who led mlb in strikeouts in 1903

Rube Waddell fanned the most batters in 1903, with 302 strikeouts.

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1Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
302
1903
PHA PHA
39
21
16
.568
38
2.44
34
4
0
324.0
274
88
109
3
85
8
1
1,291
9
8.39
2.36
3.55
0.08
23.4
6.6
1.11
.303
3.03
80
1.87
62
7.61
41.9
2Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
267
1903
NYG NYG
45
30
13
.698
42
2.26
37
3
2
366.1
321
92
136
4
100
10
3
1,502
18
6.56
2.46
2.67
0.10
17.8
6.7
1.15
.283
3.34
70
2.34
72
7.89
37
3Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
187
1903
DET DET
35
17
16
.515
34
2.29
34
4
0
307.0
247
78
104
3
95
5
1
1,223
7
5.48
2.79
1.97
0.09
15.3
7.8
1.11
.262
3.05
76
2.64
89
7.24
11.6
4Eddie Plank
E. Plank
176
1903
PHA PHA
43
23
16
.590
40
2.38
33
3
0
336.0
317
89
128
5
65
23
2
1,363
8
4.71
1.74
2.71
0.13
12.9
4.8
1.14
.285
3.43
78
2.68
89
8.49
13.9
5Cy Young
C. Young
176
1903
BSA BSA
40
28
9
.757
35
2.08
34
7
2
341.2
294
79
115
6
37
9
5
1,314
5
4.64
0.97
4.76
0.16
13.4
2.8
0.97
.265
3.03
70
2.35
80
7.74
22.2
6Joe McGinnity
J. McGinnity
171
1903
NYG NYG
55
31
20
.608
48
2.43
44
3
2
434.0
391
117
162
4
109
19
6
1,786
5
3.55
2.26
1.57
0.08
9.6
6.1
1.15
.261
3.36
75
2.97
91
8.11
13
7George Mullin
G. Mullin
170
1903
DET DET
41
19
15
.559
36
2.25
31
6
2
320.2
284
80
128
4
106
8
5
1,312
6
4.77
2.98
1.60
0.11
13.0
8.1
1.22
.273
3.59
75
2.92
98
7.97
2.1
8Jack Powell
J. Powell
169
1903
SLA SLA
38
15
19
.441
34
2.91
33
4
2
306.1
294
99
131
11
58
5
4
1,231
6
4.97
1.70
2.91
0.32
13.7
4.7
1.15
.286
3.85
102
2.73
97
8.64
1.1
9Ned Garvin
N. Garvin
154
1903
BKN BKN
38
15
18
.455
34
3.08
30
2
2
298.0
277
102
163
2
84
13
4
1,216
9
4.65
2.54
1.83
0.06
12.7
6.9
1.21
.286
4.92
94
2.78
85
8.37
16.6
10Bill Dinneen
B. Dinneen
148
1903
BSA BSA
37
21
13
.618
34
2.26
32
6
2
299.0
255
75
98
6
66
4
3
1,178
5
4.45
1.99
2.24
0.18
12.6
5.6
1.07
.261
2.95
76
2.73
93
7.68
7.1
11Earl Moore
E. Moore
148
1903
CLE CLE
29
20
8
.714
27
1.74
27
3
0
247.2
196
48
88
0
62
5
2
969
8
5.38
2.25
2.39
0.00
15.3
6.4
1.04
.260
3.20
60
2.37
82
7.12
13.5
12Jack Chesbro
J. Chesbro
147
1903
NYH NYH
40
21
15
.583
36
2.77
33
1
0
324.2
300
100
140
7
74
9
4
1,309
5
4.07
2.05
1.99
0.19
11.2
5.7
1.15
.273
3.88
87
2.89
91
8.32
13.1
13Togie Pittinger
