Tuesday Trivia: MLB consecutive season strikeout leaders

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Originally Posted by Carter08

Nolan?

Great guess! Nolan Ryan led the League in strikeouts 11 times (the record is 12 by WaJo), but because of injuries in 1975, he only led MLB in strikeouts 3x in a row ('72-'74). If he were healthy in '75, he likely would have led the 6 years from '72 through '76.

Originally Posted by bnorth

The heater from Van Meter, Bob Feller?

Another fine guess! Bob Feller led the American League (and all of MLB) in the 4 seasons leading up to WWII as well as 3 years after he got back. So he could have potentially led the Majors a mind boggling 11 straight years if not for his involvement in the War.

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Rube Waddell?

Yes!!! Rube Waddell led the American League in strikeouts 6 straight years, including 5 in a row leading the Majors from 1903 through 1907.

In 4 of those 5 years, the National League leader was Christy Mathewson, but Waddell bested him each time, sometimes handily, such as in 1904 when Waddell had 349 strikeouts and Mathewson had 212 (Jack Chesbro had the 2nd most in the AL with 239 for the Yankees).