Bobby Darwin and Lee May were tied for the most strikeouts in 1972, with 145 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in 1972

	NAME	SO	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	Bobby Darwin B. Darwin	145	1972	MIN	145	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	38	8	2	3	562	227	44	1	2	4	24	.267	.326	.442	.769	73	18.2	.349	128	15.9
2	Lee May L. May	145	1972	HOU	148	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	52	2	3	1	647	290	62	0	1	12	13	.284	.343	.490	.833	95	31.9	.373	137	26.3
3	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	140	1972	SFG	135	472	65	106	17	4	29	83	51	4	16	6	531	218	50	0	4	2	9	.225	.303	.462	.765	68	16.4	.347	116	9.2
4	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	137	1972	SFG	153	626	118	162	29	5	26	80	60	5	44	6	697	279	60	1	5	4	13	.259	.326	.446	.772	91	22.9	.350	118	13.5
5	George Scott G. Scott	130	1972	MIL	152	578	71	154	24	4	20	88	43	4	16	4	629	246	48	2	2	4	19	.266	.321	.426	.746	77	15.8	.339	123	14.4
6	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	129	1972	PIT	138	495	74	145	28	2	33	112	65	2	1	1	569	276	63	0	7	15	7	.293	.373	.558	.930	99	42.8	.410	161	37.9
7	Nate Colbert N. Colbert	127	1972	SDP	151	563	87	141	27	2	38	111	70	2	15	6	643	286	67	3	5	14	12	.250	.333	.508	.841	95	32	.374	139	27.7
8	Dick Allen D. Allen	126	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
9	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	125	1972	OAK	135	499	72	132	25	2	25	75	59	8	9	8	572	236	52	4	2	7	5	.265	.350	.473	.823	84	27.8	.372	151	29.3
10	Tony Perez T. Perez	121	1972	CIN	136	515	64	146	33	7	21	90	55	0	4	2	576	256	61	0	6	15	9	.283	.349	.497	.846	85	28.4	.373	138	24
11	Doug Rader D. Rader	120	1972	HOU	152	553	70	131	24	7	22	90	57	5	5	5	626	235	53	2	9	8	18	.237	.309	.425	.734	73	11.5	.330	109	6.1
12	Earl Williams E. Williams	118	1972	ATL	151	565	72	146	24	2	28	87	62	6	0	0	637	258	54	0	4	6	17	.258	.336	.457	.793	87	25	.359	119	13.3
13	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	114	1972	PHI	150	563	66	158	33	5	18	68	42	3	0	4	611	255	56	0	3	4	14	.281	.332	.453	.785	82	22.2	.355	120	13.3
14	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	112	1972	MON	143	489	55	114	10	4	16	57	59	1	6	7	560	180	30	7	4	7	13	.233	.315	.368	.683	58	3.2	.312	93	-4.4
15	Bob Oliver B. Oliver	109	1972	TOT	150	572	54	154	22	5	20	76	29	3	5	3	609	246	47	0	5	8	17	.269	.305	.430	.735	71	11.2	.329	121	13
16	Willie Montanez W. Montanez	108	1972	PHI	147	531	60	131	39	3	13	64	58	1	1	3	596	215	55	2	4	13	5	.247	.320	.405	.725	67	8.6	.324	100	-0.1
17	Tommy Harper T. Harper	104	1972	BOS	144	556	92	141	29	2	14	49	67	9	25	7	641	216	45	5	4	1	4	.254	.341	.388	.730	78	15.2	.337	116	10
18	Aurelio Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	104	1972	DET	153	601	65	142	23	5	13	56	28	2	2	3	639	214	41	7	1	4	14	.236	.272	.356	.628	54	-8.2	.285	82	-11.6
19	Rick Monday R. Monday	102	1972	CHC	138	434	68	108	22	5	11	42	78	1	12	9	520	173	38	3	4	8	4	.249	.362	.399	.760	67	15.7	.346	109	5.1
20	Leroy Stanton L. Stanton	100	1972	CAL	127	402	44	101	15	3	12	39	22	4	2	3	432	158	30	2	2	4	16	.251	.295	.393	.688	45	2.5	.312	109	4
21	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	99	1972	MON	142	507	77	139	23	2	14	50	70	2	5	10	585	208	39	4	2	5	12	.274	.363	.410	.773	78	20.9	.354	120	13
22	Jimmy Wynn J. Wynn	99	1972	HOU	145	542	117	148	29	3	24	90	103	2	17	7	652	255	56	2	3	6	8	.273	.389	.470	.860	104	40	.390	148	34.4
23	Garry Maddox G. Maddox	97	1972	SFG	125	458	62	122	26	7	12	58	14	4	13	6	482	198	45	4	2	3	5	.266	.293	.432	.725	55	7.7	.326	102	1.2
24	Bobby Grich B. Grich	96	1972	BAL	133	460	66	128	21	3	12	50	53	7	13	6	528	191	36	3	5	3	8	.278	.358	.415	.773	70	18.5	.353	135	18.4
25	Lou Brock L. Brock	93	1972	STL	153	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	47	1	63	18	675	244	37	3	3	12	6	.311	.359	.393	.752	82	16.2	.337	110	7.7

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