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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 strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters.
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]
Rube Waddell led the American League in strikeouts for six consecutive seasons (1902–1907). In 1908 and 1911, Ed Walsh was the American League strikeout champion. In 1959 and 1960, Jim Bunning led the American League in strikeouts; he finished in second place four times. Nolan Ryan has 5,714 career strikeouts, the most in Major League history.
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]
Most stolen bases [a] Hugh Nicol Rickey Henderson: 138 130 1887 1982 [9] Highest slugging percentage Josh Gibson.974 1937 [10] Highest OPS: Josh Gibson 1.4744 1937 [11] Most walks Barry Bonds 232 2004 [12] Most strikeouts Mark Reynolds: 223 2009: Most extra base hits Babe Ruth: 119 1921 [13] Most total bases Babe Ruth 457 1921 [14] Consecutive ...
César Gerónimo is the only player struck out by two pitchers for their 3,000th strikeout: Gibson in 1974 and Ryan in 1980. [4] Ten 3,000-strikeout pitchers are also members of the 300-win club. [5] Seven members were named to the All-Century Team, a list of MLB's best 100 players; fans later elected four of them as starters.
Consecutive games with 10 or more strikeouts. 11 – Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros – August 7 – October 10, 2019; Consecutive saves converted. 84 – Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – August 28, 2002 – July 5, 2004 (record set over three seasons) Consecutive team games with a save. 6 (3 tied) Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 16 ...
Highest team ERA: 5.65 in 2006; Most complete games: 54 in 1974; Fewest complete games: 2 in 2007, 2008, and 2011; Most strikeouts: 1,153 in 2009; Fewest strikeouts: 593 in 1983; Most walks: 693 in 2000; Fewest walks: 433 in 1984; Games no walks: 17 in 1992 and 1996; Most hits: 1,648 in 2006; Fewest hits: 1,301 in 1971; Most runs: 971 in 2006 ...