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Old 04-23-2007, 02:06 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by darkhorse View Post
Babe Ruth's season high in K's was 93. Hard to strike out a great deal and maintain a career .342 BA.
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
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