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The following list is of the top 100 pitchers in career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and failure on the part of the batter. Nolan Ryan [1] [2] [3] has the most career ...
His 11 seasons as a strikeout leader – second only to the 12 of Walter Johnson – includes nine seasons, between 1972 and 1990, as the American League strikeout leader. [180] Three-time strikeout champion Johan Santana won the American League's last pitching triple crown in 2006. [181] Scott Kazmir's 239 strikeouts led the American League in ...
Morris is the only pitcher with 2,000-plus strikeouts who did not face a single pitcher in his career. [19] Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductee - 2018 (Modern Era Committee)
He has 40 strikeouts against 14 walks in 43 innings, averaging better than six innings over seven starts. The only other active pitchers to reach 2,000 career innings are Clayton Kershaw, Max ...
He was the fifth-youngest player in major league history to reach that mark, as well as the second-fastest pitcher to 2,000 strikeouts, accomplishing the feat in 277 games (behind Randy Johnson's 262 games). [133] [134] He was named to his seventh straight All-Star Game. [135] On July 23, Kershaw left the game due to back tightness.
On May 12, Wakefield recorded his 2,000th career strikeout against Vernon Wells of the Toronto Blue Jays in a 3–2 loss. He joined Jamie Moyer, Javier Vázquez, and Andy Pettitte as the only active pitchers with at least 2,000 career strikeouts. [35] On June 8, Wakefield passed Roger Clemens for the most
The next pitchers who are currently on a 40-man roster: Chris Sale, who ranks 60th with 2,259, and Gerrit Cole, 72nd with 2,152. The next-highest pitcher under Cole's 33 years of age: 31-year-old ...
The best measure of strikeout prowess isn't actually K/9. A better option — and a record that could be broken in 2023 — is K%.