List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders - wikipedia List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders Reggie Jackson, the all - time leader in strikeouts by a batter In baseball, a strikeout ( or strike - out ) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat ( i.e. the batter fails to hit the ball in three successive pitches ). It usually means the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Reggie Jackson holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. Jim Thome ( 2,548 ), Adam Dunn ( 2,379 ), Sammy Sosa ( 2,306 ), Alex Rodriguez ( 2,287 ) and Andres Galarraga ( 2,003 ) are the only other hitters to strikeout over 2,000 times. Contents 1 Key 2 List 3 Notes 4 External links Key Rank Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. Player ( 2017 Ks ) Number of strikeouts during the 2017 Major League Baseball season. Total career strikeouts. * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bold Denotes active player. List Stats updated as of the 2017 season. Rank Player ( 2017 Ks ) Reggie Jackson * 2,597 Jim Thome 2,548 Adam Dunn 2,379 Sammy Sosa 2,306 Alex Rodriguez 2,287 6 Andrés Galarraga 2,003 7 Jose Canseco 1,942 8 Willie Stargell * 1,936 9 Mike Cameron 1,901 10 Mike Schmidt * 1,883 11 Fred McGriff 1,882 12 Tony Pérez * 1,867 13 Ryan Howard ( 0 ) 1,843 14 Bobby Abreu 1,840 Derek Jeter 1,840 16 Dave Kingman 1,816 17 Manny Ramírez 1,813 18 Mark Reynolds ( 175 ) 1,806 19 Alfonso Soriano 1,803 20 Carlos Beltrán ( 102 ) 1,795 21 Ken Griffey Jr. * 1,779 22 Bobby Bonds 1,757 23 Craig Biggio * 1,753 24 David Ortiz 1,750 25 Andruw Jones 1,748 Dale Murphy 1,748 27 Carlos Delgado 1,745 28 Torii Hunter 1,741 29 Lou Brock * 1,730 30 Jim Edmonds 1,729 31 Curtis Granderson ( 123 ) 1,712 32 Mickey Mantle * 1,710 33 Harmon Killebrew * 1,699 34 Chili Davis 1,698 35 Dwight Evans 1,697 36 Rickey Henderson * 1,694 37 Dave Winfield * 1,686 38 Adrián Beltré ( 52 ) 1,636 39 Miguel Cabrera ( 110 ) 1,626 40 Derrek Lee 1,622 41 Reggie Sanders 1,614 42 Gary Gaetti 1,602 43 Mark McGwire 1,596 44 Carlos Peña 1,577 45 Jason Giambi 1,572 46 Lee May 1,570 47 Pat Burrell 1,564 48 Melvin Upton Jr. ( 0 ) 1,561 49 Jeff Bagwell * 1,558 50 Dick Allen 1,556 Rank Player ( 2017 Ks ) 51 Ray Lankford 1,550 Willie McCovey * 1,550 53 Justin Upton ( 180 ) 1,544 54 Barry Bonds 1,539 55 Dave Parker 1,537 56 Frank Robinson * 1,532 57 Lance Parrish 1,527 58 Willie Mays * 1,526 Devon White 1,526 60 Jeff Kent 1,522 61 Eddie Murray * 1,516 62 Rick Monday 1,513 Greg Vaughn 1,513 64 Andre Dawson * 1,509 65 Chris Davis ( 195 ) 1,504 66 Tony Phillips 1,499 67 Greg Luzinski 1,495 68 Eddie Mathews * 1,487 69 Iván Rodríguez * 1,474 70 Mike Napoli ( 163 ) 1,468 71 Matt Kemp ( 99 ) 1,466 72 Frank Howard 1,460 73 Jorge Posada 1,453 74 Jhonny Peralta ( 13 ) 1,450 Jayson Werth ( 69 ) 1,450 76 Jay Bell 1,443 77 Juan Samuel 1,442 78 Harold Baines 1,441 Jack Clark 1,441 Mark Teixeira 1,441 81 Mo Vaughn 1,429 82 Jimmy Wynn 1,427 83 Jim Rice * 1,423 84 George Foster 1,419 85 George Scott 1,418 86 Royce Clayton 1,415 87 Ron Gant 1,411 88 Darrell Evans 1,410 Scott Rolen 1,410 90 Rob Deer 1,409 Chipper Jones 1,409 92 Adam LaRoche 1,407 93 Jay Buhner 1,406 94 Eric Davis 1,398 95 Frank Thomas * 1,397 96 Carl Yastrzemski * 1,393 97 José Hernández 1,391 Paul Konerko 1,391 99 Joe Carter 1,387 100 Carlton Fisk * 1.386 Notes Jump up ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season. 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Question: who has struck out the most in major league history
Answer: Reggie Jackson