what hitter had the most strikeouts in the 1953 season

Steve Bilko had the most strikeouts in a season in 1953, with 125 strikeouts.

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	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	Steve Bilko S. Bilko	125	1953	SLN	154	570	72	143	23	3	21	84	70	1	0	1	641	235	47	0	17	.251	.334	.412	.746	79	2.4	.341	93	-6.2
2	Larry Doby L. Doby	121	1953	CLE	149	513	92	135	18	5	29	102	96	6	3	2	617	250	52	2	7	.263	.385	.487	.873	103	28.9	.394	138	29.3
3	Dee Fondy D. Fondy	106	1953	CHC	150	595	79	184	24	11	18	78	44	1	10	7	641	284	53	1	6	.309	.358	.477	.835	97	19.9	.375	112	10.5
4	Bill Bruton B. Bruton	100	1953	MIL	151	613	82	153	18	14	1	41	44	6	26	11	668	202	33	5	9	.250	.306	.330	.636	58	-22.2	.294	73	-24
5	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	93	1953	PIT	128	455	68	116	22	1	30	102	50	2	1	2	510	230	53	3	12	.255	.331	.505	.837	76	14.6	.372	110	6.5
6	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	90	1953	NYY	127	461	105	136	24	3	21	92	79	0	8	4	540	229	48	0	2	.295	.398	.497	.895	94	29.4	.404	146	31
7	Duke Snider D. Snider	90	1953	BKN	153	590	132	198	38	4	42	126	82	3	16	7	680	370	84	5	10	.336	.419	.627	1.046	149	67.2	.459	165	58
8	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	88	1953	TOT	158	562	100	157	20	3	35	116	100	3	2	1	666	288	58	1	11	.279	.391	.512	.903	117	37.2	.406	131	27.2
9	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	84	1953	BKN	141	520	101	157	22	7	31	122	75	3	1	4	598	286	60	0	4	.302	.393	.550	.943	111	39.8	.419	140	31.7
10	Jim Greengrass J. Greengrass	83	1953	CIN	154	606	86	173	22	7	20	100	47	3	6	4	656	269	49	0	18	.285	.340	.444	.784	88	9.4	.354	100	-0.2
11	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	83	1953	MIL	157	579	110	175	31	8	47	135	99	2	1	3	681	363	86	1	6	.302	.406	.627	1.033	144	62.6	.451	168	60.8
12	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	82	1953	MIL	157	590	71	168	33	6	18	80	42	2	3	2	640	267	57	6	22	.285	.334	.453	.787	86	9.1	.354	109	7.3
13	Dick Gernert D. Gernert	82	1953	BOS	139	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	88	5	0	7	590	205	37	3	9	.253	.371	.415	.786	84	13.1	.364	107	5
14	Andy Seminick A. Seminick	82	1953	CIN	119	387	46	91	12	0	19	64	49	1	2	2	438	160	31	1	10	.235	.323	.413	.736	52	-0.1	.336	89	-6.5
15	Gus Zernial G. Zernial	79	1953	PHA	147	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	57	4	4	0	617	311	66	0	12	.284	.355	.559	.914	107	33.2	.403	137	28.4
16	Daryl Spencer D. Spencer	74	1953	NYG	118	408	55	85	18	5	20	56	42	3	0	1	455	173	43	2	11	.208	.287	.424	.711	48	-6.1	.319	81	-11.7
17	Wes Westrum W. Westrum	73	1953	NYG	107	290	40	65	5	0	12	30	56	1	2	0	347	106	17	0	8	.224	.352	.366	.717	42	0.4	.337	92	-3.8
18	Gus Bell G. Bell	72	1953	CIN	151	610	102	183	37	5	30	105	48	3	0	2	665	320	72	4	14	.300	.354	.525	.879	109	28.9	.390	122	19.1
19	Rip Repulski R. Repulski	71	1953	SLN	153	567	75	156	25	4	15	66	33	9	3	6	614	234	44	5	14	.275	.325	.413	.738	73	-0.5	.335	89	-8.7
20	Cal Abrams C. Abrams	70	1953	PIT	119	448	66	128	10	6	15	43	58	0	4	4	512	195	31	6	2	.286	.368	.435	.803	74	12.5	.366	106	4.4
21	Jim Rivera J. Rivera	70	1953	CWS	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	53	6	22	15	639	238	53	13	15	.259	.329	.420	.749	78	1.6	.339	100	-0.3
22	Walt Dropo W. Dropo	69	1953	DET	152	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	29	6	2	0	645	225	46	4	22	.248	.289	.371	.660	59	-18.7	.300	72	-22.2
23	Ray Boone R. Boone	68	1953	TOT	135	497	94	147	17	8	26	114	72	5	3	3	582	258	51	8	9	.296	.390	.519	.909	103	33.1	.407	143	30.8
24	Bobby Adams B. Adams	67	1953	CIN	150	607	99	167	14	6	8	49	58	0	3	2	677	217	28	12	7	.275	.338	.357	.696	74	-7.2	.323	81	-17.1
25	Bill Glynn B. Glynn	65	1953	CLE	147	411	60	100	14	2	3	30	44	5	1	3	474	127	19	14	5	.243	.324	.309	.633	43	-13.7	.300	77	-13.4

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