Dazzy Vance 1924 Strike Out King.

Dazzy Vance led MLB in Strike Outs (SO) AND K% (SO/BF): 21.5%, 144% higher than #8 in K%. Pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers Vance had more SO (262) than the next two National League (NL) pitchers combined: teammate Grimes 135 + Cincinnati Red Luque 86 = 221.

BF: Batters Faced

Top 16 (number of teams, including ties: 19) 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	Dazzy Vance	21.5%	262	77	6.3%	1924	33	BRO	NL	35	34	30	3	1	28	6	.824	0	308.1	238	89	74	2.16	2.64	174	undef	11	1221					9							0	4	undef	undef	undef
2	Walter Johnson	13.8%	158	77	6.7%	1924	36	WSH	AL	38	38	20	6	0	23	7	.767	0	277.2	233	97	84	2.72	3.31	149	undef	10	1148					10							0	4	undef	undef	undef
3	Bob Shawkey	12.8%	114	74	8.3%	1924	33	NYY	AL	38	25	10	1	8	16	11	.593	0	207.2	226	107	95	4.12	3.74	102	undef	11	888					3							0	5	undef	undef	undef
4	Art Nehf	10.1%	72	42	5.9%	1924	31	NYG	NL	30	20	11	0	6	14	4	.778	3	171.2	167	75	69	3.62	4.03	102	undef	14	710					2							0	1	undef	undef	undef
5	Burleigh Grimes	10.0%	135	91	6.8%	1924	30	BRO	NL	38	36	30	1	1	22	13	.629	1	310.2	351	161	132	3.82	3.74	98	undef	15	1345					6							0	5	undef	undef	undef
6	Dolf Luque	9.3%	86	53	5.7%	1924	33	CIN	NL	31	28	13	2	3	10	15	.400	0	219.1	229	99	77	3.16	3.30	119	undef	5	924					2							1	1	undef	undef	undef
7	Tony Kaufmann	8.9%	79	66	7.4%	1924	23	CHC	NL	34	26	16	3	4	16	11	.593	0	208.1	218	104	93	4.02	4.60	96	undef	21	888					4							2	1	undef	undef	undef
8	Howard Ehmke	8.8%	119	81	6.0%	1924	30	BOS	AL	45	36	26	4	6	19	17	.528	4	315.0	324	139	121	3.46	3.53	126	undef	9	1349					11							0	4	undef	undef	undef
9	Johnny Morrison	8.7%	85	73	7.4%	1924	28	PIT	NL	41	25	10	0	12	11	16	.407	2	237.2	213	114	99	3.75	3.68	102	undef	7	981					4							0	7	undef	undef	undef
10	Rip Collins	8.4%	75	63	7.1%	1924	28	DET	AL	34	30	11	1	2	14	7	.667	0	216.0	199	99	77	3.21	3.64	128	undef	6	892					4							0	4	undef	undef	undef
11	Herb Pennock	8.4%	101	64	5.3%	1924	30	NYY	AL	40	34	25	4	5	21	9	.700	3	286.1	302	104	90	2.83	3.61	148	undef	13	1201					1							1	4	undef	undef	undef
12	Urban Shocker	8.3%	88	52	4.9%	1924	33	SLB	AL	40	33	17	4	3	16	13	.552	1	246.1	270	128	115	4.20	3.58	108	undef	11	1060					3							0	0	undef	undef	undef
13	Pete Donohue	7.7%	72	36	3.9%	1924	23	CIN	NL	35	31	16	3	3	16	9	.640	0	222.1	248	100	89	3.60	3.47	104	undef	8	934					9							0	3	undef	undef	undef
14	Jimmy Ring	7.5%	72	108	11.2%	1924	29	PHI	NL	32	31	16	1	1	10	12	.455	0	215.1	236	123	95	3.97	4.47	112	undef	9	964					4							0	5	undef	undef	undef
15	Vic Keen	7.5%	75	80	8.0%	1924	25	CHC	NL	40	28	15	0	8	15	14	.517	3	234.2	242	112	99	3.80	4.42	102	undef	17	995					4							1	4	undef	undef	undef
16	Alex Ferguson	7.3%	78	108	10.2%	1924	27	BOS	AL	41	32	15	0	7	14	17	.452	2	237.2	259	115	100	3.79	4.15	115	undef	6	1063					6							3	2	undef	undef	undef
17	Bullet Joe Bush	7.2%	80	109	9.9%	1924	31	NYY	AL	39	31	19	3	6	17	16	.515	1	252.0	262	117	100	3.57	4.25	117	undef	9	1106					7							0	7	undef	undef	undef
18	Vic Aldridge	7.0%	74	80	7.6%	1924	30	CHC	NL	32	32	20	0	0	15	12	.556	0	244.1	261	110	95	3.50	4.03	111	undef	10	1051					7							0	3	undef	undef	undef
19	Eddie Rommel	6.1%	72	94	8.0%	1924	26	PHA	AL	43	34	20	3	6	18	15	.545	1	278.0	302	139	122	3.95	3.94	108	undef	8	1183					3							0	2	undef	undef	undef