Dateline 1971 and it looked a lot like 1970....Tom Seaver is no surprise continuing to take top K honors for the second straight year....Tom follows up the #2 spot in 1972 taking a knee to Steve Carlton’s career year as the Phillies lone ace...Seaver's 289 K’s were a career best....Seaver would go on to lead the NL in 1973 and later in 1975 and 1976....Fergie Jenkins was the NL punch out champion in 1969.....it was his second straight year at #2 falling to Tom Terrific....his 1971 total of 263 ranked third in his career.... Jenkins would downgrade to a respectable 5th in 1972.....As a consolation prize, Jenkins did take home the 1971 Cy Young award over his peers.....Stoneman was the surprise bronze medal winner....notorious for being on bad teams; Stoneman was able to place 9th in strikeout in 1972....His figure of 251 in 1971 was a career best.
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