| STRIKEOUT LEADERS | |||||||
| Year | Leag | Div | Teams | Player | K's | ||
| 1908 | AL | CHI | Ed Walsh | 253 | |||
| 1908 | NL | NYG | Christy Mattewson | 233 | |||
| 1954 | AL | NYY | Bob Turley | 170 | |||
| 1954 | NL | PHI | Robin Roberts | 203 | |||
| 1958 | AL | NYY | Bob Turley | 193 | |||
| 1958 | NL | STL | Sam Jones | 239 | |||
| 1960 | AL | DET | Jim Bunning | 209 | |||
| 1960 | NL | LAD | Sandy Koufax | 230 | |||
| 1961 | AL | DET | Jim Bunning | 232 | |||
| 1961 | NL | LAD | Sandy Koufax | 273 | |||
| 1962 | AL | DET | Jim Bunning | 196 | |||
| 1962 | NL | STL | Bob Gibson | 239 | |||
| 1963 | AL | CHI | Gary Peters | 296 | |||
| 1963 | NL | LAD | Sandy Koufax | 408 | |||
| 1964 | AL | LAA | Dean Chance | 225 | |||
| 1964 | NL | PIT | Bob Veale | 266 | |||
| 1965 | AL | CLE | Sam McDowell | 323 | |||
| 1965 | NL | LAD | Sandy Koufax | 374 | |||
| 1966 | AL | MIN | Jim Kaat | 243 | |||
| 1966 | NL | LAD | Sandy Koufax | 303 | |||
| 1967 | AL | BOS | Jim Lonborg | 258 | |||
| 1967 | NL | CHI | Fergie Jenkins | 290 | |||
| 1968 | AL | CLE | Sam McDowell | 299 | |||
| 1968 | NL | STL | Bob Gibson | 283 | |||
| 1969 | AL | CLE | Sam McDowell | 297 | |||
| 1969 | NL | CHI | Fergie Jenkins | 271 | |||
| 1970 | AL | CLE | Sam McDowell | 261 | |||
| 1970 | NL | NYM | Tom Seaver | 263 | |||
| 1971 | AL | OAK | Vida Blue | 339 | |||
| 1971 | NL | NYM | Tom Seaver | 285 | |||
| 1982 | AL | SEA | Floyd Bannister | 236 | |||
| 1982 | NL | PHI | Steve Carlton | 312 | |||
| 1983 | AL | DET | Jack Morris | 257 | |||
| 1983 | NL | PHI | Steve Carlton | 293 | |||
| 1984 | AL | SEA | Mark Lansgton | 215 | |||
| 1984 | NL | NYM | Dwight Gooden | 288 | |||
| 2007 | AL | TBR | Scott Kazmir | 241 | |||
| 2007 | NL | SDP | Jake Peavy | 257 | |||
| 2008 | AL | TOR | AJ Burnett | 234 | |||
| 2008 | NL | SF | Tim Lincecum | 274 | |||