what hitter had the most strikeouts in the 1951 season

Gus Zernial had the most strikeouts in 1951, with 101 strikeouts.

Regular season

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Gus Zernial G. Zernial	101	1951	TOT	143	571	92	153	30	5	33	129	63	4	2	2	638	292	68	0	15	.268	.345	.511	.856	100	24.6	.386	124	18.7
2	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	99	1951	BKN	158	582	118	156	25	3	40	103	93	5	9	7	681	307	68	1	13	.268	.374	.527	.901	117	37.5	.407	137	31.7
3	Duke Snider D. Snider	97	1951	BKN	150	606	96	168	26	6	29	101	62	0	14	10	672	293	61	4	23	.277	.344	.483	.828	99	20.4	.375	118	14.7
4	Wes Westrum W. Westrum	93	1951	NYG	124	361	59	79	12	0	20	70	104	5	1	0	474	151	32	4	10	.219	.400	.418	.818	74	18.8	.387	126	15.3
5	Sam Jethroe S. Jethroe	88	1951	BSN	148	572	101	160	29	10	18	65	57	11	35	5	644	263	57	4	7	.280	.356	.460	.816	94	18.6	.373	122	17.6
6	George Strickland G. Strickland	83	1951	PIT	138	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	65	3	4	2	528	151	28	6	9	.216	.318	.333	.651	51	-11.1	.309	72	-18.2
7	Larry Doby L. Doby	81	1951	CLE	134	447	84	132	27	5	20	69	101	3	4	1	551	229	52	0	10	.295	.428	.512	.941	105	40.3	.430	159	40.3
8	Hank Sauer H. Sauer	77	1951	CHC	141	525	77	138	19	4	30	89	45	3	2	1	574	255	53	1	10	.263	.325	.486	.810	81	13.3	.366	112	8.4
9	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	74	1951	NYY	96	341	61	91	11	5	13	65	43	0	8	7	386	151	29	2	3	.267	.349	.443	.792	53	8.1	.363	116	7.7
10	Roy Hartsfield R. Hartsfield	73	1951	BSN	120	450	63	122	11	2	6	31	41	1	7	2	497	155	19	5	5	.271	.333	.344	.678	52	-6.6	.319	88	-7.4
11	Jerry Priddy J. Priddy	73	1951	DET	154	584	73	152	22	6	8	57	69	0	4	3	665	210	36	12	18	.260	.338	.360	.698	74	-4.3	.328	87	-10.6
12	Jim Hegan J. Hegan	72	1951	CLE	133	416	60	99	17	5	6	43	38	0	0	3	457	144	28	3	6	.238	.302	.346	.648	41	-12.2	.302	79	-12.2
13	Connie Ryan C. Ryan	72	1951	CIN	136	473	75	112	17	4	16	53	79	3	11	6	560	185	37	5	13	.237	.350	.391	.741	71	4.9	.348	101	0.7
14	Luke Easter L. Easter	71	1951	CLE	128	486	65	131	12	5	27	103	37	9	0	1	532	234	44	0	14	.270	.333	.481	.814	76	13.6	.369	120	13.6
15	Al Rosen A. Rosen	71	1951	CLE	154	573	82	152	30	1	24	102	85	2	7	5	661	256	55	1	14	.265	.362	.447	.809	96	18.8	.373	123	18.8
16	Eddie Joost E. Joost	70	1951	PHA	140	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	106	6	10	8	667	255	52	2	6	.289	.409	.461	.870	113	34.8	.403	134	28.5
17	Earl Torgeson E. Torgeson	70	1951	BSN	155	581	99	153	21	4	24	92	102	2	20	11	690	254	49	5	18	.263	.375	.437	.812	103	21.9	.377	124	20.8
18	Wally Westlake W. Westlake	68	1951	TOT	123	448	64	119	12	5	22	84	33	6	1	3	491	207	39	4	11	.266	.324	.462	.786	66	7.9	.357	105	2.8
19	Andy Seminick A. Seminick	67	1951	PHN	101	291	42	66	8	1	11	37	63	3	1	0	358	109	20	1	6	.227	.370	.375	.744	47	5.2	.355	109	3.8
20	Clyde Vollmer C. Vollmer	66	1951	BSA	115	386	66	97	9	2	22	85	55	1	0	0	445	176	33	3	20	.251	.346	.456	.802	63	10.9	.368	106	3.5
21	Eddie Stanky E. Stanky	63	1951	NYG	145	515	88	127	17	2	14	43	127	6	8	5	653	190	33	5	5	.247	.401	.369	.770	94	17.7	.371	116	12.8
22	Gil Coan G. Coan	62	1951	WSH	135	538	85	163	25	7	9	62	39	6	8	5	591	229	41	8	6	.303	.357	.426	.782	81	11.2	.361	112	9
23	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	61	1951	DET	138	501	86	143	24	4	27	94	78	1	0	3	581	256	55	1	13	.285	.383	.511	.894	100	31.5	.406	136	26
24	Willie Mays W. Mays	60	1951	NYG	121	464	59	127	22	5	20	68	57	2	7	4	524	219	47	1	11	.274	.356	.472	.828	78	16.8	.378	120	12.9
25	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	57	1951	PIT	151	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	137	2	2	1	670	333	79	0	10	.309	.452	.627	1.079	153	74.7	.479	179	65.8

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