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Nolan Ryan is the all-time leader in career strikeouts. This list is for pitchers. For career strikeouts by batters, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders. The following list is of the top 100 pitchers in career strikeouts in Major League Baseball.
- Denotes active player (with current season strikeouts shown).
A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. [1] Reggie Jackson [2] [3] [4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. [5] 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 ...
- Denotes active player.
- Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
- Total career strikeouts.
- Number of strikeouts during the 2023 Major League Baseball season.
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Career 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.Greg Mad
RankPlayer (yrs, Age)StrikeoutsIp1.Nolan Ryan+ (27)57145386.02.48754135.13.46724916.24.41365217.2Grover Cleveland Alexander and Rube Waddell led their league six times, and five-time winners include Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, Sam McDowell, Christy Mathewson, Amos Rusie, and Tom Seaver. There are several players with a claim to the single-season strikeout record.
- Number of strikeouts
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- Player with the second-best strikeout total in the league
- Player with the highest number of strikeouts in the league
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Most runners caught stealing: 810, Deacon McGuireMost stolen bases allowed: 1,498, Deacon McGuireMost stolen base attempts: 2,308, Deacon McGuireHighest caught stealing %: 57.40%, Roy CampanellaMost World Series wins (as a player/coach/manager/executive): 17, Frankie CrosettiMost World Series wins (as a player): 10, Yogi BerraMost World Series wins (as a manager): 7, Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthyMost consecutive World Series wins (as a manager): 5, Casey StengelUnbreakable Baseball Records – slideshow by LifemagazineMLB pitchers with 18 strikeouts in a nine-inning game (sorted by number of strikeouts, then chronologically) Pitcher Date Team Opposing team Score Strikeouts Career Ks Refs Max Scherzer * May 11, 2016: Washington Nationals: Detroit Tigers: 3–2: 20: 3,367: Kerry Wood: May 6, 1998: Chicago Cubs: Houston Astros: 2–0: 20: 1,582: Roger Clemens ...
To accomplish this record, Ryan played the most seasons (27) in MLB history, as well as being both second in career innings pitched in the live-ball era, and fourth among pitchers who have completed their careers in strikeouts per nine innings.