fewest strikeouts by a batter in a career with at least 500 pa

Johnny Sain and Irv Waldron are tied for the fewest career strikeouts when making 500+ plate appearances, with 20 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Johnny Sain J. Sain	20	856	433	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	24	2	0	0	235	35	56	0	0	25	.245	.270	.304	.574	53	-46.1	.268	54	-47.9
2	Irv Waldron I. Waldron	20	651	141	598	102	186	22	9	0	52	38	4	20		226	31	11				.311	.356	.378	.734	96	11.4	.349	103	3.1
3	Irv Jeffries I. Jeffries	21	544	175	495	71	116	19	0	8	46	32	2	6		159	27	15				.234	.284	.321	.605	42	-27.7	.282	55	-33.1
4	Charlie Frank C. Frank	21	562	120	483	81	144	18	10	5	59	62	5	22		197	33	12				.298	.384	.408	.792	100	2.2	.378	100	-1.1
5	Nolen Richardson N. Richardson	22	509	168	473	39	117	19	5	0	43	23	0	8		146	24	13			0	.247	.282	.309	.591	37	-27	.275	54	-31.8
6	Otis Brannan O. Brannan	23	627	158	534	72	133	19	3	11	74	64	4	3		191	33	25				.249	.334	.358	.692	68	-9.2	.327	79	-17
7	Joe Gunson J. Gunson	23	578	150	538	66	127	16	5	0	56	28	12	2		153	21					.236	.289	.284	.573	61	-23	.284	68	-27.8
8	George Maisel G. Maisel	24	549	168	500	67	141	10	3	0	50	20	3	18		157	13	26				.282	.314	.314	.628	46	-21.9	.296	66	-24
9	Frank Connaughton F. Connaughton	24	585	146	530	98	150	12	4	4	77	44	5	26		182	20	6				.283	.344	.343	.687	80	-12.1	.332	81	-16.7
10	Hank Schenz H. Schenz	25	575	207	538	70	133	22	3	2	24	27	6	6	2	167	27	4			10	.247	.291	.310	.601	42	-25.9	.284	59	-29.1
11	Pid Purdy P. Purdy	25	569	181	499	74	146	22	11	2	59	48	6	3		196	35	16				.293	.362	.393	.754	73	1.8	.352	99	-1.3
12	Jimmy Cooney J. Cooney	25	806	189	728	107	159	16	4	0	66	75	3	32		183	20					.218	.294	.251	.545	84	-30.2	.277	69	-36.3
13	Jack Carney J. Carney	26	531	130	477	69	135	15	10	6	66	48	6	20		188	31					.283	.356	.394	.750	91	13.4	.363	104	3
14	Jim Donnelly J. Donnelly	26	798	191	697	117	191	21	10	0	105	72	5	65		232	31	24				.274	.346	.333	.679	109	-12.6	.333	87	-16
15	Willians Astudillo W. Astudillo	28	588	188	561	63	150	22	1	16	70	11	10	1	0	222	39	0	6	0	24	.267	.291	.396	.687	60	-11.1	.294	84	-11.9
16	Ed Busch E. Busch	28	1,000	270	917	80	240	21	6	0	75	62	3	7		273	27	18			32	.262	.311	.298	.608	84	-24.3	.294	74	-29.4
17	Doc Marshall D. Marshall	28	703	219	658	72	170	21	6	0	61	28	2	2		203	27	15				.258	.291	.309	.599	54	-38	.278	56	-41.4
18	Bert Griffith B. Griffith	28	621	191	581	69	174	30	12	4	72	18	3	6		240	46	19				.299	.324	.413	.737	72	-4.9	.338	89	-9.5
19	Vance Dinges V. Dinges	29	553	159	501	53	146	20	5	2	46	44	1	7		182	27	7			12	.291	.350	.363	.713	65	5.1	.342	100	-0.1
20	John Antonelli J. Antonelli	29	560	135	528	50	133	28	2	1	29	24	2	1		168	31	6			14	.252	.287	.318	.605	45	-16.1	.289	67	-22
21	Pat Crawford P. Crawford	29	738	318	651	75	182	23	5	9	104	60	4	4		242	37	23				.280	.344	.372	.716	89	-7.3	.332	87	-12.6
22	Suter Sullivan S. Sullivan	29	675	169	617	47	148	19	3	0	67	38	13	17		173	22	7				.240	.298	.280	.578	63	-28.7	.287	65	-33.7
23	George Hogriever G. Hogriever	29	536	123	460	86	117	18	9	2	50	66	4	48		159	29	6				.254	.353	.346	.698	78	-1.8	.340	91	-7.5
24	Claude Corbitt C. Corbitt	30	701	215	630	60	153	22	1	1	37	47	2	8		180	24	22			8	.243	.297	.286	.583	49	-29.2	.281	62	-32.1
25	Buddy Blair B. Blair	30	523	137	484	48	135	26	8	5	66	30	3	1	6	192	39	6			14	.279	.325	.397	.722	62	6.4	.340	99	-0.6

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