List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders
- 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. It means the batter is out, unless the third strike is not caught by the catcher and the batter reaches first base safely as a result. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is usually denoted by the letter K, or sometimes by the initialism SO.[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 strike out over 2,000 times.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2024 Ks) | Number of strikeouts during the 2024 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 August 11, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 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 | 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 | Giancarlo Stanton (94) | 1,914 |
15 | Mike Cameron | 1,901 |
16 | Mike Schmidt* | 1,883 |
17 | Fred McGriff* | 1,882 |
18 | Tony Pérez* | 1,867 |
19 | Chris Davis | 1,852 |
20 | Paul Goldschmidt (137) | 1,843 |
Ryan Howard | 1,843 | |
22 | Bobby Abreu | 1,840 |
Derek Jeter* | 1,840 | |
24 | Dave Kingman | 1,816 |
25 | Manny Ramírez | 1,813 |
26 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,803 |
27 | Carlos Beltrán | 1,795 |
28 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 1,779 |
29 | Bobby Bonds | 1,757 |
30 | Craig Biggio* | 1,753 |
Andrew McCutchen (111) | 1,753 | |
32 | David Ortiz* | 1,750 |
33 | Andruw Jones | 1,748 |
Dale Murphy | 1,748 | |
35 | Carlos Delgado | 1,745 |
36 | Torii Hunter | 1,741 |
37 | Adrián Beltré* | 1,732 |
38 | Lou Brock* | 1,730 |
39 | Jim Edmonds | 1,729 |
40 | Mickey Mantle* | 1,710 |
41 | Harmon Killebrew* | 1,699 |
42 | Chili Davis | 1,698 |
43 | Dwight Evans | 1,697 |
44 | Evan Longoria (0) | 1,696 |
45 | Rickey Henderson* | 1,694 |
46 | Dave Winfield* | 1,686 |
47 | J. D. Martinez (105) | 1,678 |
48 | Matt Kemp | 1,641 |
49 | Joey Votto (0) | 1,640 |
50 | Derrek Lee | 1,622 |
Rank | Player (2024 Ks) | K |
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51 | Reggie Sanders | 1,614 |
52 | Freddie Freeman (72) | 1,607 |
53 | Gary Gaetti | 1,602 |
54 | Mark McGwire | 1,596 |
55 | Shin-Soo Choo | 1,579 |
56 | Carlos Peña | 1,577 |
57 | Jay Bruce | 1,572 |
Jason Giambi | 1,572 | |
59 | Lee May | 1,570 |
Eugenio Suárez (128) | 1,570 | |
61 | Pat Burrell | 1,564 |
62 | Melvin Upton Jr. | 1,561 |
63 | Jeff Bagwell* | 1,558 |
64 | Dick Allen | 1,556 |
65 | Ray Lankford | 1,550 |
Willie McCovey* | 1,550 | |
67 | Barry Bonds | 1,539 |
68 | Dave Parker | 1,537 |
69 | Alex Gordon | 1,535 |
70 | Frank Robinson* | 1,532 |
71 | Lance Parrish | 1,527 |
72 | Willie Mays* | 1,526 |
Devon White | 1,526 | |
74 | Jeff Kent | 1,522 |
75 | Eddie Murray* | 1,516 |
76 | Rick Monday | 1,513 |
Greg Vaughn | 1,513 | |
78 | Andre Dawson* | 1,509 |
79 | Tony Phillips | 1,499 |
80 | Greg Luzinski | 1,495 |
81 | Bryce Harper (99) | 1,494 |
82 | Eddie Mathews* | 1,487 |
83 | Mike Trout (27) | 1,485 |
84 | Iván Rodríguez* | 1,474 |
85 | Mike Napoli | 1,468 |
86 | Frank Howard | 1,460 |
87 | Jorge Posada | 1,453 |
88 | Jhonny Peralta | 1,450 |
Jayson Werth | 1,450 | |
90 | Nick Castellanos (102) | 1,447 |
91 | Jay Bell | 1,443 |
92 | Jack Clark | 1,442 |
Juan Samuel | 1,442 | |
94 | Harold Baines* | 1,441 |
Mark Teixeira | 1,441 | |
96 | Mo Vaughn | 1,429 |
97 | Jimmy Wynn | 1,427 |
98 | Edwin Encarnación | 1,426 |
99 | Carlos Santana (74) | 1,424 |
100 | Jim Rice* | 1,423 |
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
- "Career Leaders & Records for Strikeouts". Baseball-Reference.com.
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