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Their total is the lowest number of strikeouts accumulated to lead a league in Major League Baseball history (although Jacob deGrom only struck out 104 National League batters in 2020, the season was shortened by a pandemic to 60 games, or 37.04% of a regular season; had that season run a full 162 games, that would have been a net of 281 ...
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] Tom Cheney, September 12, 1962 (pitched 16 innings of a 16-inning game). 26 innings pitched in a game. Number of occurrences: 2. [19] Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger, May 1 ...
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
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records; List of Major League Baseball attendance records; List of Major League Baseball postseason records. List of World Series career records; List of World Series single-game records; List of World Series single-series records
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game. New York: Copernicus Books, 2001. ISBN 0-387-98816-5. A book on new statistics for baseball. MLB Record Book by: MLB.com; Alan Schwarz, The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (New York: St. Martin's, 2005). ISBN 0-312-32223-2.
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.
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]
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.