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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.
Five of these players have played for only one major league team. Six pitchers— Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, and Max Scherzer —are also members of the 3,000 strikeout club. Sweeney has the fewest career strikeouts in the group with 505, while Nolan Ryan, with 5,714, struck out more batters than any ...
In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It means the batter is out, unless the third strike is not caught by the catcher and the batter reaches first base safely as a result. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is usually denoted by the ...
Grover Cleveland Alexander led the National League in strikeouts six times in nine seasons. Amos Rusie led the National League in strikeouts a total of five times with two different teams. From 1903 to 1908, Christy Mathewson led the National League in strikeouts in five of six years. Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax led the National League in ...
List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a second baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a third baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a shortstop leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a left fielder leaders.
24. Toronto Blue Jays, 35-43. There are a lot of issues with the 2024 Blue Jays, hence their place in these rankings, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr., despite the flak he continues to get for failing to ...
Scott Pianowski runs down his fantasy baseball team power rankings, ... tops in runs per game — has won me over. ... note the 1.11 WHIP and the ordinary strikeout rate — but he does induce ...
Most complete games in a season – 75. All-time record of 75 set by Will White in 1879; modern-era record of 48 set by Jack Chesbro in 1904. Sports Illustrated has said about this record, "Even if the bar is lowered to begin with the live-ball era (which began in 1920), the mark would still be untouchable."