T. Pittinger
140
1903
BSN BSN
44
18
22
.450
39
3.48
35
3
1
351.2
396
136
205
12
143
17
5
1,505
14
3.58
3.66
0.98
0.31
9.3
9.5
1.53
.322
5.25
108
3.77
116
10.13
-20.9
14Casey Patten
C. Patten
133
1903
WSH WSH
36
11
22
.333
34
3.60
32
0
1
300.0
313
120
163
11
80
4
2
1,253
4
3.99
2.40
1.66
0.33
10.6
6.4
1.31
.295
4.89
119
3.18
106
9.39
-5.1
15Jake Weimer
J. Weimer
128
1903
CHC CHC
35
20
8
.714
33
2.30
27
3
0
282.0
241
72
111
4
104
11
2
1,184
5
4.09
3.32
1.23
0.13
10.8
8.8
1.22
.253
3.54
72
3.25
101
7.69
-2
16Chief Bender
C. Bender
127
1903
PHA PHA
36
17
14
.548
33
3.07
29
2
0
270.0
239
92
115
6
65
25
2
1,099
6
4.23
2.17
1.95
0.20
11.6
5.9
1.13
.266
3.83
101
3.10
102
7.97
-0.9
17Noodles Hahn
N. Hahn
127
1903
CIN CIN
34
22
12
.647
34
2.52
34
5
0
296.0
297
83
125
3
47
8
0
1,187
3
3.86
1.43
2.70
0.09
10.7
4.0
1.16
.293
3.80
71
2.58
72
9.03
33.9
18Vic Willis
V. Willis
125
1903
BSN BSN
33
12
18
.400
32
2.98
29
2
0
278.0
256
92
121
3
88
10
1
1,117
4
4.05
2.85
1.42
0.10
11.2
7.9
1.24
.284
3.92
92
3.05
94
8.29
5.8
19Deacon Phillippe
D. Phillippe
123
1903
PIT PIT
36
25
9
.735
33
2.43
31
4
2
289.1
269
78
116
4
29
4
3
1,150
5
3.83
0.90
4.24
0.12
10.7
2.5
1.03
.268
3.61
74
2.42
74
8.37
27.6
20Addie Joss
A. Joss
120
1903
CLE CLE
32
18
13
.581
31
2.19
31
3
0
283.2
232
69
105
3
37
9
1
1,087
5
3.81
1.17
3.24
0.10
11.0
3.4
0.95
.249
3.33
75
2.53
88
7.36
10.3
21Doc White
D. White
114
1903
CWS CWS
37
17
16
.515
36
2.13
29
3
0
300.0
258
71
119
4
69
14
1
1,197
7
3.42
2.07
1.65
0.12
9.5
5.8
1.09
.255
3.57
76
3.00
107
7.74
-9.7
22Bob Wicker
B. Wicker
113
1903
TOT
33
20
9
.690
27
2.96
24
1
1
252.0
240
83
115
3
77
3
6
1,034
8
4.04
2.75
1.47
0.11
10.9
7.4
1.26
.283
4.11
93
2.96
92
8.57
6.5
23Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
112
1903
BSA BSA
33
20
7
.741
31
2.57
25
5
0
244.2
232
70
95
5
60
9
2
999
2
4.12
2.21
1.87
0.18
11.2
6.0
1.19
.279
3.49
87
2.95
100
8.53
-0.3
24Jesse Tannehill
J. Tannehill
106
1903
NYH NYH
32
15
15
.500
31
3.27
22
2
0
239.2
258
87
123
3
34
10
1
985
3
3.98
1.28
3.12
0.11
10.8
3.5
1.22
.306
4.62
102
2.58
81
9.69
17.4
25Bob Ewing
B. Ewing
104
1903
CIN CIN
29
14
13
.519
28
2.77
27
1
1
246.2
254
76
127
3
64
10
1
1,034
4
3.79
2.34
1.63
0.11
10.1
6.2
1.29
.294
4.63
78
2.97
83
9.27
18.6
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