LAD First half leaderboard – Strikeouts

Phil Gurnee ♦ July 10, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

The Koufax and Kershaw show with a ringer named Singer.  You have to fully expect Koufax to dominate this list but when you consider that Kershaw is getting about eight starts less per year than the pitchers from 1958 – 1982 it is amazing that he can get on the leaderboard using a cutoff of 150 strikeouts.

I missed the Bill Singer season in that I didn’t arrive in Los Angeles until 1970. That didn’t keep Singer from being my favorite pitcher in 1969 until he was traded to the Angels.

Player               Split Year  SO  W L W-L%  ERA    IP
Sandy Koufax      1st Half 1962 202 13 4 .765 2.15 167.2
Sandy Koufax      1st Half 1965 195 15 3 .833 2.13 169.0
Sandy Koufax      1st Half 1966 165 15 4 .789 1.60 168.1
Clayton Kershaw   1st Half 2015 160  6 6 .500 2.85 123.0
Bill Singer       1st Half 1969 159 13 7 .650 1.98 186.2
  Clayton Kershaw   1st Half 2017 159 14 2 .875 2.18 132.1
Sandy Koufax      1st Half 1963 150 14 3 .824 1.73 156.1

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Generated 7/10/2017.