Randy Johnson 2001 Strike Out King.

Randy Johnson had the third highest number of Strike Outs (SO) since 1901. In 2001 Barry Bonds set the Home Run record with 73 HR in only 476 AB with 93 SO.

Randy Johnson led MLB in Strike Outs (SO) AND K% (SO/BF): 37.4%, 74.5% above #15 in K%.

BF: Batters Faced

Top 30 (number of teams, including ties: 32) 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	Randy Johnson	37.4%	372	71	7.1%	2001	37	ARI	NL	35	34	3	2	1	21	6	.778	0	249.2	181	74	69	2.49	2.13	188	.321	19	994	890	33	2	2	18	10	5	17	19	15	4	1	8	.203	.274	.309	.583	50	4076	2638
2	Pedro Martinez	35.8%	163	25	5.5%	2001	29	BOS	AL	18	18	1	0	0	7	3	.700	0	116.2	84	33	31	2.39	1.61	188	.310	5	456	423	11	3	0	6	2	0	5	9	3	0	0	4	.199	.253	.274	.528	39	1787	1196
3	Kerry Wood	29.3%	217	92	12.4%	2001	24	CHC	NL	28	28	1	1	0	12	6	.667	0	174.1	127	70	65	3.36	3.51	124	.277	16	740	629	17	3	3	10	4	5	5	22	6	7	0	9	.202	.311	.315	.626	71	3020	1835
4	Curt Schilling	28.7%	293	39	3.8%	2001	34	ARI	NL	35	35	6	1	0	22	6	.786	0	256.2	237	86	85	2.98	3.11	157	.311	37	1021	968	39	1	0	1	8	5	16	4	9	2	0	4	.245	.273	.402	.675	71	3695	2608
5	Hideo Nomo	25.9%	220	96	11.3%	2001	32	BOS	AL	33	33	2	2	0	13	10	.565	0	198.0	171	105	99	4.50	4.03	100	.290	26	849	739	31	5	2	3	4	7	13	52	11	2	0	6	.231	.320	.392	.712	86	3226	1992
6	Mike Mussina	23.5%	214	42	4.6%	2001	32	NYY	AL	34	34	4	3	0	17	11	.607	0	228.2	202	87	80	3.15	2.92	143	.292	20	909	852	39	2	2	4	5	6	11	9	13	2	0	6	.237	.274	.358	.632	65	3473	2353
7	Roger Clemens	23.2%	213	72	7.8%	2001	38	NYY	AL	33	33	0	0	0	20	3	.870	0	220.1	205	94	86	3.51	3.29	128	.307	19	918	833	44	3	1	5	4	4	21	34	6	3	0	14	.246	.309	.375	.683	79	3594	2274
8	Javier Vazquez	23.2%	208	44	4.9%	2001	24	MON	NL	32	32	5	3	0	16	11	.593	0	223.2	197	92	85	3.42	3.21	130	.284	24	898	840	43	1	4	3	9	2	20	8	1	0	1	3	.235	.274	.374	.648	69	3385	2288
9	Barry Zito	22.7%	205	80	8.9%	2001	23	OAK	AL	35	35	3	2	0	17	8	.680	0	214.1	184	92	83	3.49	3.53	125	.286	18	902	800	30	4	0	13	5	4	10	23	11	3	1	6	.230	.309	.345	.654	74	3538	2216
10	CC Sabathia	22.4%	171	95	12.5%	2001	20	CLE	AL	33	33	0	0	0	17	5	.773	0	180.1	149	93	88	4.39	4.22	102	.278	19	763	653	32	2	1	7	3	5	8	27	15	4	3	7	.228	.330	.371	.701	85	3144	1900
11	Chan Ho Park	22.2%	218	91	9.3%	2001	28	LAD	NL	36	35	2	1	0	15	11	.577	0	234.0	183	98	91	3.50	3.89	114	.261	23	981	847	35	8	1	20	16	7	11	9	8	1	3	3	.216	.305	.358	.662	81	3685	2246
12	Jason Bere	21.9%	175	77	9.6%	2001	30	CHC	NL	32	32	2	0	0	11	11	.500	0	188.0	171	99	90	4.31	4.09	96	.284	24	801	710	47	3	7	1	7	6	12	14	3	1	0	6	.241	.314	.417	.731	96	2983	1901
13	Bartolo Colon	21.2%	201	90	9.5%	2001	28	CLE	AL	34	34	1	0	0	14	12	.538	0	222.1	220	106	101	4.09	4.00	110	.313	26	947	843	41	4	2	2	8	4	22	7	5	1	1	4	.261	.332	.412	.744	95	3654	2242
14	Robert Person	21.1%	183	80	9.2%	2001	31	PHI	NL	33	33	3	1	0	15	7	.682	0	208.1	179	103	97	4.19	4.68	101	.262	34	867	765	41	2	3	8	8	6	12	14	6	1	1	10	.234	.311	.426	.737	96	3308	2049
15	Wade Miller	21.0%	183	76	8.7%	2001	24	HOU	NL	32	32	1	0	0	16	8	.667	0	212.0	183	91	80	3.40	4.36	136	.266	31	873	781	34	1	3	4	7	5	16	10	13	2	0	8	.234	.304	.399	.703	80	3330	2119
