex Fernandez A. Fernandez	200	1996	CWS	35	16	10	.615	35	3.45	6	1	0	258.0	248	99	110	34	72	7	0	4	1,071	5	6.98	2.51	2.78	1.19	18.7	6.7	1.24	.282	3.84	71	4.24	88	8.65	16.4
12	Al Leiter A. Leiter	200	1996	FLA	33	16	12	.571	33	2.93	2	1	0	215.1	153	70	74	14	119	11	0	3	896	5	8.36	4.97	1.68	0.59	22.3	13.3	1.26	.252	3.09	71	3.96	93	6.39	6.8
13	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	194	1996	STL	34	14	11	.560	33	3.87	5	2	0	223.1	191	96	100	30	93	4	0	8	944	8	7.82	3.75	2.09	1.21	20.6	9.9	1.27	.258	4.03	93	4.47	104	7.70	-4.5
14	Joey Hamilton J. Hamilton	184	1996	SDP	34	15	9	.625	33	4.17	3	1	0	211.2	206	98	100	19	83	9	0	3	908	14	7.82	3.53	2.22	0.81	20.3	9.1	1.37	.305	4.25	105	3.90	92	8.76	8.3
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	182	1996	PHI	26	9	10	.474	26	3.19	8	2	0	183.1	149	65	69	16	50	3	0	5	732	5	8.93	2.45	3.64	0.79	24.9	6.8	1.09	.277	3.39	75	3.18	74	7.31	22.7
16	Wilson Alvarez W. Alvarez	181	1996	CWS	35	15	10	.600	35	4.22	0	0	0	217.1	216	102	106	21	97	4	0	3	946	2	7.50	4.02	1.87	0.87	19.1	10.3	1.44	.303	4.39	87	4.15	86	8.94	16.2
17	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	181	1996	ATL	36	15	10	.600	36	2.98	1	0	0	235.1	222	78	91	14	85	0	0	7	994	4	6.92	3.25	2.13	0.54	18.2	8.6	1.30	.291	3.48	70	3.48	80	8.49	23.2
18	Pat Hentgen P. Hentgen	177	1996	TOR	35	20	10	.667	35	3.22	10	3	0	265.2	238	95	105	20	94	5	0	3	1,100	8	6.00	3.18	1.88	0.68	16.1	8.5	1.25	.271	3.56	65	3.93	80	8.06	29.1
19	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	173	1996	LAD	33	15	7	.682	33	3.32	0	0	0	225.0	219	83	94	20	54	3	0	10	945	1	6.92	2.16	3.20	0.80	18.3	5.7	1.21	.286	3.76	86	3.54	85	8.76	15.7
20	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	172	1996	ATL	35	15	11	.577	35	2.72	5	1	0	245.0	225	74	85	11	28	3	0	11	978	4	6.32	1.03	6.14	0.40	17.6	2.9	1.03	.280	3.12	64	2.72	62	8.27	44.4
21	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	171	1996	BOS	34	12	9	.571	34	5.59	4	1	0	215.2	249	134	143	28	105	4	0	5	998	6	7.14	4.38	1.63	1.17	17.1	10.5	1.64	.320	5.97	110	4.78	98	10.39	1.9
22	John Smiley J. Smiley	171	1996	CIN	35	13	14	.481	34	3.64	2	2	0	217.1	207	88	100	20	54	4	0	5	889	7	7.08	2.24	3.17	0.83	19.2	6.1	1.20	.292	4.14	86	3.59	83	8.57	18
23	Ken Hill K. Hill	170	1996	TEX	35	16	10	.615	35	3.63	7	3	0	250.2	250	101	110	19	95	6	0	3	1,061	5	6.10	3.41	1.79	0.68	16.0	9.0	1.38	.300	3.95	71	4.00	81	8.98	25.4
24	Charles Nagy C. Nagy	167	1996	CLE	32	17	5	.773	32	3.41	5	0	0	222.0	217	84	89	21	61	3	0	2	921	7	6.77	2.47	2.74	0.85	18.1	6.6	1.25	.293	3.61	68	3.75	77	8.80	27.6
25	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	165	1996	TOR	27	11	8	.579	27	2.93	4	1	0	187.2	158	61	68	20	53	7	0	3	756	7	7.91	2.54	3.11	0.96	21.8	7.0	1.12	.270	3.26	59	3.75	76	7.58	24.3

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