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Nolan Ryan [1] [2] [3] has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters. The American League record is held by Roger Clemens [4] (4,167 strikeouts), [5] while in the National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton. [6] [7] The parentheses adjacent to an active player ...
Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 Ks) Number of strikeouts during the 2025 Major League Baseball season. K: Total career strikeouts. * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bold: Denotes active player. [note 1]
Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most strikeouts each season. Jim Devlin led the National League in its inaugural season of 1876; he threw 122 strikeouts for the Louisville Grays. [4]
Shohei Ohtani breaks Babe Ruth's record for most strikeouts by player with at least 100 home runs. ... when he notched his 502nd strikeout. ... Ohtani has played just six seasons so far in MLB ...
List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders. 3,000 strikeout club; List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders. 300 strikeout club; List of Major League Baseball single-game strikeout leaders; List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter Johnson became the first member in 1923, and was the only one until Bob Gibson joined in 1974. The most recent addition is Max Scherzer, who joined on September 12, 2021.
Bob Feller was the first player to achieve 18 strikeouts in a game during the live-ball era. Sandy Koufax was the first pitcher to achieve multiple games with 18 strikeouts, recording two in his career. Kerry Wood tied Roger Clemens' major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game on May 6, 1998.
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Under Rules 6.05 and 6.09 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball, a batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught by the catcher with no runner on first base or when there are two outs. [2]