List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders

Reggie Jackson, the all-time leader in strikeouts by a batter

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 holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. Jim Thome (2,548), Adam Dunn (2,379), Sammy Sosa (2,306), Alex Rodriguez (2,287) and Andres Galarraga (2,003) are the only other hitters to strike out over 2,000 times.

Key

Rank Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 Ks)Number of strikeouts during the 2016 Major League Baseball season
KTotal career strikeouts
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List

Rank Player (2016 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 (67) 2,287
6 Andrés Galarraga 2,003
7 Jose Canseco 1,942
8 Willie Stargell * 1,936
9 Mike Cameron 1,901
10 Mike Schmidt * 1,883
11 Fred McGriff 1,882
12 Tony Pérez * 1,867
13 Ryan Howard (114) 1,843
14 Bobby Abreu 1,840
Derek Jeter 1,840
16 Dave Kingman 1,816
17 Manny Ramírez 1,813
18 Alfonso Soriano 1,803
19 Ken Griffey Jr. * 1,779
20 Bobby Bonds 1,757
21 Craig Biggio * 1,753
22 David Ortiz 1,750
23 Andruw Jones 1,748
Dale Murphy 1,748
25 Carlos Delgado 1,745
26 Torii Hunter 1,741
27 Lou Brock * 1,730
28 Jim Edmonds 1,729
29 Mickey Mantle * 1,710
30 Harmon Killebrew * 1,699
31 Chili Davis 1,698
32 Dwight Evans 1,697
33 Rickey Henderson * 1,694
34 Carlos Beltran (101) 1,693
35 Dave Winfield * 1,686
36 Mark Reynolds (112) 1,631
37 Derrek Lee 1,622
38 Reggie Sanders 1,614
39 Gary Gaetti 1,602
40 Mark McGwire 1,596
41 Curtis Granderson (130) 1,589
42 Adrian Beltre (66) 1,584
43 Carlos Peña 1,577
44 Jason Giambi 1,572
45 Lee May 1,570
46 Pat Burrell 1,564
47 Melvin Upton Jr. (155) 1,561
48 Jeff Bagwell 1,558
49 Dick Allen 1,556
50 Ray Lankford 1,550
Rank Player (2016 Ks) K
Willie McCovey * 1,550
52 Barry Bonds 1,539
53 Dave Parker 1,537
54 Frank Robinson * 1,532
55 Lance Parrish 1,527
56 Willie Mays * 1,526
Devon White 1,526
58 Jeff Kent 1,522
59 Miguel Cabrera (116) 1,516
Eddie Murray * 1,516
61 Rick Monday 1,513
Greg Vaughn 1,513
63 Andre Dawson * 1,509
64 Tony Phillips 1,499
65 Greg Luzinski 1,495
66 Eddie Mathews * 1,487
67 Iván Rodríguez 1,474
68 Frank Howard 1,460
69 Jorge Posada 1,453
70 Jay Bell 1,443
71 Juan Samuel 1,442
72 Harold Baines 1,441
Jack Clark 1,441
Mark Teixeira 1,441
75 Jhonny Peralta (56) 1,437
76 Mo Vaughn 1,429
77 Jimmy Wynn 1,427
78 Jim Rice * 1,423
79 George Foster 1,419
80 George Scott 1,418
81 Royce Clayton 1,415
82 Ron Gant 1,411
83 Darrell Evans 1,410
Scott Rolen 1,410
85 Rob Deer 1,409
Chipper Jones 1,409
87 Adam LaRoche 1,407
88 Jay Buhner 1,406
89 Eric Davis 1,398
90 Frank Thomas * 1,397
91 Carl Yastrzemski * 1,393
92 José Hernández 1,391
Paul Konerko 1,391
94 Joe Carter 1,387
95 Carlton Fisk * 1.386
96 Hank Aaron * 1,383
97 Jayson Werth (138) 1,381
98 Troy Glaus 1,377
99 Jeromy Burnitz 1,376
100 Raúl Ibañez 1,374

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

External links

  1. ↑ Major League Baseball (2001–2009). "Baseball Basics: Abbreviations". Retrieved September 2, 2009.
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