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, the all-time leader in strikeouts by a batter
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 strikeout over 2,000 times.
Key
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2020 Ks) | Number of strikeouts during the 2020 Major League Baseball season. |
| K | Total career strikeouts. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List
Chris Davis, the active leader and 15th all-time in strikeouts by a batter.
- Stats updated as of August 14, 2020
| Rank | Player (2020 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 | Andrés Galarraga | 2,003 |
| 7 | Jose Canseco | 1,942 |
| 8 | Willie Stargell * | 1,936 |
| 9 | Mark Reynolds | 1,927 |
| 10 | Curtis Granderson | 1,916 |
| 11 | Mike Cameron | 1,901 |
| 12 | Mike Schmidt * | 1,883 |
| 13 | Fred McGriff | 1,882 |
| 14 | Tony Pérez * | 1,867 |
| 15 | Chris Davis (12) | 1,847 |
| 16 | Ryan Howard | 1,843 |
| 17 | Bobby Abreu | 1,840 |
| Derek Jeter * | 1,840 | |
| 19 | Justin Upton (22) | 1,820 |
| 20 | Dave Kingman | 1,816 |
| 21 | Manny Ramírez | 1,813 |
| 22 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,803 |
| 23 | Carlos Beltrán | 1,795 |
| 24 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | 1,779 |
| 25 | Miguel Cabrera (16) | 1,777 |
| 26 | Bobby Bonds | 1,757 |
| 27 | Craig Biggio * | 1,753 |
| 28 | David Ortiz | 1,750 |
| 29 | Andruw Jones | 1,748 |
| Dale Murphy | 1,748 | |
| 31 | Carlos Delgado | 1,745 |
| 32 | Torii Hunter | 1,741 |
| 33 | Adrián Beltré | 1,732 |
| 34 | Lou Brock * | 1,730 |
| 35 | Jim Edmonds | 1,729 |
| 36 | Mickey Mantle * | 1,710 |
| 37 | Harmon Killebrew * | 1,699 |
| 38 | Chili Davis | 1,698 |
| 39 | Dwight Evans | 1,697 |
| 40 | Rickey Henderson * | 1,694 |
| 41 | Dave Winfield * | 1,686 |
| 42 | Derrek Lee | 1,622 |
| 43 | Reggie Sanders | 1,614 |
| 44 | Matt Kemp (12) | 1,612 |
| 45 | Gary Gaetti | 1,602 |
| 46 | Mark McGwire | 1,596 |
| 47 | Nelson Cruz (22) | 1,589 |
| 48 | Carlos Peña | 1,577 |
| 49 | Jason Giambi | 1,572 |
| 50 | Lee May | 1,570 |
Notes
- A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
External links
- Major League Baseball (2001–2009). "Baseball Basics: Abbreviations". Retrieved September 2, 2009.
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