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MLB Pitching Strikeouts Leaders — Records, Seasons, Career | StatVault
← All pitching strikeouts leaders
1981
MLB Season Leaders
Pitching Strikeouts
Top 25 of 282 qualifiers · regular season.
1
Fernando Valenzuela
P
· LAD
180
2
Steve Carlton
P
· PHI
179
3
Mario Soto
P
· CIN
151
4
Nolan Ryan Jr.
P
· HOU
140
5
Len Barker
P
· CLE
127
6
Bill Gullickson
P
· WSH
115
7
Britt Burns
P
· CWS
108
8
Bert Blyleven
P
· CLE
107
9
Dennis Leonard
P
· KC
107
10
Bruce Berenyi
P
· CIN
106
11
Don Sutton
P
· HOU
104
12
Ron Guidry
P
· NYY
104
13
Mike Krukow
P
· CHC
101
14
Danny Darwin
P
· TEX
98
15
Jack Morris
P
· DET
97
16
John Denny
P
· CLE
94
17
Steve McCatty
P
· ATH
91
18
Dave Righetti
P
· NYY
89
19
Dave Stieb
P
· TOR
89
20
Bob Welch
P
· LAD
88
21
Dennis Martinez
P
· BAL
88
22
Steve Rogers
P
· WSH
87
23
Tom Seaver
P
· CIN
87
24
Floyd Bannister
P
· SEA
85
25
Pete Vuckovich
P
· MIL
84