what hitter had the most strikeouts in the 1961 season

Jake Wood had the most strikeouts in 1961, with 141 strikeouts in his rookie season.

Regular season

	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	Jake Wood J. Wood	141	1961	DET	162	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	58	4	30	9	731	249	42	2	4	2	8	.258	.320	.376	.695	79	-7.1	.312	82	-16.7
2	Dick Stuart D. Stuart	121	1961	PIT	138	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	34	4	0	3	576	309	71	1	5	1	22	.301	.344	.581	.925	102	34	.397	140	29.2
3	Pancho Herrera P. Herrera	120	1961	PHI	126	400	56	103	17	2	13	51	55	4	5	1	461	163	32	0	2	4	12	.258	.351	.408	.759	60	5.9	.340	104	2.1
4	Ken Hunt K. Hunt	120	1961	LAA	149	479	70	122	29	3	25	84	49	4	8	2	541	232	57	3	6	1	12	.255	.325	.484	.810	77	12.7	.353	104	3.1
5	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	112	1961	NYY	153	514	131	163	16	6	54	128	126	0	12	1	646	353	76	1	5	9	2	.317	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	197	78.8
6	Woodie Held W. Held	111	1961	CLE	146	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	69	3	0	0	590	238	51	3	6	11	14	.267	.354	.468	.822	85	15.5	.357	116	12
7	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	109	1961	MIN	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	107	3	1	2	656	328	73	0	5	6	11	.288	.405	.606	1.012	135	57.2	.433	161	50.2
8	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	108	1961	NYY	150	561	77	150	23	4	28	89	35	8	0	0	607	265	55	0	3	9	21	.267	.318	.472	.790	80	8.6	.341	110	7.8
9	Jim Gentile J. Gentile	106	1961	BAL	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	96	11	1	1	601	314	73	0	8	5	12	.302	.423	.646	1.069	133	62.4	.453	180	60.9
10	Bob Allison B. Allison	100	1961	MIN	159	556	83	136	21	3	29	105	103	5	2	7	677	250	53	5	8	1	17	.245	.363	.450	.813	101	20.8	.362	116	13.6
11	Jim Lemon J. Lemon	98	1961	MIN	129	423	57	109	26	1	14	52	44	4	1	1	479	179	41	2	6	2	11	.258	.329	.423	.752	60	3.5	.333	97	-1.6
12	Ron Hansen R. Hansen	96	1961	BAL	155	533	51	132	13	2	12	51	66	1	1	3	607	185	27	3	4	2	19	.248	.329	.347	.677	64	-7.3	.309	89	-8.8
13	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	96	1961	BOS	148	583	71	155	31	6	11	80	50	3	6	5	643	231	48	2	5	3	19	.266	.324	.396	.721	74	-1.7	.320	88	-10.1
14	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	95	1961	MIL	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	93	2	12	7	672	306	61	1	4	3	10	.306	.402	.535	.937	126	46.4	.410	153	44.8
15	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	94	1961	MIL	152	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	59	2	2	1	629	285	55	4	2	4	22	.285	.354	.507	.861	101	26.4	.376	131	24.9
16	Willie Tasby W. Tasby	94	1961	WSH	141	494	54	124	13	2	17	63	58	2	4	10	561	192	32	3	4	2	15	.251	.330	.389	.718	66	-0.4	.323	95	-3.7
17	George Altman G. Altman	92	1961	CHC	138	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	40	4	6	2	573	290	67	4	7	3	4	.303	.353	.560	.913	99	31.2	.392	135	25.1
18	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	91	1961	STL	153	589	109	194	26	11	24	95	68	1	6	3	663	314	61	0	5	9	11	.329	.397	.533	.930	120	42.1	.403	137	31.2
19	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	91	1961	SFG	152	585	105	182	28	4	46	142	39	9	12	8	636	356	78	0	3	11	21	.311	.362	.609	.970	121	45.5	.413	153	42.5
20	Gary Geiger G. Geiger	91	1961	BOS	140	499	82	116	21	6	18	64	87	4	16	4	599	203	45	6	3	4	7	.232	.349	.407	.756	78	7.6	.339	100	-0.3
21	Norm Siebern N. Siebern	91	1961	KCA	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	82	1	2	4	649	266	59	0	6	3	4	.296	.384	.475	.859	105	28.9	.379	125	20.4
22	Jerry Kindall J. Kindall	89	1961	CHC	96	310	37	75	22	3	9	44	18	2	2	2	333	130	34	3	0	0	5	.242	.288	.419	.707	36	-3.1	.312	84	-6.7
23	Roy McMillan R. McMillan	86	1961	MIL	154	505	42	111	16	0	7	48	61	4	2	4	588	148	23	11	7	2	16	.220	.305	.293	.598	48	-21.9	.277	69	-23.3
24	Norm Cash N. Cash	85	1961	DET	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	124	9	11	5	672	354	71	2	2	19	16	.361	.487	.662	1.148	168	88.3	.488	194	79.5
25	Leo Posada L. Posada	84	1961	KCA	116	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	36	4	0	0	400	126	21	4	12	1	8	.253	.321	.366	.687	42	-5.4	.307	79	-10.6

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