Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters in 1998, with 329 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	329	1998	TOT	34	19	11	.633	34	3.28	10	6	0	244.1	203	89	102	23	86	14	0	1	1,014	7	12.12	3.17	3.83	0.85	32.4	8.5	1.18	.320	3.76	72	2.89	65	7.48	42.2
2	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	271	1998	TOR	33	20	6	.769	33	2.65	5	3	0	234.2	169	69	78	11	88	7	0	0	961	6	10.39	3.38	3.08	0.42	28.2	9.2	1.10	.271	2.99	57	2.65	59	6.48	49.2
4	Kevin Brown K. Brown	257	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	35	2.38	7	3	0	257.0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	60	2.22	53	7.88	57
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	251	1998	BOS	33	19	7	.731	33	2.89	3	2	0	233.2	188	75	82	26	67	8	0	3	951	9	9.67	2.58	3.75	1.00	26.4	7.0	1.09	.270	3.16	61	3.39	76	7.24	28.4
6	Kerry Wood K. Wood	233	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	3.40	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	6.32	21.9
7	Chuck Finley C. Finley	212	1998	ANA	34	11	9	.550	34	3.39	1	1	0	223.1	210	84	97	20	109	6	0	1	976	8	8.54	4.39	1.94	0.81	21.7	11.2	1.43	.302	3.91	73	3.94	85	8.46	16.5
8	David Cone D. Cone	209	1998	NYY	31	20	7	.741	31	3.55	3	0	0	207.2	186	82	89	20	59	15	0	1	866	6	9.06	2.56	3.54	0.87	24.1	6.8	1.18	.295	3.86	78	3.44	76	8.06	25.1
9	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	209	1998	HOU	35	19	8	.704	35	3.51	3	1	0	233.1	257	91	99	25	53	2	0	2	986	5	8.06	2.04	3.94	0.96	21.2	5.4	1.33	.333	3.82	88	3.44	85	9.91	16
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	204	1998	ATL	34	18	9	.667	34	2.22	9	5	0	251.0	201	62	75	13	45	7	0	10	987	4	7.31	1.61	4.53	0.47	20.7	4.6	0.98	.262	2.69	53	2.80	66	7.21	41
11	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	204	1998	TOT	33	14	13	.519	33	3.74	3	0	0	221.2	214	92	107	25	81	4	0	1	949	5	8.28	3.29	2.52	1.02	21.5	8.5	1.33	.298	4.34	85	3.91	88	8.69	13.6
12	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	191	1998	LAD	34	15	9	.625	34	3.71	2	0	0	220.2	199	91	101	16	97	11	0	1	946	6	7.79	3.96	1.97	0.65	20.2	10.3	1.34	.290	4.12	94	3.81	90	8.12	9.9
13	Scott Erickson S. Erickson	186	1998	BAL	36	16	13	.552	36	4.01	11	2	0	251.1	284	112	125	23	69	13	0	4	1,102	4	6.66	2.47	2.70	0.82	16.9	6.3	1.40	.322	4.48	89	3.82	84	10.17	20.8
14	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	176	1998	SEA	32	13	12	.520	32	3.97	7	0	0	224.2	223	99	115	33	66	10	0	2	954	12	7.05	2.64	2.67	1.32	18.4	6.9	1.29	.284	4.61	85	4.49	97	8.93	3.1
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	175	1998	BAL	29	13	10	.565	29	3.49	4	2	0	206.1	189	80	85	22	41	4	0	3	835	10	7.63	1.79	4.27	0.96	21.0	4.9	1.11	.282	3.71	77	3.48	76	8.24	25
16	Al Leiter A. Leiter	174	1998	NYM	28	17	6	.739	28	2.47	4	2	0	193.0	151	53	55	8	71	11	0	2	789	4	8.11	3.31	2.45	0.37	22.1	9.0	1.15	.272	2.56	61	3.14	75	7.04	22.5
17	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	173	1998	ATL	26	17	3	.850	26	2.90	2	2	0	167.2	145	54	58	10	44	4	0	2	681	3	9.29	2.36	3.93	0.54	25.4	6.5	1.13	.300	3.11	69	2.70	63	7.78	29.2
18	Tony Saunders T. Saunders	172	1998	TBD	31	6	15	.286	31	4.12	2	0	0	192.1	191	88	95	15	111	7	0	1	855	2	8.05	5.19	1.55	0.70	20.1	13.0	1.57	.320	4.45	88	4.20	92	8.94	7.9
19	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	170	1998	COL	35	13	14	.481	34	6.23	0	0	0	209.1	245	145	160	39	74	17	0	0	938	2	7.31	3.18	2.30	1.68	18.1	7.9	1.52	.323	6.88	119	5.23	110	10.53	-8.7
20	Jose Lima J. Lima	169	1998	HOU	33	16	8	.667	33	3.70	3	1	0	233.1	229	96	100	34	32	7	0	1	950	4	6.52	1.23	5.28	1.31	17.8	3.4	1.12	.275	3.86	93	4.08	101	8.83	-1.6
21	Darren Dreifort D. Dreifort	168	1998	LAD	32	8	12	.400	26	4.00	1	1	0	180.0	171	80	84	12	57	10	0	2	752	9	8.40	2.85	2.95	0.60	22.3	7.6	1.27	.315	4.20	102	3.25	77	8.55	19.6
22	Juan Guzman J. Guzman	168	1998	TOT	33	10	16	.385	33	4.35	2	0	0	211.0	193	102	117	23	98	8	0	2	918	11	7.17	4.18	1.71	0.98	18.3	10.7	1.38	.274	4.99	94	4.46	98	8.23	1.6
23	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	167	1998	TOT	29	6	12	.333	28	4.92	3	0	0	157.1	130	86	88	19	94	4	0	2	687	13	9.55	5.38	1.78	1.09	24.3	13.7	1.42	.275	5.03	123	4.45	106	7.44	-4.8
24	Aaron Sele A. Sele	167	1998	TEX	33	19	11	.633	33	4.23	3	2	0	212.2	239	100	116	14	84	13	0	6	954	4	7.07	3.55	1.99	0.59	17.5	8.8	1.52	.333	4.91	88	3.79	81	10.11	20.4
25	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	165	1998	ATL	32	16	11	.593	31	3.55	5	2	0	210.1	196	83	91	25	60	6	0	3	861	6	7.06	2.57	2.75	1.07	19.2	7.0	1.22	.283	3.89	85	4.05	95	8.39	4.9