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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 National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton. [6] [7]
Reggie Jackson holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. Jim Thome [6] (2,548), Adam Dunn [7] (2,379), Sammy Sosa [8] (2,306), Alex Rodriguez [9] (2,287), Miguel Cabrera [10] (2,105), and Andrés Galarraga [11] (2,003) are the only other hitters to strike out over 2,000 times.
Active SO Leaders:1. Justin Verlander /3386/60, 2. Max Scherzer /3367/529, 3. Clayton Kershaw /2944/847, 4. Chris Sale /2271/27, 5. Gerrit Cole /2152/286, 6. Yu Darvish /1982/165, 7. Lance&nb
RankPlayer (yrs, Age)StrikeoutsIp1.Justin Verlander (19, 41)33863372.12.Max Scherzer (16, 39)33672834.23.Clayton Kershaw (16, 36)29442712.24.22711848.1Career SO Leaders:1.Nolan Ryan+/5714/957, 2.Randy Johnson+/4875/691, 3.Roger Clemens/4672/213, 4.Steve Carlton+/4136/1881, 5.Bert Blyleven+/3701/514, 6.Tom Seaver+/3640/1552, 7.Don Sutton+/3574/1559, 8.Gaylord Perry+/3534/1220, 9.Walter Johnson+/3509/2534, 10. Justi
Contents. hide. (Top) Key. National League. American League. Other major leagues. Footnotes. References. List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders. Walter Johnson holds the record with 12 different seasons that he was a strikeout leader, including 8 consecutive from 1912 through 1919.
Active SO Leaders:1. Giancarlo Stanton /1883/6637, 2. Paul Goldschmidt /1775/7869, 3. Andrew McCutchen /1693/8834, 4. Joey Votto /1640/8746, 5. J.D. Martinez /1611/6484, 6. Freddie Freeman /1577/835 Sports Reference ®
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Strikeout Records for Pitchers. Career Strikeout Records for Pitchers. Strikeout Record: LG: Name(s) Team(s) Data: Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher In A Career | Top 1,000: AL: Roger Clemens: Boston: 2,590: 4,167: Toronto: 563: New York: 1,014: NL: Steve Carlton: St. Louis: 951: 4,000: Philadelphia: 3,031: San Francisco: 18: ML: Nolan Ryan ...