Pitchers struck out their most batters in a decade in the 2010s, with 379,778 strikeouts.

	POSITION	SO	DECADE	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Pitcher	379,778	2010s	198,388	24,289	24,286	.500	48,584	4.08	1,041	484	12,408	433993.2	419,791	196,635	212,925	51,832	150,571	16,678	47,273	10,035	1,847,303	17,201	7.88	3.12	2.52	1.07	20.6	8.2	1.31	.295	4.42	100	4.07	100	8.71	171.7
2	Pitcher	318,727	2000s	182,621	24,285	24,284	.500	48,582	4.43	1,739	660	12,079	433026.2	442,447	212,958	231,130	52,138	162,455	17,534	46,794	13,181	1,877,289	15,151	6.62	3.38	1.96	1.08	17.0	8.7	1.40	.294	4.80	100	4.42	100	9.20	-3.1
3	Pitcher	265,520	1990s	144,018	21,587	21,587	.500	43,188	4.29	3,210	987	11,066	385897.0	391,271	183,749	201,938	41,344	148,042	12,056	39,931	12,203	1,667,863	14,360	6.19	3.45	1.79	0.96	15.9	8.9	1.40	.291	4.71	100	4.28	100	9.13	16.7
4	Pitcher	218,121	1980s	110,434	20,315	20,313	.500	40,674	3.87	6,349	1,590	9,479	364501.0	358,777	156,584	174,771	32,930	131,114	7,250	34,270	13,021	1,551,552	11,376	5.39	3.24	1.66	0.81	14.1	8.5	1.34	.280	4.32	100	3.86	100	8.86	3.5
5	Pitcher	203,729	1970s	97,591	19,792	19,792	.500	39,610	3.70	10,038	2,284	7,477	355235.0	344,399	145,911	164,608	29,538	130,754	7,686	29,559	13,443	1,510,833	11,283	5.16	3.31	1.56	0.75	13.5	8.7	1.34	.276	4.17	100	3.69	100	8.73	-42.9
6	Pitcher	197,260	2020s	99,556	11,528	11,545	.500	23,130	4.16	188	98	5,801	203924.0	189,285	94,275	102,772	26,709	73,533	9,784	22,536	2,587	866,841	7,739	8.71	3.25	2.68	1.18	22.8	8.5	1.29	.291	4.54	100	4.16	100	8.35	161.1
7	Pitcher	182,397	1960s	81,414	15,920	15,918	.500	31,920	3.56	8,052	2,049	6,138	286378.1	268,579	113,423	128,955	26,161	100,020	6,989	23,853	10,399	1,209,288	9,584	5.73	3.14	1.82	0.82	15.1	8.3	1.29	.271	4.05	100	3.56	100	8.44	-37.7
8	Pitcher	108,829	1950s	56,823	12,313	12,311	.500	24,743	3.97	8,288	1,519	3,487	221072.0	218,689	97,487	109,999	20,855	88,212	4,785	16,433	3,646	952,323	4,672	4.43	3.59	1.23	0.85	11.4	9.3	1.39	.271	4.48	100	3.97	100	8.90	-49.9
9	Pitcher	98,608	1910s	42,231	13,063	13,064	.500	26,554	2.95	15,075	2,308	1,589	237836.2	223,246	78,040	103,993	4,514	77,980	7,226	11,411		972,992	5,253	3.73	2.95	1.26	0.17	10.1	8.0	1.27	.279	3.94	100	2.95	100	8.45	61.4
10	Pitcher	87,654	1940s	49,488	12,270	12,264	.500	24,737	3.75	10,551	1,719	2,423	220777.1	219,999	91,912	106,348	12,939	87,575	3,338	14,133		951,651	4,038	3.57	3.57	1.00	0.53	9.2	9.2	1.39	.272	4.34	100	3.75	100	8.97	-73.4
11	Pitcher	81,642	1930s	46,849	12,215	12,216	.500	24,614	4.28	10,978	1,302	2,208	218784.0	239,874	103,954	121,366	13,434	79,776	3,644	13,611		961,091	4,126	3.36	3.28	1.02	0.55	8.5	8.3	1.46	.289	4.99	100	4.28	100	9.87	51.7
