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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 ...
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]
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
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.
The most innings pitched in a live-ball season (since 1920) was Wilbur Wood's 376 2 ⁄ 3 innings in 1972. [41] No pitcher has even thrown half of White's record total for innings in a season since Phil Niekro in 1979, with 342. The most recent 300-inning season was by Steve Carlton the following year, with 304.
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 singles: Pete Rose: 3,215 [1] Most doubles: Tris Speaker: 792 [2] Most triples: Sam Crawford: 309 [3] Most home runs: Barry Bonds: 762 [4] Most grand slams: Alex Rodriguez: 25 Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home ...
This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards ...