List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters 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) and Andrés Galarraga[10] (2,003) are the only other hitters to strikeout over 2,000 times.
Key[]
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2021 Ks) | Number of strikeouts during the 2021 Major League Baseball season. |
K | Total career strikeouts. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List[]
- Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Player (2021 Ks) | K |
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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 | Andrés Galarraga | 2,003 |
7 | Justin Upton (107) | 1,948 |
8 | Jose Canseco | 1,942 |
9 | Willie Stargell * | 1,936 |
10 | Miguel Cabrera (118) | 1,930 |
11 | Mark Reynolds | 1,927 |
12 | Curtis Granderson | 1,916 |
13 | Mike Cameron | 1,901 |
14 | Mike Schmidt * | 1,883 |
15 | Fred McGriff | 1,882 |
16 | Tony Pérez * | 1,867 |
17 | Chris Davis | 1,852 |
18 | Ryan Howard | 1,843 |
19 | Bobby Abreu | 1,840 |
Derek Jeter * | 1,840 | |
21 | Dave Kingman | 1,816 |
22 | Manny Ramírez | 1,813 |
23 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,803 |
24 | Carlos Beltrán | 1,795 |
25 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | 1,779 |
26 | Bobby Bonds | 1,757 |
27 | Craig Biggio * | 1,753 |
28 | Nelson Cruz (126) | 1,751 |
29 | David Ortiz * | 1,750 |
30- | Andruw Jones | 1,748 |
Dale Murphy | 1,748 | |
32 | Carlos Delgado | 1,745 |
33 | Torii Hunter | 1,741 |
34 | Adrián Beltré | 1,732 |
35 | Lou Brock * | 1,730 |
36 | Jim Edmonds | 1,729 |
37 | Mickey Mantle * | 1,710 |
38 | Harmon Killebrew * | 1,699 |
39 | Chili Davis | 1,698 |
40 | Dwight Evans | 1,697 |
41 | Rickey Henderson * | 1,694 |
42 | Dave Winfield * | 1,686 |
43 | Matt Kemp (0) | 1,641 |
44 | Derrek Lee | 1,622 |
45 | Reggie Sanders | 1,614 |
46 | Gary Gaetti | 1,602 |
47 | Mark McGwire | 1,596 |
48 | Shin-Soo Choo | 1,579 |
49 | Carlos Peña | 1,577 |
50 | Jay Bruce | 1,572 |
Rank | Player (2021 Ks) | K |
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Jason Giambi | 1,572 | |
52 | Lee May | 1,570 |
53 | Pat Burrell | 1,564 |
54 | Melvin Upton Jr. | 1,561 |
55 | Giancarlo Stanton (157) | 1,559 |
56 | Jeff Bagwell * | 1,558 |
57 | Dick Allen | 1,556 |
58 | Ray Lankford | 1,550 |
Willie McCovey * | 1,550 | |
60 | Evan Longoria (48) | 1,540 |
61 | Barry Bonds | 1,539 |
62 | Dave Parker | 1,537 |
63 | Alex Gordon | 1,535 |
64 | Frank Robinson * | 1,532 |
65 | Lance Parrish | 1,527 |
66 | Willie Mays * | 1,526 |
Devon White | 1,526 | |
68 | Jeff Kent | 1,522 |
69 | Eddie Murray * | 1,516 |
70 | Rick Monday | 1,513 |
Greg Vaughn | 1,513 | |
72 | Andre Dawson * | 1,509 |
73 | Tony Phillips | 1,499 |
74 | Greg Luzinski | 1,495 |
75 | Eddie Mathews * | 1,487 |
76 | Joey Votto (126) | 1,481 |
77 | Iván Rodríguez * | 1,474 |
78 | Mike Napoli | 1,468 |
79 | Frank Howard | 1,460 |
80 | Jorge Posada | 1,453 |
81 | Jhonny Peralta | 1,450 |
Jayson Werth | 1,450 | |
83 | Jay Bell | 1,443 |
84 | Juan Samuel | 1,442 |
85 | Harold Baines * | 1,441 |
Jack Clark | 1,441 | |
Mark Teixeira | 1,441 | |
88 | Mo Vaughn | 1,429 |
89 | Jimmy Wynn | 1,427 |
90 | Edwin Encarnación (0) | 1,426 |
91 | Jim Rice * | 1,423 |
92 | George Foster | 1,419 |
93 | Andrew McCutchen (132) | 1,418 |
George Scott | 1,418 | |
95 | Royce Clayton | 1,415 |
96 | Ron Gant | 1,411 |
97 | Darrell Evans | 1,410 |
Scott Rolen | 1,410 | |
99 | Rob Deer | 1,409 |
Chipper Jones * | 1,409 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or 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.
- ^ "Andrés Galarraga Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for Strikeouts". Baseball-Reference.com.
Categories:
- Major League Baseball statistics