Giancarlo Stanton has the fewest career games with >0 games played with 2,000+ strikeouts, with 1,750 games.
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fewest MLB regular-season games played by a player to reach 2000 or more strikeouts| NAME | G | SO | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Stanton | 1,750 | 2,088 | 6,364 | 951 | 1,642 | 319 | 11 | 456 | 1,183 | 811 | 54 | 43 | 15 | 7,269 | 3,351 | 786 | 0 | 40 | 91 | 160 | .258 | .345 | .527 | .871 |
| 2 |  | A. Dunn | 2,001 | 2,379 | 6,883 | 1,097 | 1,631 | 334 | 10 | 462 | 1,168 | 1,317 | 86 | 63 | 25 | 8,328 | 3,371 | 806 | 2 | 40 | 122 | 100 | .237 | .364 | .490 | .854 |
| 3 |  | P. Goldschmidt | 2,167 | 2,062 | 7,926 | 1,320 | 2,269 | 488 | 25 | 390 | 1,280 | 1,112 | 56 | 175 | 36 | 9,152 | 3,977 | 903 | 0 | 58 | 123 | 180 | .286 | .376 | .502 | .877 |
| 4 | | A. Galarraga | 2,257 | 2,003 | 8,096 | 1,195 | 2,333 | 444 | 32 | 399 | 1,425 | 583 | 178 | 128 | 81 | 8,916 | 4,038 | 875 | 1 | 58 | 106 | 178 | .288 | .347 | .499 | .846 |
| 5 |  | S. Sosa | 2,354 | 2,306 | 8,813 | 1,475 | 2,408 | 379 | 45 | 609 | 1,667 | 929 | 59 | 234 | 107 | 9,896 | 4,704 | 1,033 | 17 | 78 | 154 | 202 | .273 | .344 | .534 | .878 |
| 6 |  | J. Thome | 2,543 | 2,548 | 8,422 | 1,583 | 2,328 | 451 | 26 | 612 | 1,699 | 1,747 | 69 | 19 | 20 | 10,313 | 4,667 | 1,089 | 1 | 74 | 173 | 165 | .276 | .402 | .554 | .956 |
| 7 |  | A. Rodriguez | 2,784 | 2,287 | 10,566 | 2,021 | 3,115 | 548 | 31 | 696 | 2,086 | 1,338 | 176 | 329 | 76 | 12,207 | 5,813 | 1,275 | 16 | 111 | 97 | 261 | .295 | .380 | .550 | .930 |
| 8 |  | M. Cabrera | 2,797 | 2,105 | 10,356 | 1,551 | 3,174 | 627 | 17 | 511 | 1,881 | 1,258 | 74 | 40 | 21 | 11,796 | 5,368 | 1,155 | 5 | 103 | 238 | 364 | .306 | .382 | .518 | .901 |
| 9 |  | R. Jackson | 2,820 | 2,596 | 9,864 | 1,551 | 2,584 | 463 | 49 | 563 | 1,702 | 1,376 | 96 | 228 | 115 | 11,417 | 4,834 | 1,075 | 13 | 68 | 164 | 183 | .262 | .356 | .490 | .846 |
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