List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders

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 letter K, or sometimes by the initialism SO.

[1] Reggie Jackson[2][3][4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597.

[5] Jim Thome[6] (2,548), Adam Dunn[7] (2,379), Sammy Sosa[8] (2,306), Alex Rodriguez[9] (2,287), Miguel Cabrera[10] (2,105), and Andrés Galarraga[11] (2,003) are the only other hitters to strike out over 2,000 times.