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Reggie Jackson, the all-time leader in strikeouts by a batter
This list is for batters. For career strikeouts by pitchers, see
List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
In
baseball , a strikeout (or strike-out ) occurs when a batter accumulates three
strikes during a time
at bat (i.e. the batter fails to hit the ball in three successive pitches). It usually means the batter is
out . A
strikeout is a statistic recorded for both
pitchers and
batters , and is denoted by K .
[1]
Reggie Jackson
[2]
[3]
[4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597.
[5]
Jim Thome
[6] (2,548),
Adam Dunn
[7] (2,379),
Sammy Sosa
[8] (2,306),
Alex Rodriguez
[9] (2,287),
Miguel Cabrera
[10] (2,105), and
Andrés Galarraga
[11] (2,003) are the only other hitters to strikeout over 2,000 times.
Key
List
Giancarlo Stanton, the active leader and is tied for 19th all-time in strikeouts by a batter.
Stats updated as of April 23, 2024.
Rank
Player (2024 Ks)
K
1
Reggie Jackson *
2,597
2
Jim Thome *
2,548
3
Adam Dunn
2,379
4
Sammy Sosa
2,306
5
Alex Rodriguez
2,287
6
Miguel Cabrera
2,105
7
Andrés Galarraga
2,003
8
Justin Upton
1,971
9
Jose Canseco
1,942
10
Willie Stargell *
1,936
11
Mark Reynolds
1,927
12
Nelson Cruz
1,916
Curtis Granderson
1,916
14
Mike Cameron
1,901
15
Mike Schmidt *
1,883
16
Fred McGriff *
1,882
17
Tony Pérez *
1,867
18
Chris Davis
1,852
19
Ryan Howard
1,843
Giancarlo Stanton (23)
1,843
21
Bobby Abreu
1,840
Derek Jeter *
1,840
23
Dave Kingman
1,816
24
Manny Ramírez
1,813
25
Alfonso Soriano
1,803
26
Carlos Beltrán
1,795
27
Ken Griffey Jr. *
1,779
28
Bobby Bonds
1,757
29
Craig Biggio *
1,753
30
David Ortiz *
1,750
31
Andruw Jones
1,748
Dale Murphy
1,748
33
Carlos Delgado
1,745
34
Torii Hunter
1,741
35
Paul Goldschmidt (30)
1,736
36
Adrián Beltré *
1,732
37
Lou Brock *
1,730
38
Jim Edmonds
1,729
39
Mickey Mantle *
1,710
40
Harmon Killebrew *
1,699
41
Chili Davis
1,698
42
Dwight Evans
1,697
43
Evan Longoria (0)
1,696
44
Rickey Henderson *
1,694
45
Dave Winfield *
1,686
46
Andrew McCutchen (21)
1,663
47
Matt Kemp
1,641
48
Joey Votto (0)
1,640
49
Derrek Lee
1,622
50
Reggie Sanders
1,614
Rank
Player (2024 Ks)
K
51
Gary Gaetti
1,602
52
Mark McGwire
1,596
53
Shin-Soo Choo
1,579
54
Carlos Peña
1,577
55
J. D. Martinez (0)
1,573
56
Jay Bruce
1,572
Jason Giambi
1,572
58
Lee May
1,569
59
Pat Burrell
1,564
60
Melvin Upton Jr.
1,561
61
Jeff Bagwell *
1,558
62
Dick Allen
1,556
63
Freddie Freeman (20)
1,555
64
Ray Lankford
1,550
Willie McCovey *
1,550
66
Barry Bonds
1,539
67
Dave Parker
1,537
68
Alex Gordon
1,535
69
Frank Robinson *
1,532
70
Lance Parrish
1,527
71
Willie Mays *
1,526
Devon White
1,526
73
Jeff Kent
1,522
74
Eddie Murray *
1,516
75
Rick Monday
1,513
Greg Vaughn
1,513
77
Andre Dawson *
1,509
78
Tony Phillips
1,499
79
Greg Luzinski
1,495
80
Eddie Mathews *
1,487
81
Mike Trout (23)
1,481
82
Iván Rodríguez *
1,474
83
Eugenio Suárez (28)
1,470
84
Mike Napoli
1,468
85
Frank Howard
1,460
86
Jorge Posada
1,453
87
Jhonny Peralta
1,450
Jayson Werth
1,450
89
Jay Bell
1,443
90
Jack Clark
1,442
Juan Samuel
1,442
92
Harold Baines *
1,441
Mark Teixeira
1,441
94
Mo Vaughn
1,429
95
Jimmy Wynn
1,427
96
Edwin Encarnación
1,426
97
Jim Rice *
1,423
98
George Foster
1,419
99
George Scott
1,418
100
Bryce Harper (21)
1,416
Notes
^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
References
^
Major League Baseball (2001–2009).
"Baseball Basics: Abbreviations" .
^
"Reggie Jackson Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Reggie Jackson Hall of Fame Profile" . National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021 .
^ Leavengood, Ted.
"Reggie Jackson Bio" . Society For American Baseball Research . Retrieved August 1, 2021 .
^
"Career Leaders For Striking Out" . Baseball Alamanc . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Jim Thome Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Adam Dunn Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Sammy Sosa Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Alex Rodriguez Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
"Miguel Cabrera Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved July 24, 2022 .
^
"Andrés Galarraga Career Stats" . Baseball Reference . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
External links
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