who led mlb in strikeouts in 1942

Johnny Vander Meer struck out the most hitters in 1942, with 186 strikeouts.

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1Johnny Vander Meer
J. Vander Meer
186
1942
33
18
12
.600
33
2.43
21
4
0
244.0
188
66
78
6
102
1
0
1,017
4
6.86
3.76
1.82
0.22
18.3
10.0
1.19
.252
2.88
76
2.48
74
6.93
23.6
2Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
152
1942
37
22
7
.759
35
1.78
22
10
0
278.2
207
55
73
9
68
5
1
1,100
5
4.91
2.20
2.24
0.29
13.8
6.2
0.99
.229
2.36
53
2.53
72
6.69
30.2
3Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
134
1942
TOT
36
13
19
.406
34
4.73
17
3
0
245.2
264
129
148
6
106
4
1
1,092
3
4.91
3.88
1.26
0.22
12.3
9.7
1.51
.306
5.42
133
2.99
86
9.67
12.9
4Kirby Higbe
K. Higbe
115
1942
38
16
11
.593
32
3.25
13
2
0
221.2
180
80
89
17
106
2
3
929
3
4.67
4.30
1.08
0.69
12.4
11.4
1.29
.237
3.61
96
3.84
109
7.31
-7.5
5Tex Hughson
T. Hughson
113
1942
38
22
6
.786
30
2.59
22
4
4
281.0
258
81
92
10
75
1
5
1,150
1
3.62
2.40
1.51
0.32
9.8
6.5
1.19
.261
2.95
70
2.89
80
8.26
22
6Al Benton
A. Benton
110
1942
35
7
13
.350
30
2.90
9
1
2
226.2
210
73
87
9
84
0
4
954
5
4.37
3.34
1.31
0.36
11.5
8.8
1.30
.268
3.45
75
3.07
82
8.34
16.6
7Phil Marchildon
P. Marchildon
110
1942
38
17
14
.548
31
4.20
18
1
1
244.0
215
114
126
14
140
4
7
1,081
13
4.06
5.16
0.79
0.52
10.2
13.0
1.45
.247
4.65
114
4.03
113
7.93
-12.5
8Bucky Walters
B. Walters
109
1942
34
15
14
.517
32
2.66
21
2
0
253.2
223
75
101
8
73
5
1
1,054
2
3.87
2.59
1.49
0.28
10.3
6.9
1.17
.250
3.58
83
2.89
87
7.91
12.6
9Rube Melton
R. Melton
107
1942
42
9
20
.310
29
3.70
10
1
4
209.1
180
86
95
7
114
3
9
903
8
4.60
4.90
0.94
0.30
11.8
12.6
1.40
.257
4.08
113
3.51
103
7.74
-2.4
10Johnny Niggeling
J. Niggeling
107
1942
28
15
11
.577
27
2.66
16
3
0
206.1
173
61
76
10
93
11
1
885
7
4.67
4.06
1.15
0.44
12.1
10.5
1.29
.245
3.32
71
3.52
97
7.55
2.8
11Whit Wyatt
W. Wyatt
104
1942
31
19
7
.731
30
2.73
16
0
0
217.1
185
66
82
9
63
7
1
900
1
4.31
2.61
1.65
0.37
11.6
7.0
1.14
.245
3.40
81
2.97
84
7.66
13.3
12Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
103
1942
38
8
14
.364
23
2.45
11
1
5
183.2
137
50
73
4
114
2
14
789
2
5.05
5.59
0.90
0.20
13.1
14.4
1.37
.235
3.58
63
3.47
93
6.71
5.7
13Tommy Bridges
T. Bridges
97
1942
23
9
7
.563
22
2.74
11
2
1
174.0
164
53
66
6
61
4
1
742
5
5.02
3.16
1.59
0.31
13.1
8.2
1.29
.275
3.41
71
2.87
77
8.48
16.4
14Roger Wolff
R. Wolff
94
1942
32
12
15
.444
25
3.32
15
2
2
214.1
206
79
99
16
69
3
7
912
5
3.95
2.90
1.36
0.67
10.3
7.6
1.28
.260
4.16
90
3.52
99
8.65
1.1
15Max Lanier
M. Lanier
93
1942
34
13
8
.619
20
2.96
8
2
2
161.0
137
53
55
4
60
2
11
657
3
5.20
3.35
1.55
0.22
14.2
9.1
1.22
.267
3.07
88
2.74
78
7.66
13.8
16Hal White
H. White
93
1942
34
12
12
.500
25
2.91
12
4
1
216.2
212
70
80
6
82
5
7
933
1
3.86
3.41
1.13
0.25
10.0
8.8
1.36
.276
3.32
75
3.12
84
8.81
14.7
17Johnny Beazley
J. Beazley
91
1942
43
21
6
.778
23
2.13
13
3
3
215.1
181
51
67
4
73
3
15
890
7
3.80
3.05
1.25
0.17
10.2
8.2
1.18
.246
2.80
63
2.87
82
7.57
15.3
18Dizzy Trout
D. Trout
91
1942
35
12
18
.400
29
3.43
13
1
0
223.0
214
85
98
15
89
4
5
965
8
3.67
3.59
1.02
0.61
9.4
9.2
1.36
.260
3.96
88
3.73
100
8.64
1.1
19Virgil Trucks
V. Trucks
91
1942
28
14
8
.636
20
2.74
8
2
0
167.2
147
51
64
3
74
2
8
721
7
4.88
3.97
1.23
0.16
12.6
10.3
1.32
.261
3.44
71
2.92
78
7.89
14.9
20Claude Passeau
C. Passeau
89
1942
35
19
14
.576
34
2.68
24
3
0
278.1
284
83
116
13
74
3
0
1,177
4
2.88
2.39
1.20
0.42
7.6
6.3
1.29
.272
3.75
83
3.22
95
9.18
4.7
21Hank Borowy
H. Borowy
85
1942
25
15
4
.789
21
2.52
13
4
1
178.1
157
50
56
6
66
0
2
747
3
4.29
3.33
1.29
0.30
11.4
8.8
1.25
.256
2.83
70
3.01
87
7.92
8.7
22Al Javery
A. Javery
85
1942
42
12
16
.429
37
3.03
19
5
0
261.0
251
88
106
8
78
3
2
1,108
1
2.93
2.69
1.09
0.28
7.7
7.0
1.26
.260
3.66
93
3.10
92
8.66
7.9
23Ray Starr
R. Starr
83
1942
37
15
13
.536
33
2.67
17
4
0
276.2
228
82
88
10
106
3
2
1,136
0
2.70
3.45
0.78
0.33
7.3
9.3
1.21
.233
2.86
83
3.47
104
7.42
-4.6
24Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
80
1942
24
14
7
.667
24
3.21
16
4
0
193.2
183
69
72
10
41
3
0
784
0
3.72
1.91
1.95
0.46
10.2
5.2
1.16
.266
3.35
89
2.94
85
8.50
10.9
25Herman Besse
H. Besse
78
1942
30
2
9
.182
14
6.16
4
0
1
133.0
163
91
99
7
69
4
12
629
2
5.28
4.67
1.13
0.47
12.4
11.0
1.74
.331
6.70
167
3.58
100
11.03
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