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    In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It means the batter is out,...
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    This list is for pitchers. For career strikeouts by batters, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders The following list...
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  • In baseball statistics, walk-to-strikeout ratio (BB/K) is a measure of a hitter's plate discipline and knowledge of the strike zone. Generally, a hitter...
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    In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter...
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  • baseball statistics, strikeout-to-walk ratio (K/BB) is a measure of a pitcher's ability to control pitches, calculated as strikeouts divided by bases on...
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    Nolan Ryan (category American League strikeout champions)
    of 324–292 (.526) and was an eight-time All-Star. He has 5,714 career strikeouts, a MLB record that is 839 more than runner-up Randy Johnson. Similarly...
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    batters. For career strikeouts by pitchers, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs...
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    In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. Twenty different pitchers have struck out at least...
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    Justin Verlander (category American League strikeout champions)
    the Monarchs' and Colonial Athletic Association's career records for strikeouts. At the 2003 Pan American Games, Verlander helped lead the United States...
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    Randy Johnson (category American League strikeout champions)
    as one of the most dominant pitchers of his era, leading his league in strikeouts nine times, and in earned run average, winning percentage, and complete...
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    In baseball, the strikeout is a statistic used to evaluate pitchers. A pitcher earns a strikeout when he puts out the batter he is facing by throwing...
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  • There are currently 99 pitchers in the 1,000 Strikeout Club: Shawn Andaya broke the original strikeout record by Amy Unterbrink during her 1987 campaign...
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    Max Scherzer (category National League strikeout champions)
    nine-inning single-game strikeout record with 20, making him the second player to achieve both a no-hitter and 20 strikeouts over nine innings; in the...
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    Clayton Kershaw (category National League strikeout champions)
    recorded 139 strikeouts in 64 innings pitched. In a playoff game against Northwest High School of Justin, Texas, Kershaw pitched an all-strikeout perfect game...
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  • Strikeouts For Troops is a national non-profit founded in 2005 by Barry Zito to help injured US Troops and their families by providing 'the comforts of...
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  • In baseball statistics, strikeouts per nine innings pitched (abbreviated K/9, SO/9, or SO/9IP) is the mean of strikeouts (or Ks) by a pitcher per nine...
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    Gerrit Cole (category American League strikeout champions)
    Cole had an 11–4 win–loss record, a 3.37 ERA, and 153 strikeouts in 123 innings. His 153 strikeouts placed Cole third among collegiate pitchers. The Bruins...
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    Pedro Martínez (category American League strikeout champions)
    compile over 3,000 career strikeouts with fewer than 3,000 innings pitched in his career. As of 2023, Martínez's career strikeout rate of 10.04 per nine...
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    Chris Sale (category American League strikeout champions)
    2012 to 2018 and led the American League (AL) in strikeouts in 2015 and 2017. After reaching 300 strikeouts in a single season for the first time in 2017...
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    to represent a strikeout. A forwards oriented K represents a "strikeout swinging"; a backwards oriented K () represents a "strikeout looking". As an...
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    trick, and since four is bigger than three, the rationale was that a four-strikeout performance should be represented by a bigger hat, such as a sombrero...
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    season Home runs in a rookie season (52, 2017) Strikeouts in a single postseason (27, 2017) Strikeouts in a rookie season (208, 2017) Home runs in a single...
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  • Advanced–A Carolina Mudcats, posting a 7–10 win–loss record, 4.50 ERA, and 106 strikeouts in 128 innings pitched. The following season, Francis split the year between...
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    Steve Carlton (category National League strikeout champions)
    Fame in 1994. Nicknamed "Lefty", Carlton has the second-most lifetime strikeouts of any left-handed pitcher (4th overall), and the second-most lifetime...
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    Tom Seaver (category National League strikeout champions)
    all-time leader in wins. During his MLB career, he compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts, a 2.86 earned run average, and he threw a no-hitter in 1978...
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    the all-time strikeout list at the time of his retirement, with 2,379, and fourth for the most Golden sombreros (at least four strikeouts in a game) at...
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    John Smoltz (category National League strikeout champions)
    the NL in wins, winning percentage, strikeouts and innings pitched twice each, and his NL total of 3,084 strikeouts ranked fifth in league history when...
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    (14) and strikeouts (501). He remains among the top 10 all-time in Longhorns history for ERA (10th), victories (3rd), innings (2nd), strikeouts (1st), appearances...
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    Roger Clemens (category American League strikeout champions)
    history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series...
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  • at least 2,000 strikeouts. In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with...
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