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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 ...
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]
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] 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]
Eighteen strikeouts – to this day, the 12th-most by any pitcher in a nine-inning game in MLB history. In 55 years as a franchise, no other Brewers pitcher has even come within two strikeouts of ...
20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Number of occurrences: 5. [18] Roger Clemens 1986 and 1996 struck out 20. Kerry Wood in 1998. Most recently, Max Scherzer, May 11, 2016. In 2001, Randy Johnson also struck out 20 in a 9-inning start, but the game went on to extra innings. 21 strikeouts in a game of any length. Number of occurrences: 1. [18]
Consecutive batters faced with a strikeout. 10 (4 tied) Tom Seaver, New York Mets – April 22, 1970 (as a starting pitcher) Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers – May 17–21, 2003 (as a relief pitcher) Aaron Nola, Philadelphia Phillies – June 25, 2021; Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers – August 11, 2021
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]