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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 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 ...
Accordingly, Major League Baseball recognizes the runner-up from 1884, Charlie Buffinton of the Boston Red Sox, as the record-holder with 417 strikeouts. [21] In the American League, Ryan holds the record with 383 strikeouts in 1973. [7]
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Twenty different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in a single nine-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game, [a] the most recent being Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals on May 11, 2016. [4]
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 ]
A better option — and a record that could be broken in 2023 — is K%. Stat This, Not That: How we should be tracking strikeout rates, the most historic numbers of MLB’s current era [Video ...
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance , inning , or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.
Team Strikeouts Season Nolan Ryan: California Angels: 383 1973 Sandy Koufax: Los Angeles Dodgers: 382 1965 ... List of Major League Baseball single-season records.
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] The strikeout is recorded, but the batter-runner must be tagged or forced out in order for the defensive team to register the out.