fewest strikeouts by a batter in a career with at least 1000 games

Kent Tekulve had the fewest strikeouts with 1,000+ games played, with 61 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	61	1,039	121	8	10	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	132	10	0	5	0	0	1	.083	.126	.083	.209	-7	-21.6	.105	-48	-22.2
2	Johnny Cooney J. Cooney	107	1,172	3,372	408	965	130	26	2	219	208	6	30		3,675	1,153	158	89			35	.286	.329	.342	.671	374	-76.8	.315	86	-63.7
3	Joe Sewell J. Sewell	114	1,903	7,132	1,141	2,226	436	68	49	1,054	842	80	74		8,329	2,945	553	275				.312	.391	.413	.804	1251	210.1	.377	111	124
4	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	119	1,127	3,984	555	1,244	169	61	41	403	346	5	45	14	4,357	1,658	271	21	1	3	65	.312	.368	.416	.784	597	86.3	.363	114	76
5	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	122	1,320	4,992	698	1,507	292	47	88	581	480	24	40	0	5,565	2,157	427	69			96	.302	.366	.432	.798	791	176	.375	122	142.8
6	Andy High A. High	130	1,314	4,400	618	1,250	195	65	44	482	425	19	33		4,969	1,707	304	125				.284	.350	.388	.738	612	-12.6	.345	95	-38.9
7	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	136	2,123	8,591	1,719	2,932	241	145	33	810	524	129	495		9,610	3,562	419	366				.341	.388	.415	.802	1640	406.6	.383	124	330.8
8	Rip Radcliff R. Radcliff	141	1,081	4,074	598	1,267	205	50	42	533	310	14	40		4,436	1,698	297	38			30	.311	.362	.417	.779	616	70.4	.360	97	-18.7
9	Ossie Vitt O. Vitt	143	1,065	3,760	561	894	106	48	4	298	455	12	114		4,486	1,108	158	259				.238	.322	.295	.617	413	-56.2	.305	82	-96
10	Ed McKean E. McKean	145	1,133	4,777	853	1,450	198	108	47	866	419	22	138		5,275	2,005	353	57				.304	.362	.420	.782	905	105	.370	105	51.6
11	Don Mueller D. Mueller	146	1,245	4,364	499	1,292	139	37	65	520	167	13	11	8	4,594	1,700	241	29	21	12	97	.296	.322	.390	.712	500	-32.4	.323	87	-70.2
12	Billy Southworth B. Southworth	148	1,192	4,359	661	1,296	173	91	52	561	402	14	138		4,927	1,807	316	152				.297	.359	.415	.773	663	78.7	.362	112	69.8
13	Taffy Wright T. Wright	155	1,029	3,583	465	1,115	175	55	38	553	346	27	32		3,981	1,514	268	25			76	.311	.376	.423	.799	574	111.3	.372	114	70.9
14	John McGraw J. McGraw	155	1,100	3,924	1,024	1,309	121	70	13	462	836	134	436		4,940	1,609	204	46				.334	.466	.410	.876	1083	354	.433	141	309
15	Jack McCarthy J. McCarthy	158	1,092	4,200	551	1,205	171	66	8	476	268	24	145		4,649	1,532	245	157				.287	.333	.365	.698	610	23.4	.335	100	-4.6
16	Bill Killefer B. Killefer	159	1,035	3,150	237	751	86	21	4	240	113	35	39		3,400	891	111	102				.238	.273	.283	.555	233	-123.6	.270	61	-144.6
17	Debs Garms D. Garms	161	1,010	3,111	438	910	141	39	17	328	288	16	18		3,461	1,180	197	46			18	.293	.355	.379	.735	435	20.2	.345	103	13.5
18	Carson Bigbee C. Bigbee	161	1,147	4,192	629	1,205	139	75	17	324	344	21	182		4,666	1,545	231	109				.287	.345	.369	.713	546	11.9	.338	98	-7.4
19	Kid Elberfeld K. Elberfeld	165	1,292	4,561	647	1,235	169	56	10	535	427	165	213		5,272	1,546	235	119				.271	.355	.339	.694	678	97.1	.342	107	47.1
20	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	166	1,062	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	26	0	0	1	493	46	5	34	1	0	8	.088	.139	.106	.246	-20	-74.6	.122	-31	-77.1
21	Hank Severeid H. Severeid	169	1,390	4,312	408	1,245	204	42	17	538	331	19	35		4,787	1,584	263	125				.289	.342	.367	.709	559	10	.337	91	-51.7
22	Lloyd Waner L. Waner	173	1,993	7,772	1,201	2,459	281	118	27	598	420	26	67		8,326	3,057	426	108			13	.316	.353	.393	.747	1066	31	.346	99	-4.8
23	Joe Quinn J. Quinn	175	1,214	4,731	596	1,232	148	48	16	580	268	32	191		5,096	1,524	212	65				.260	.305	.322	.627	576	-180.9	.303	72	-221.5
24	Bob Fothergill B. Fothergill	177	1,106	3,269	452	1,064	225	52	36	582	202	20	42		3,579	1,501	313	88				.325	.368	.459	.828	543	92.8	.378	112	56.6
25	Lave Cross L. Cross	178	2,059	8,257	1,222	2,439	386	123	44	1,267	423	29	262		8,869	3,203	553	160				.295	.332	.388	.720	1244	60.1	.342	100	-4.4

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