Shin-Soo Choo and Claudell Washington are tied for the most career strikeouts by a player against a pitcher, with 39 strikeouts.
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most career strikeouts by a player vs any single hitter| NAME | SO | VS. PITCHER | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Choo | 39 | Justin Verlander | 34 | 96 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 107 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .271 | .323 | .594 |
| 2 |  | C. Washington | 39 | Nolan Ryan | 32 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 102 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .144 | .225 | .244 | .470 |
| 3 | | A. Gordon | 35 | Justin Verlander | 34 | 98 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 112 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 | .277 | .327 | .603 |
| 4 | | D. Parker | 35 | Steve Carlton | 36 | 120 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 126 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .294 | .483 | .777 |
| 5 |  | M. Schmidt | 35 | Steve Rogers | 45 | 124 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 149 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .218 | .329 | .476 | .805 |
| 6 | | G. Foster | 34 | Steve Carlton | 41 | 126 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 138 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .319 | .421 | .739 |
| 7 | | J. Posada | 33 | Pedro Martinez | 23 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .290 | .450 | .740 |
| 8 | | D. Kingman | 32 | Steve Carlton | 30 | 84 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 96 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .323 | .512 | .835 |
| 9 | | K. Calhoun | 31 | Justin Verlander | 19 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .183 | .305 | .488 |
| 10 | | R. Lankford | 31 | Greg Maddux | 31 | 103 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 108 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .315 | .505 | .820 |
| 11 | | B. Belt | 30 | Clayton Kershaw | 24 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .134 | .081 | .215 |
| 12 | | A. Cabrera | 30 | Justin Verlander | 30 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .345 | .474 | .819 |
| 13 |  | R. Henderson | 30 | Randy Johnson | 24 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 85 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .388 | .169 | .558 |
| 14 | | C. Davis | 30 | Roger Clemens | 29 | 84 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 92 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .326 | .429 | .755 |
| 15 |  | R. Jackson | 30 | Bert Blyleven | 24 | 79 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .217 | .367 | .584 |
| 16 | | C. Delgado | 29 | Mike Mussina | 28 | 85 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 92 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .272 | .435 | .707 |
| 17 |  | A. Rodriguez | 28 | John Lackey | 23 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 77 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .175 | .312 | .460 | .772 |
| 18 | | A. Dunn | 28 | Roy Oswalt | 33 | 83 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 98 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .378 | .578 | .956 |
| 19 | | C. Davis | 28 | Nolan Ryan | 28 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .230 | .225 | .455 |
| 20 | | M. Schmidt | 28 | Tom Seaver | 28 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 95 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .340 | .321 | .661 |
| 21 |  | M. Trout | 27 | Felix Hernandez | 32 | 88 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .352 | .404 | .716 | 1.120 |
| 22 | | J. Varitek | 27 | Mike Mussina | 28 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .227 | .214 | .441 |
| 23 | | R. Deer | 27 | Dave Stewart | 20 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .220 | .302 | .522 |
| 24 | | T. Wallach | 27 | Dwight Gooden | 29 | 82 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .337 | .378 | .715 |
| 25 | | D. Murphy | 27 | Mario Soto | 25 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .263 | .292 | .554 |
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