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Originally Posted by darkhorse
Babe Ruth's season high in K's was 93. Hard to strike out a great deal and maintain a career .342 BA.
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Babe Ruth's strikeouts were miles ahead of anyone else of his era. His whiffs were almost on par with his homers in shattering the record book.
Strikeout leaders through 1935:
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STRIKEOUTS SO
1 Babe Ruth 1330
2 Jimmy Dykes 798
3 Rabbit Maranville 756
4 Cy Williams 721
5 Hack Wilson 713
6 Tom Brown 708
7 Max Carey 695
8 George Kelly 694
9 Tony Lazzeri 680
10 Rogers Hornsby 674