who led mlb in strikeouts in 1916

Walter Johnson struck out the most batters in 1916, with 228 strikeouts.

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1Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
228
1916
WSH WSH
48
25
20
.556
38
1.90
36
3
1
369.2
290
78
105
0
82
9
10
1,410
9
5.55
2.00
2.78
0.00
16.2
5.8
1.01
.266
2.56
68
1.82
65
7.06
39.7
2Elmer Myers
E. Myers
182
1916
PHA PHA
44
14
23
.378
35
3.66
31
2
1
315.0
280
128
169
7
168
14
8
1,310
13
5.20
4.80
1.08
0.20
13.9
12.8
1.42
.291
4.83
130
3.18
113
8.00
-12.9
3Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
170
1916
BSA BSA
44
23
12
.657
40
1.75
23
9
1
323.2
230
63
83
0
118
8
3
1,272
3
4.73
3.28
1.44
0.00
13.4
9.3
1.08
.236
2.31
65
2.43
90
6.40
8.8
4Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
167
1916
PHN PHN
48
33
12
.733
45
1.55
38
16
3
389.0
323
67
90
6
50
10
3
1,500
3
3.86
1.16
3.34
0.14
11.1
3.3
0.96
.250
2.08
58
2.12
79
7.47
25.4
5Larry Cheney
L. Cheney
166
1916
BKN BKN
41
18
12
.600
32
1.92
15
5
0
253.0
178
54
91
5
105
10
4
1,043
15
5.91
3.74
1.58
0.18
15.9
10.1
1.12
.229
3.24
72
2.62
98
6.33
1.9
6Al Mamaux
A. Mamaux
163
1916
PIT PIT
45
21
15
.583
37
2.53
26
1
2
310.0
264
87
123
3
136
9
5
1,291
3
4.73
3.95
1.20
0.09
12.6
10.5
1.29
.266
3.57
97
2.79
107
7.66
-5.9
7Bullet Joe Bush
B. Joe Bush
157
1916
PHA PHA
40
15
24
.385
33
2.57
25
8
0
286.2
222
82
109
3
130
3
6
1,145
15
4.93
4.08
1.21
0.09
13.7
11.4
1.23
.257
3.42
91
2.75
98
6.97
2.1
8Harry Harper
H. Harper
149
1916
WSH WSH
36
14
10
.583
34
2.45
13
2
0
249.2
209
68
82
4
101
8
1
997
9
5.37
3.64
1.48
0.14
14.9
10.1
1.24
.279
2.96
88
2.64
95
7.53
3.9
9Fred Toney
F. Toney
146
1916
CIN CIN
41
14
17
.452
38
2.28
21
3
1
300.0
247
76
98
7
78
8
2
1,184
6
4.38
2.34
1.87
0.21
12.3
6.6
1.08
.254
2.94
87
2.51
96
7.41
3.9
10Dutch Leonard
D. Leonard
144
1916
BSA BSA
48
18
12
.600
35
2.36
17
6
6
274.0
244
72
87
6
66
8
13
1,060
8
4.73
2.17
2.18
0.20
13.6
6.2
1.13
.285
2.86
87
2.36
87
8.01
9.8
11Hippo Vaughn
H. Vaughn
144
1916
CHC CHC
44
17
15
.531
35
2.20
21
4
1
294.0
269
72
94
4
67
7
9
1,191
6
4.41
2.05
2.15
0.12
12.1
5.6
1.14
.273
2.88
82
2.27
84
8.23
14.5
12Lefty Williams
L. Williams
138
1916
CWS CWS
43
13
7
.650
26
2.89
10
2
1
224.1
220
72
99
5
65
8
9
897
2
5.54
2.61
2.12
0.20
15.4
7.2
1.27
.316
3.97
103