16	John Burkett	20.7%	187	70	7.8%	2001	36	ATL	NL	34	34	1	1	0	12	12	.500	0	219.1	187	83	74	3.04	3.39	147	.276	17	902	813	42	4	13	6	6	7	12	13	9	3	1	5	.230	.294	.354	.648	69	3288	2045
17	Tony Armas	20.7%	176	91	10.7%	2001	23	MON	NL	34	34	0	0	0	9	14	.391	0	196.2	180	101	88	4.03	3.99	111	.299	18	851	729	39	8	6	10	15	6	14	12	6	1	1	9	.247	.336	.396	.733	92	3353	2046
18	Matt Morris	20.4%	185	54	5.9%	2001	26	STL	NL	34	34	2	1	0	22	8	.733	0	216.1	218	86	76	3.16	3.05	137	.325	13	909	823	45	2	3	13	14	5	18	11	5	2	1	5	.265	.318	.372	.690	82	3338	2165
19	Kevin Appier	20.1%	172	64	7.5%	2001	33	NYM	NL	33	33	1	1	0	11	10	.524	0	206.2	181	89	82	3.57	3.92	116	.276	22	856	764	37	7	4	15	6	7	16	22	8	0	0	12	.237	.306	.390	.696	87	3301	2032
20	Glendon Rusch	19.9%	156	43	5.5%	2001	26	NYM	NL	33	33	1	0	0	8	12	.400	0	179.0	216	101	92	4.63	3.81	90	.355	23	785	718	36	4	2	7	11	5	15	13	3	0	2	3	.301	.344	.458	.802	115	3080	1973
21	Andy Pettitte	19.1%	164	41	4.8%	2001	29	NYY	AL	31	31	2	0	0	15	10	.600	0	200.2	224	103	89	3.99	3.02	112	.336	14	858	796	36	7	3	6	8	7	22	11	5	7	2	2	.281	.319	.397	.716	87	3128	2067
22	Greg Maddux	18.7%	173	27	2.9%	2001	35	ATL	NL	34	34	3	3	0	17	11	.607	0	233.0	220	86	79	3.05	3.12	146	.291	20	927	870	34	4	10	7	12	11	14	24	14	2	0	2	.253	.278	.370	.648	68	2980	2041
23	Darryl Kile	18.7%	179	65	6.8%	2001	32	STL	NL	34	34	2	1	0	16	11	.593	0	227.1	228	83	78	3.09	3.74	140	.309	22	956	862	38	4	3	11	13	5	20	4	7	0	1	6	.265	.322	.394	.717	89	3380	2192
24	Russ Ortiz	18.6%	169	91	10.0%	2001	27	SFG	NL	33	33	1	1	0	17	9	.654	0	218.2	187	90	80	3.29	3.52	121	.277	13	911	806	34	2	3	0	10	4	20	6	6	0	1	8	.232	.309	.328	.636	74	3511	2139
25	Tim Hudson	18.5%	181	71	7.2%	2001	25	OAK	AL	35	35	3	0	0	18	9	.667	0	235.0	216	100	88	3.37	3.60	129	.284	20	980	883	31	1	5	6	12	8	18	24	7	2	1	9	.245	.303	.350	.653	73	3596	2286
26	Brad Penny	18.5%	154	54	6.5%	2001	23	FLA	NL	31	31	1	1	0	10	10	.500	0	205.0	183	92	84	3.69	3.39	115	.282	15	833	762	37	6	3	7	8	2	24	12	7	0	0	2	.240	.296	.364	.659	77	2914	1927
27	Ryan Dempster	17.9%	171	112	11.7%	2001	24	FLA	NL	34	34	2	1	0	15	12	.556	0	211.1	218	123	116	4.94	4.45	86	.315	21	954	810	50	8	5	10	15	7	21	10	7	1	0	5	.269	.362	.428	.790	112	3566	2131
28	Chris Carpenter	16.9%	157	75	8.1%	2001	26	TOR	AL	34	34	3	2	0	11	11	.500	0	215.2	229	112	98	4.09	4.61	112	.308	29	930	835	45	7	5	16	3	1	25	8	8	0	0	5	.274	.345	.449	.794	106	3291	2079
29	Freddy Garcia	16.8%	163	69	7.1%	2001	24	SEA	AL	34	34	4	3	0	18	6	.750	0	238.2	199	88	81	3.05	3.48	135	.258	16	971	884	47	5	6	5	8	5	23	18	2	0	1	3	.225	.283	.344	.627	69	3529	2196
30	Woody Williams	16.7%	154	56	6.1%	2001	34	TOT	NL	34	34	3	1	0	15	9	.625	0	220.0	224	110	99	4.05	4.59	101	.288	35	922	837	49	3	5	8	13	8	20	14	7	0	0	5	.268	.317	.459	.776	108	3503	2265
31	Eric Milton	16.6%	157	61	6.5%	2001	25	MIN	AL	35	34	2	1	0	15	7	.682	0	220.2	222	109	106	4.32	4.59	105	.276	35	944	864	50	4	0	5	8	6	7	3	4	1	0	2	.257	.308	.446	.753	95	3529	2315
32	Rick Helling	16.4%	154	63	6.7%	2001	30	TEX	AL	34	34	2	1	0	12	11	.522	0	215.2	256	134	124	5.17	4.84	90	.321	38	941	861	68	10	2	4	3	10	17	7	13	3	0	6	.297	.344	.532	.876	123	3596	2249