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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 ...
His 11 seasons as a strikeout leader – second only to the 12 of Walter Johnson – includes nine seasons, between 1972 and 1990, as the American League strikeout leader. [180] Three-time strikeout champion Johan Santana won the American League's last pitching triple crown in 2006. [181] Scott Kazmir's 239 strikeouts led the American League in ...
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]
Strikeouts: 20 (September 25, 2012) Stolen Bases: 7 (August 25, 1981) Runs Allowed: 21 (Sept. 30, 2000) Runs Allowed (Inning): 13 (July 8, 1990 and July 5, 1996) Strikeouts by Pitcher: 26 (June 8, 2004 - 17 inn.) Strikeouts by Pitcher (9 Innings): 19 (August 12, 1974) Walks Given Up by Pitcher: 13 (August 6, 1994 - 10 inn. and July 12, 1992 ...
A hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that (in the plate umpire's judgment) he made an honest effort to avoid the pitch, although failure to do so is rarely called by an umpire. Being hit by a pitch is often caused by a batter standing too close to, or "crowding", home plate. Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball ...
His Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) (a defense independent pitching statistic measuring a pitcher's effectiveness at limiting walks, home runs, and hits while accumulating strikeouts) of 1.39 was the lowest single-season total in the major leagues since 1910 among pitchers who threw more than 35 innings. The second best FIP in baseball in ...
Hit By Pitch: Ron Hunt, 50 (1971) Sacrifice Hits: Larry Lintz, 23 (1974) Sacrifice Flies: Andre Dawson, 18 (1983) Intentional Walks: Vladimir Guerrero, 32 (2002) At Bats per Strikeout: Gary Sutherland, 25.3 (1971) At Bats per Home Run: Bryce Harper, 12.4 (2015)
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