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Career Leaders for Striking Out
Each of the following players holds a dubious mark in baseball history and each of them could easily be a pitchers great moment, and two innings later be a pitchers call to the bullpen.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time career leaders in Major League strikeouts. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
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"The only way I'm going to get a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint." - Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson (1st Overall Strikeouts Leader) |
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| Name |
Strikeouts |
Rank |
| Reggie Jackson
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2,597 |
1 |
| Sammy Sosa
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2,306 |
2 |
| Jim Thome
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2,190 |
3 |
| Andres Galarraga
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2,003 |
4 |
| Jose Canseco
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1,942 |
5 |
| Willie Stargell
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1,936 |
6 |
| Mike Schmidt
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1,883 |
7 |
| Fred McGriff
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1,882 |
8 |
| Tony Perez
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1,867 |
9 |
| Dave Kingman
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1,816 |
10 |
| Bobby Bonds
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1,757 |
11 |
| Craig Biggio
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1,753 |
12 |
| Dale Murphy
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1,748 |
13 |
| Lou Brock
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1,730 |
14 |
| Carlos Delgado
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1,725 |
15 |
| Mickey Mantle
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1,710 |
16 |
| Harmon Killebrew
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1,699 |
17 |
| Chili Davis
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1,698 |
18 |
| Dwight Evans
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1,697 |
19 |
| Rickey Henderson
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1,694 |
20 |
| Dave Winfield
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1,686 |
21 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr.
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1,681 |
22 |
| Jim Edmonds
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1,669 |
23 |
| Manny Ramirez
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1,667 |
24 |
| Mike Cameron
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1,642 |
25 |
| Alex Rodriguez
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1,641 |
26 |
| Reggie Sanders
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1,614 |
27 |
| Gary Gaetti
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1,602 |
28 |
| Mark McGwire
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1,596 |
29 |
| Lee May
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1,570 |
30 |
| Jeff Bagwell
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1,558 |
31 |
| Dick Allen
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1,556 |
32 |
| Ray Lankford
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1,550 |
33 |
| Willie McCovey
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1,550 |
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| Barry Bonds
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1,539 |
35 |
| Dave Parker
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1,537 |
36 |
| Frank Robinson
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1,532 |
37 |
| Lance Parrish
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1,527 |
38 |
| Willie Mays
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1,526 |
39 |
| Devon White
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1,526 |
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| Jeff Kent
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1,522 |
41 |
| Eddie Murray
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1,516 |
42 |
| Rick Monday
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1,513 |
43 |
| Greg Vaughn
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1,513 |
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| Andre Dawson
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1,509 |
45 |
| Tony Phillips
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1,499 |
46 |
| Greg Luzinski
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1,495 |
47 |
| Eddie Mathews
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1,487 |
48 |
| Andruw Jones
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1,470 |
49 |
| Frank Howard
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1,460 |
50 |
| Jay Bell
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1,443 |
51 |
| Juan Samuel
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1,442 |
52 |
| Harold Baines
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1,441 |
53 |
| Jack Clark
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1,441 |
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| Mo Vaughn
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1,429 |
55 |
| Jimmy Wynn
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1,427 |
56 |
| Jim Rice
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1,423 |
57 |
| George Foster
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1,419 |
58 |
| George Scott
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1,418 |
59 |
| Royce Clayton
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1,415 |
60 |
| Ron Gant
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1,411 |
61 |
| Darrell Evans
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1,410 |
62 |
| Rob Deer
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1,409 |
63 |
| Jay Buhner
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1,406 |
64 |
| Bobby Abreu
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1,405 |
65 |
| Eric Davis
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1,398 |
66 |
| Frank Thomas
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1,397 |
67 |
| Carl Yastrzemski
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1,393 |
68 |
| Jose Hernandez
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1,391 |
69 |
| Joe Carter
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1,387 |
70 |
| Carlton Fisk
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1,386 |
71 |
| Hank Aaron
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1,383 |
72 |
| Jeromy Burnitz
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1,376 |
73 |
| Derek Jeter
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1,376 |
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| Travis Fryman
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1,369 |
75 |
| Matt Williams
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1,363 |
76 |
| Danny Tartabull
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1,362 |
77 |
| Tim Salmon
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1,360 |
78 |
| Larry Parrish
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1,359 |
79 |
| Darryl Strawberry
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1,352 |
80 |
| Robin Yount
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1,350 |
81 |
| Rafael Palmeiro
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1,348 |
82 |
| Ron Santo
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1,343 |
83 |
| Julio Franco
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1,341 |
84 |
| Ellis Burks
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1,340 |
85 |
| Gorman Thomas
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1,339 |
86 |
| Dean Palmer
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1,332 |
87 |
| Babe Ruth
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1,330 |
88 |
| Deron Johnson
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1,318 |
89 |
| Cecil Fielder
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1,316 |
90 |
| Shawn Green
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1,315 |
91 |
| Willie Horton
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1,313 |
92 |
| Richie Sexson
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1,313 |
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| Jimmie Foxx
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1,311 |
94 |
| Jason Giambi
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1,308 |
95 |
| Mickey Tettleton
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1,307 |
96 |
| Tim Wallach
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1,307 |
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| Cal Ripken, Jr.
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1,305 |
98 |
| Steve Finley
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1,299 |
99 |
| Bret Boone
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1,295 |
100 |
| Name |
Strikeouts |
Rank |
| Current Through 2008 Season |
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