12	Pitcher	78,522	1900s	27,764	11,032	10,981	.501	22,424	2.83	17,734	2,091	605	198559.0	188,462	62,451	89,252	3,047	55,925	7,541	4,662		811,312	4,484	3.56	2.53	1.40	0.14	9.7	6.9	1.23	.278	4.05	100	2.83	100	8.54	91.7
13	Pitcher	69,183	1920s	44,163	12,236	12,238	.500	24,606	4.03	12,211	1,324	1,850	219550.2	241,256	98,363	118,147	9,876	74,165	5,187	12,353		953,129	3,478	2.84	3.04	0.93	0.40	7.3	7.8	1.44	.291	4.84	100	4.03	100	9.89	-92.3
14	Pitcher	59,766	1880s	16,590	7,931	7,723	.507	16,039	3.22	15,138	912	83	139637.1	139,843	50,029	85,561	3,375	34,345	2,182	562		599,175	9,497	3.85	2.21	1.74	0.22	10.0	5.7	1.25	.274	5.51	98	3.27	99	9.01	427
15	Pitcher	48,674	1890s	21,049	8,988	8,966	.501	18,363	4.08	15,688	701	321	159455.2	176,457	72,241	107,914	4,602	60,453	7,639	2,519		710,877	5,910	2.75	3.41	0.81	0.26	6.8	8.5	1.49	.292	6.09	100	4.08	100	9.96	42.2
16	Left Fielder	4,055	1880s	1,510	515	661	.438	1,142	3.91	1,004	47	35	10766.0	11,938	4,675	8,132	311	2,764		326		47,673	906	3.39	2.31	1.47	0.26	8.5	5.8	1.37	.288	6.80	122	3.49	110	9.98	-364.5
17	Pitcher	3,920	1870s	1,805	872	842	.509	1,751	2.36	1,651	133	7	15710.1	16,944	4,112	9,198	134	1,337		63		66,841	821	2.25	0.77	2.93	0.08	5.9	2.0	1.16		5.27	97	2.44	100	9.71	-60.7
18	Left Fielder	1,381	1890s	672	231	241	.489	465	4.36	387	11	12	4494.1	5,135	2,176	3,322	132	1,943	292	190		20,584	234	2.77	3.89	0.71	0.26	6.7	9.4	1.57	.297	6.65	114	4.19	108	10.28	-182.2
19	Designated Hitter	548	2020s	89	34	17	.667	76	3.31	1	1	0	443.1	337	163	171	54	160	24	11	2	1,812	37	11.12	3.25	3.43	1.10	30.2	8.8	1.12	.276	3.47	78	3.53	83	6.84	34.9
20	Right Fielder	419	1900s	171	43	75	.364	118	3.75	86	7	1	1095.2	1,146	457	639	33	404	50	47		4,686	26	3.44	3.32	1.04	0.27	8.9	8.6	1.41	.294	5.25	127	3.43	117	9.41	-62
21	Third Baseman	377	1880s	176	61	57	.517	113	3.27	99	4	6	1195.2	1,335	434	829	28	202		56		5,221	86	2.84	1.52	1.87	0.21	7.2	3.9	1.29	.284	6.24	106	3.24	108	10.05	-35.5
22	First Baseman	331	1880s	173	48	73	.397	120	4.36	112	2	5	1180.1	1,438	572	978	34	288		45		5,341	75	2.52	2.20	1.15	0.26	6.2	5.4	1.46	.301	7.46	124	3.62	105	10.96	-21.9
23	Left Fielder	233	1870s	139	46	56	.451	100	3.42	81	2	5	967.2	1,189	368	804	5	161		35		4,386	123	2.17	1.50	1.45	0.05	5.3	3.7	1.40		7.48	141	2.68	111	11.06	-34.8
24	Shortstop	216	1880s	96	12	44	.214	53	4.07	50	1	1	581.2	721	263	527	21	141		35		2,675	51	3.34	2.18	1.53	0.32	8.1	5.3	1.48	.305	8.15	130	3.57	109	11.16	-16.6
25	Left Fielder	191	1900s	71	26	27	.491	54	3.26	40	6	0	480.2	447	174	225	7	126	15	17		1,937	25	3.58	2.36	1.52	0.13	9.9	6.5	1.19	.275	4.21	122	2.76	102	8.37	-3.7