Baseball Trivia: Has One Team Ever Finished the Season With the Two Top Pitchers with Strikeouts in MLB?

Question

If not, what about the Two Top Pitching Leaders in Strikeouts in either the American or National League?

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The Current Top Five Leaders include 2 San Francisco Giants (who get little Run support) and 2 Toronto Blue Jays:

1 CC Sabathia MIL SP 157

2 Tim Lincecum SF SP 156

3 A.J. Burnett TOR SP 149

4 Roy Halladay TOR SP 141

5 Matt Cain SF SP 138

Answer 1

Actually, if you are looking for the top 2 from each league - Sabathia shouldn't be on the list. He won't lead either league in strikeouts this year (although he may end up leading the majors)

Answer 2

I think the Angels did at least once in the 1970s with Ryan and Tanana.

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Teammates 1 & 2 in majors:

2003 -- Wood (266) and Prior (245), Cubs

2002 -- Johnson (334) and Schilling (316), Diamondbacks

2001 -- Johnson (372) and Schilling (293), Diamondbacks

1976 -- Ryan (327) and Tanana (261), Angels

1962 -- Drysdale (232) and Koufax (216), Dodgers

1930 -- Grove (209) and Earnshaw (193), Athletics

1905 -- Waddell (287) and Plank (210), Athletics

Teammates 1 & 2 in league:

1961 NL -- Koufax (269) and Williams (205), Dodgers (and Drysdale finished 3rd w/182 K)

1960 NL -- Drysdale (246) and Koufax (197), Dodgers

1953 AL -- Pierce (186) and Trucks (149, 102 w/White Sox & 47 w/Browns, all AL), White Sox (per the question, Trucks did finish the season with the White Sox)

1949 AL -- Trucks (153) and Newhouser (144), Tigers

1948 AL -- Feller (164) and Lemon (147), Indians

1944 AL -- Newhouser (187) and Trout (144), Tigers

1935 AL -- Bridges (163) and Rowe (140), Tigers

1931 AL -- Grove (175) and Earnshaw (152), Athletics

1929 AL -- Grove (170) and Earnshaw (149), Athletics

1927 AL -- Grove (174) and Walberg (136), Athletics

1919 AL -- Johnson (147) and Shaw (128), Senators

1918 AL -- Johnson (162) and Shaw (129), Senators

1914 FL -- Falkenberg (236) and Moseley (205), Indianapolis Hoosiers

1905 NL -- Mathewson (206) and Ames (198), Giants

1903 NL -- Mathewson (267) and McGinnity (171), Giants

I stopped researching at 1892*.

Not informing the question directly, but in 1946 the Tigers had four of the top seven in the AL and the majors: Newhouser (second, 275), Trucks (fourth, 161), Trout (fifth, 151), and Hutchinson (tied for sixth, 138). That's pretty impressive.

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* And couldn't stand not knowing, so I went all the way back to 1871 after all, and found one more occurrence.

1890 Players League -- Baldwin (211) and King (185), Chicago Pirates

Answer 3

I believe Ryan and Tanana did so for the Angels in 1977.

Answer 4

In 2003 Kerry Wood led the league in strikeouts with 266

and Mark Prior was second with 245

Answer 5

The answer is YES. It happened, most recently, in 2002 AND 2003. In 2002,  Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling were the top two with 334 and 316 Ks, respectively, for the Arizona Dbacks. In 2003, Kerry Wood and Mark Prior led the majors with 266 and 245 Ks, respectively, for the Chicago Cubs.

Upon further review, I see Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling did it in 2001 as well. That year they had 372 and 293 Ks, respectively.

Answer 6

I think one year in AZ, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling finished back to back. I might be wrong, and I'm too lazy to look it up.