Bob Feller 1946 Strike Out King.

Bob Feller led MLB in Strike Outs (SO) and was a very close second in K% (SO/BF): 23%, 72% higher than #8 in K%. Feller set a new SO record since 1901: 348. In 1965 Sandy Koufax broke it with 382.

BF: Batters Faced

Top 16 (number of teams, including ties: 17) in SO sorted by K%:

Rk	Player	K%	SO	BB	BB%	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	IP	H	R	ER	ERA	FIP	ERA+	BAbip	HR	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Pit	Str
1	Hal Newhouser	23.4%	275	98	8.3%	1946	25	DET	AL	37	34	29	6	2	26	9	.743	1	292.2	215	77	63	1.94	1.97	190	.262	10	1176	1068	41	4	0	1	8	0	16	3	6	2	0	8	.201	.269	.275	.544	53
2	Bob Feller	23.0%	348	153	10.1%	1946	27	CLE	AL	48	42	36	10	5	26	15	.634	4	371.1	277	101	90	2.18	2.16	151	.274	11	1512	1331	34	8	0	3	25	0	16	16	11	2	0	3	.208	.291	.270	.562	67
3	Virgil Trucks	16.2%	161	75	7.6%	1946	29	DET	AL	32	29	15	2	1	14	9	.609	0	236.2	217	94	85	3.23	3.28	114	.271	23	992	901	24	7	0	3	15	0	8	5	6	0	0	5	.241	.301	.360	.661	84
4	Fred Hutchinson	16.2%	138	66	7.7%	1946	26	DET	AL	28	26	16	3	2	14	11	.560	2	207.0	184	78	71	3.09	2.89	119	.270	14	853	781	32	8	0	0	6	0	12	5	5	1	1	0	.236	.295	.351	.646	81
5	Tex Hughson	15.3%	172	51	4.5%	1946	30	BOS	AL	39	35	21	6	4	20	11	.645	3	278.0	252	89	85	2.75	2.42	133	.273	15	1128	1055	40	7	0	2	16	0	17	6	2	0	0	1	.239	.275	.333	.608	70
6	Kirby Higbe	14.8%	134	107	11.8%	1946	31	BRO	NL	42	29	11	3	5	17	8	.680	1	210.2	178	82	71	3.03	3.02	112	.270	6	904	778	34	6	0	1	18	0	14	11	6	1	0	6	.229	.323	.311	.634	83
7	Johnny Schmitz	14.3%	135	94	10.0%	1946	25	CHC	NL	41	31	14	2	8	11	11	.500	2	224.1	184	77	65	2.61	2.81	127	.258	6	945	831	36	8	0	2	18	0	8	7	7	1	1	3	.221	.302	.306	.608	78
8	Mickey Harris	13.4%	131	76	7.8%	1946	29	BOS	AL	34	30	15	0	0	17	9	.654	0	222.2	236	105	90	3.64	3.33	100	.299	18	975	879	34	10	0	3	17	0	14	10	4	0	1	2	.268	.329	.391	.720	101
9	Spud Chandler	13.4%	138	90	8.8%	1946	38	NYY	AL	34	32	20	6	2	20	8	.714	2	257.1	200	71	60	2.10	2.73	164	.249	7	1028	921	25	3	0	1	18	0	33	3	8	0	1	3	.217	.288	.274	.561	61
10	Dizzy Trout	13.2%	151	97	8.5%	1946	31	DET	AL	38	32	23	5	6	17	13	.567	3	276.1	244	85	72	2.34	2.90	157	.271	11	1142	1022	34	7	0	3	17	0	24	8	6	1	1	2	.239	.307	.318	.625	74
11	Allie Reynolds	13.1%	107	108	13.3%	1946	29	CLE	AL	31	28	9	3	2	11	15	.423	0	183.1	180	93	79	3.88	3.71	85	.294	10	815	695	24	5	0	1	10	0	16	3	8	1	0	4	.259	.359	.351	.711	111
12	Harry Brecheen	12.3%	117	67	7.0%	1946	31	STL	NL	36	30	14	5	3	15	15	.500	3	231.1	212	73	64	2.49	2.75	139	.274	8	954	869	37	5	0	4	14	0	18	6	7	2	0	1	.244	.301	.326	.627	79
13	Johnny Sain	11.9%	129	87	8.0%	1946	28	BSN	NL	37	34	24	3	3	20	14	.588	2	265.0	225	80	65	2.21	2.81	157	.258	8	1086	978	30	3	0	2	20	0	20	18	3	1	0	3	.230	.294	.291	.586	69
14	Bill Bevens	11.8%	120	78	7.7%	1946	29	NYY	AL	31	31	18	3	0	16	13	.552	0	249.2	213	73	62	2.23	2.95	154	.257	11	1014	917	23	5	0	1	18	0	21	5	13	0	0	0	.232	.293	.304	.597	71
15	Bobo Newsom	11.3%	114	90	8.9%	1946	38	TOT	AL	34	31	17	3	1	14	13	.519	1	236.2	224	90	77	2.93	3.04	116	.278	7	1011	901	29	8	0	7	13	0	14	10	10	0	0	3	.249	.322	.322	.644	89
16	Dave Koslo	10.7%	121	101	8.9%	1946	26	NYG	NL	40	35	17	3	5	14	19	.424	1	265.1	251	119	107	3.63	3.41	95	.269	15	1136	1013	39	8	0	5	20	0	11	11	11	2	0	5	.248	.319	.346	.666	93
17	Howie Pollet	9.9%	107	86	7.9%	1946	25	STL	NL	40	32	22	4	7	21	10	.677	5	266.0	228	84	62	2.10	3.20	165	.254	12	1083	971	23	8	0	5	21	0	28	8	5	3	0	1	.235	.300	.312	.612	75