most strikeouts by a mvp in a season before 2000

Before 2000, Sammy Sosa had the most strikeouts by an MVP in a season, with 171 strikeouts in 1998.

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most strikeouts by a mvp by a player in a season before 2000

	NAME	SO	MVP	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	171	1	1998	CHC	159	643	134	198	20	0	66	158	73	1	18	9	722	416	86	0	5	14	20	.308	.377	.647	1.024	146	56.6	.425	159	53.7
2	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	150	1	1995	BOS	140	550	98	165	28	3	39	126	68	14	11	4	636	316	70	0	4	17	17	.300	.388	.575	.963	118	38.8	.406	139	32.7
3	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	134	1	1982	ATL	162	598	113	168	23	2	36	109	93	3	23	11	698	303	61	0	4	9	10	.281	.378	.507	.885	116	38	.389	145	35
4	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	128	1	1988	OAK	158	610	120	187	34	0	42	124	78	10	40	16	705	347	76	1	6	10	15	.307	.391	.569	.959	134	56.9	.419	170	56.8
5	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	126	1	1998	TEX	154	606	110	193	50	2	45	157	46	6	2	1	669	382	97	0	11	9	20	.318	.366	.630	.997	129	46.3	.414	145	39.1
6	Jim Rice J. Rice	126	1	1978	BOS	163	677	121	213	25	15	46	139	58	5	7	5	746	406	86	1	5	7	15	.315	.370	.600	.970	141	60.3	.425	162	52
7	Dick Allen D. Allen	126	1	1972	CWS	148	506	90	156	28	5	37	113	99	1	19	8	609	305	70	0	3	16	13	.308	.420	.603	1.023	123	63.4	.450	199	60.2
8	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	122	1	1965	MIN	160	666	126	182	45	12	19	77	41	7	27	5	728	308	76	6	8	3	7	.273	.319	.462	.781	97	20.6	.342	116	13.1
9	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	121	1	1997	SEA	157	608	125	185	34	3	56	147	76	8	15	4	704	393	93	0	12	23	12	.304	.382	.646	1.028	139	52.2	.421	155	49
10	Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	120	1	1988	LAD	150	542	106	157	28	1	25	76	73	7	31	4	632	262	54	3	7	14	8	.290	.377	.483	.860	100	31.1	.377	150	34.2
11	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	119	1	1980	PHI	150	548	104	157	25	8	48	121	89	2	12	5	652	342	81	0	13	10	6	.286	.380	.624	1.004	127	54.1	.428	172	52.7
12	Kevin Mitchell K. Mitchell	115	1	1989	SFG	154	543	100	158	34	6	47	125	87	3	3	4	640	345	87	0	7	32	6	.291	.388	.635	1.023	126	56.8	.431	185	59.2
13	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	115	1	1941	BKN	149	529	92	151	29	6	34	120	104	4	3		641	294	69	4			5	.285	.407	.556	.962	125	50.8	.437	165	48.9
14	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	111	1	1973	OAK	151	539	99	158	28	2	32	117	76	7	22	8	629	286	62	0	7	11	13	.293	.383	.531	.914	109	39.6	.402	159	42
15	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	110	1	1983	ATL	162	589	131	178	24	4	36	121	90	2	30	4	687	318	64	0	6	12	15	.302	.393	.540	.933	124	46.2	.406	151	40.1
16	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	109	1	1966	PIT	154	638	105	202	31	11	29	119	46	0	7	5	690	342	71	1	5	13	14	.317	.360	.536	.896	116	42.4	.385	143	34.9
17	George Foster G. Foster	107	1	1977	CIN	158	615	124	197	31	2	52	149	61	5	6	4	689	388	85	0	8	10	17	.320	.382	.631	1.013	139	58.4	.430	165	54.1
18	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	105	1	1979	PIT	126	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	47	3	0	1	480	234	51	0	6	12	10	.281	.352	.552	.904	79	23.1	.385	138	21.4
19	Jeff Burroughs J. Burroughs	104	1	1974	TEX	152	554	84	167	33	2	25	118	91	5	2	3	662	279	60	0	12	12	17	.301	.397	.504	.901	112	41.1	.402	158	41.4
20	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	103	1	1987	CHC	153	621	90	178	24	2	49	137	32	7	11	3	662	353	75	0	2	7	15	.287	.328	.568	.896	109	28.2	.377	124	20.2
21	Johnny Bench J. Bench	102	1	1970	CIN	158	605	97	177	35	4	45	148	54	0	5	2	671	355	84	1	11	9	12	.293	.345	.587	.932	118	41.7	.399	145	37.2
22	Ryne Sandberg R. Sandberg	101	1	1984	CHC	156	636	114	200	36	19	19	84	52	3	32	7	700	331	74	5	4	3	7	.314	.367	.520	.887	117	39	.390	142	33
23	Ken Caminiti K. Caminiti	99	1	1996	SDP	146	546	109	178	37	2	40	130	78	4	11	5	638	339	79	0	10	16	15	.326	.408	.621	1.028	132	49.6	.426	169	56
24	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	99	1	1956	NYY	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	112	2	10	1	652	376	79	1	4	6	4	.353	.464	.705	1.169	164	88.9	.498	202	84.6
25	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	97	1	1983	BAL	162	663	121	211	47	2	27	102	58	0	0	4	726	343	76	0	5	0	24	.318	.371	.517	.888	123	41.1	.392	146	39.3

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