Jay Buhner had the most strikeouts in 1997, with 175 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	175	1997	SEA	157	540	104	131	18	2	40	109	119	5	0	0	665	273	60	0	1	3	23	.243	.383	.506	.889	113	30.8	.388	133	27.8
2	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	174	1997	CHC	162	642	90	161	31	4	36	119	45	2	22	12	694	308	71	0	5	9	16	.251	.300	.480	.779	84	-1.3	.330	93	-6.4
3	Ron Gant R. Gant	162	1997	STL	139	502	68	115	21	4	17	62	58	1	14	6	562	195	42	0	1	3	2	.229	.310	.388	.698	58	-10.9	.309	83	-12.3
4	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	159	1997	TOT	156	540	86	148	27	0	58	123	101	9	3	0	657	349	85	0	7	16	9	.274	.393	.646	1.039	134	52.9	.429	161	51.4
5	Melvin Nieves M. Nieves	157	1997	DET	116	359	46	82	18	1	20	64	39	5	1	7	405	162	39	0	2	6	3	.228	.311	.451	.762	48	-1.7	.327	92	-4.1
6	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	154	1997	BOS	141	527	91	166	24	0	35	96	86	12	2	2	628	295	59	0	3	17	10	.315	.420	.560	.980	122	44.7	.418	150	40.3
7	Henry Rodriguez H. Rodriguez	149	1997	MON	132	476	55	116	28	3	26	83	42	2	3	3	523	228	57	0	3	5	6	.244	.306	.479	.785	65	1.1	.335	99	-0.9
8	Jim Thome J. Thome	146	1997	CLE	147	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	120	3	1	1	627	287	65	0	8	9	9	.286	.423	.579	1.001	126	48.6	.425	156	44.9
9	Tony Clark T. Clark	144	1997	DET	159	580	105	160	28	3	32	117	93	3	1	3	681	290	63	0	5	13	11	.276	.376	.500	.876	109	24.8	.376	124	20.8
10	Tim Salmon T. Salmon	142	1997	ANA	157	582	95	172	28	1	33	129	95	7	9	12	695	301	62	0	11	5	7	.296	.394	.517	.911	121	35.7	.394	138	33.4
11	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	141	1997	COL	154	600	120	191	31	3	41	140	54	17	15	8	674	351	75	0	3	2	16	.318	.389	.585	.974	131	47.8	.418	131	26.2
12	Scott Rolen S. Rolen	138	1997	PHI	156	561	93	159	35	3	21	92	76	13	16	6	657	263	59	0	7	4	6	.283	.377	.469	.846	102	21.2	.371	121	17.1
13	Dean Palmer D. Palmer	134	1997	TOT	143	542	70	139	31	1	23	86	41	3	2	2	592	241	55	1	5	2	7	.256	.310	.445	.754	70	-2.6	.327	90	-7.5
14	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	133	1997	TOR	153	519	79	136	42	3	30	91	64	8	0	3	595	274	75	0	4	9	6	.262	.350	.528	.878	93	19.9	.372	123	17.1
15	Jeff Kent J. Kent	133	1997	SFG	155	580	90	145	38	2	29	121	48	13	11	3	651	274	69	0	10	6	14	.250	.316	.472	.789	83	2.7	.337	104	3.5
16	Rich Becker R. Becker	130	1997	MIN	132	443	61	117	22	3	10	45	62	1	17	5	510	175	35	2	2	1	4	.264	.354	.395	.749	65	1.9	.337	97	-1.7
17	Ryan Klesko R. Klesko	130	1997	ATL	143	467	67	122	23	6	24	84	48	4	4	4	522	229	53	1	2	5	12	.261	.334	.490	.824	74	9.4	.354	112	8.1
18	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	125	1997	NYY	159	654	116	190	31	7	10	70	74	10	23	12	748	265	48	8	2	0	14	.291	.370	.405	.775	103	10.5	.349	110	9.9
19	Ray Lankford R. Lankford	125	1997	STL	133	465	94	137	36	3	31	98	95	0	21	11	565	272	70	0	5	10	9	.295	.411	.585	.996	111	41.6	.421	156	40.2
20	Dave Hollins D. Hollins	124	1997	ANA	149	572	101	165	29	2	16	85	62	8	16	6	648	246	47	1	5	2	12	.288	.363	.430	.793	90	10.5	.352	110	8.4
21	J.T. Snow	124	1997	SFG	157	531	81	149	36	1	28	104	96	1	6	4	637	271	65	2	7	13	8	.281	.387	.510	.898	106	27.5	.384	135	28.3
22	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	122	1997	HOU	162	566	109	162	40	2	43	135	127	16	31	10	717	335	85	0	8	27	10	.286	.425	.592	1.017	143	54.9	.424	163	57.6
23	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	122	1997	OAK	108	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	51	3	8	2	446	179	42	0	4	1	15	.235	.325	.461	.786	59	3.7	.342	105	2.8
24	Wil Cordero W. Cordero	122	1997	BOS	140	570	82	160	26	3	18	72	31	4	1	3	609	246	47	0	4	7	11	.281	.320	.432	.752	71	-3.8	.325	90	-8
25	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	121	1997	SEA	157	608	125	185	34	3	56	147	76	8	15	4	704	393	93	0	12	23	12	.304	.382	.646	1.028	139	52.2	.421	155	49