Mlb American League Leaders
Baseball Trivia: Has One Team Ever Finished the Season With the Two Top Pitchers with Strikeouts in MLB?
If not, what about the Two Top Pitching Leaders in Strikeouts in either the American or National League?
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The Current Top Five Leaders include 2 San Francisco Giants (who get little Run support) and 2 Toronto Blue Jays:
1 CC Sabathia MIL SP 157
2 Tim Lincecum SF SP 156
3 A.J. Burnett TOR SP 149
4 Roy Halladay TOR SP 141
5 Matt Cain SF SP 138
1976 was
Nolan Ryan 327
Frank Tanana 261
I’ve counted Four more (since 1958), including one pair that did it twice.
I think the Angels did at least once in the 1970s with Ryan and Tanana.
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Teammates 1 & 2 in majors:
2003 — Wood (266) and Prior (245), Cubs
2002 — Johnson (334) and Schilling (316), Diamondbacks
2001 — Johnson (372) and Schilling (293), Diamondbacks
1976 — Ryan (327) and Tanana (261), Angels
1962 — Drysdale (232) and Koufax (216), Dodgers
1930 — Grove (209) and Earnshaw (193), Athletics
1905 — Waddell (287) and Plank (210), Athletics
Teammates 1 & 2 in league:
1961 NL — Koufax (269) and Williams (205), Dodgers (and Drysdale finished 3rd w/182 K)
1960 NL — Drysdale (246) and Koufax (197), Dodgers
1953 AL — Pierce (186) and Trucks (149, 102 w/White Sox & 47 w/Browns, all AL), White Sox (per the question, Trucks did finish the season with the White Sox)
1949 AL — Trucks (153) and Newhouser (144), Tigers
1948 AL — Feller (164) and Lemon (147), Indians
1944 AL — Newhouser (187) and Trout (144), Tigers
1935 AL — Bridges (163) and Rowe (140), Tigers
1931 AL — Grove (175) and Earnshaw (152), Athletics
1929 AL — Grove (170) and Earnshaw (149), Athletics
1927 AL — Grove (174) and Walberg (136), Athletics
1919 AL — Johnson (147) and Shaw (128), Senators
1918 AL — Johnson (162) and Shaw (129), Senators
1914 FL — Falkenberg (236) and Moseley (205), Indianapolis Hoosiers
1905 NL — Mathewson (206) and Ames (198), Giants
1903 NL — Mathewson (267) and McGinnity (171), Giants
I stopped researching at 1892*.
Not informing the question directly, but in 1946 the Tigers had four of the top seven in the AL and the majors: Newhouser (second, 275), Trucks (fourth, 161), Trout (fifth, 151), and Hutchinson (tied for sixth, 138). That’s pretty impressive.
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* And couldn’t stand not knowing, so I went all the way back to 1871 after all, and found one more occurrence.
1890 Players League — Baldwin (211) and King (185), Chicago Pirates
MLB: Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
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