2.35
84
8.83
10.7
13Eppa Rixey
E. Rixey
134
1916
PHN PHN
38
22
10
.688
33
1.85
20
3
0
287.0
239
59
91
2
74
7
3
1,155
13
4.20
2.32
1.81
0.06
11.6
6.4
1.09
.253
2.85
69
2.32
86
7.49
12.6
14Dick Rudolph
D. Rudolph
133
1916
BSN BSN
41
19
12
.613
38
2.16
27
5
3
312.0
266
75
93
7
38
3
3
1,206
5
3.84
1.10
3.50
0.20
11.0
3.2
0.97
.253
2.68
86
2.15
85
7.67
12.1
15Al Demaree
A. Demaree
130
1916
PHN PHN
39
19
14
.576
35
2.62
25
4
1
285.0
252
83
99
4
48
8
3
1,127
6
4.11
1.52
2.71
0.13
11.5
4.3
1.05
.265
3.13
97
2.18
81
7.96
16.9
16Dave Davenport
D. Davenport
129
1916
SLA SLA
59
12
11
.522
31
2.85
13
1
2
290.2
267
92
112
4
100
8
18
1,149
5
3.99
3.10
1.29
0.12
11.2
8.7
1.26
.290
3.47
103
2.72
99
8.27
0.6
17Jeff Pfeffer
J. Pfeffer
128
1916
BKN BKN
41
25
11
.694
36
1.92
30
6
1
328.2
274
70
91
5
63
17
3
1,298
6
3.51
1.73
2.03
0.14
9.9
4.9
1.03
.248
2.49
72
2.46
92
7.50
8.1
18Bob Shawkey
B. Shawkey
122
1916
NYY NYY
53
24
14
.632
27
2.21
21
4
8
276.2
204
68
78
4
81
6
24
1,064
2
3.97
2.63
1.51
0.13
11.5
7.6
1.03
.235
2.54
78
2.57
91
6.64
7.7
19Bert Gallia
B. Gallia
120
1916
WSH WSH
49
17
13
.567
31
2.76
13
1
2
283.2
278
87
109
3
99
8
15
1,151
8
3.81
3.14
1.21
0.10
10.4
8.6
1.33
.299
3.46
99
2.74
98
8.82
1.2
20Lee Meadows
L. Meadows
120
1916
SLN SLN
51
12
23
.343
36
2.58
11
1
2
289.0
261
83
117
3
119
14
10
1,217
11
3.74
3.71
1.01
0.09
9.9
9.8
1.31
.268
3.64
99
3.00
114
8.13
-12.2
21Claude Hendrix
C. Hendrix
117
1916
CHC CHC
36
8
16
.333
24
2.68
15
3
2
218.0
193
65
81
4
67
6
8
896
8
4.83
2.77
1.75
0.17
13.1
7.5
1.19
.269
3.34
100
2.49
92
7.97
5.7
22Pete Schneider
P. Schneider
117
1916
CIN CIN
44
10
19
.345
31
2.69
16
2
1
274.1
259
82
112
4
82
13
11
1,137
2
3.84
2.69
1.43
0.13
10.3
7.2
1.24
.277
3.67
103
2.69
103
8.50
-2.1
23Lefty Tyler
L. Tyler
117
1916
BSN BSN
34
17
9
.654
28
2.02
21
6
1
249.1
200
56
79
6
58
3
5
968
3
4.22
2.09
2.02
0.22
12.1
6.0
1.03
.247
2.85
81
2.42
96
7.22
1.7
24Rube Benton
R. Benton
115
1916
NYG NYG
38
16
8
.667
29
2.87
15
3
2
238.2
210
76
84
5
58
10
6
960
5
4.34
2.19
1.98
0.19
12.0
6.0
1.12
.266
3.17
115
2.48
100
7.92
-0.8
25Pol Perritt
P. Perritt
115
1916
NYG NYG
40
18
11
.621
29
2.62
17
5
2
251.0
243
73
82
11
56
7
7
1,030
3
4.12
2.01
2.05
0.39
11.2
5.4
1.19
.276
2.94
105
2.72
109
8.71
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