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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 ...
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
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 ...
Justin Verlander's Hall of Fame résumé just got a little shinie. The Houston Astros ace passed the great Greg Maddux on the MLB all-time strikeout list, entering the top 10 with the 3,372nd ...
Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2025 Ks) Number of strikeouts during the 2025 Major League Baseball season. K: Total career strikeouts. * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bold: Denotes active player. [note 1]
At just 20 years old, Sasaki now owns the record for consecutive strikeouts in a single game. ... Japan's top baseball league (their MLB equivalent). And a young pitcher for the Chiba Lotte ...
The top 5 Major League Baseball single-season strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1.0 IP per team game): [23] Shane Bieber , 2020 – 14.19 Gerrit Cole , 2019 – 13.81
Bob Feller was the first player to achieve 18 strikeouts in a game during the live-ball era. Sandy Koufax was the first pitcher to achieve multiple games with 18 strikeouts, recording two in his career. Kerry Wood tied Roger Clemens' major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game on May 6, 1998.