Sammy Sosa had the most strikeouts in 1998, with 171 strikeouts.

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most strike outs by a player in 1998

	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	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	171	1998	CHC	159	643	134	198	20	0	66	158	73	1	18	9	722	416	86	0	5	14	20	.308	.377	.647	1.024	146	56.6	.425	159	53.7
2	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	159	1998	TOR	151	583	98	138	26	0	46	107	65	6	29	17	658	302	72	0	4	5	7	.237	.318	.518	.836	94	12.7	.354	110	8.9
3	Jeromy Burnitz J. Burnitz	158	1998	MIL	161	609	92	160	28	1	38	125	70	4	7	4	691	304	67	1	7	7	9	.263	.339	.499	.838	101	15.3	.358	115	13.4
4	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	155	1998	STL	155	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	162	6	1	0	681	383	91	0	4	28	8	.299	.470	.752	1.222	176	91.7	.492	205	90.7
5	Ray Lankford R. Lankford	151	1998	STL	154	533	94	156	37	1	31	105	86	3	26	5	626	288	69	0	4	5	4	.293	.391	.540	.932	113	35.9	.400	144	35
6	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	146	1998	ATL	153	555	103	169	27	1	44	121	63	25	7	6	648	330	72	0	5	11	8	.305	.397	.595	.991	127	47.2	.418	156	46.2
7	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	144	1998	BOS	154	609	107	205	31	2	40	115	61	8	0	0	681	360	73	0	3	13	13	.337	.402	.591	.993	135	50.9	.421	151	45.2
8	Shawn Green S. Green	142	1998	TOR	158	630	106	175	33	4	35	100	50	5	35	12	689	321	72	1	3	2	6	.278	.334	.510	.844	103	17.8	.362	115	13.7
9	Scott Rolen S. Rolen	141	1998	PHI	160	601	120	174	45	4	31	110	93	11	14	7	711	320	80	0	6	6	10	.290	.391	.532	.923	127	38.8	.397	140	36
10	Jim Thome J. Thome	141	1998	CLE	123	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	89	4	1	0	537	257	66	0	4	8	7	.293	.413	.584	.997	107	40.8	.422	152	36.3
11	Jose Hernandez J. Hernandez	140	1998	CHC	149	488	76	124	23	7	23	75	40	1	4	6	533	230	53	2	2	3	12	.254	.311	.471	.782	68	1.7	.335	99	-0.4
12	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	139	1998	TOR	142	530	94	155	43	1	38	115	73	11	3	0	620	314	82	0	6	13	8	.292	.385	.592	.978	117	40.3	.409	146	36.7
13	Shane Andrews S. Andrews	137	1998	MON	150	492	48	117	30	1	25	69	58	0	1	6	559	224	56	2	7	3	10	.238	.314	.455	.769	69	-0.1	.331	98	-1.7
14	Reggie Sanders R. Sanders	137	1998	CIN	135	481	83	129	18	6	14	59	51	7	20	9	545	201	38	4	2	2	10	.268	.346	.418	.764	70	2.9	.338	100	0.1
15	Russ Davis R. Davis	134	1998	SEA	141	502	68	130	30	1	20	82	34	3	4	3	550	222	51	2	9	1	10	.259	.305	.442	.747	64	-4.3	.322	89	-7.5
16	Dean Palmer D. Palmer	134	1998	KCR	152	572	84	159	27	2	34	119	48	6	8	2	639	292	63	0	13	3	18	.278	.333	.510	.844	94	14.6	.359	111	9.2
17	Bobby Abreu B. Abreu	133	1998	PHI	151	497	68	155	29	6	17	74	84	0	19	10	589	247	52	4	4	14	6	.312	.409	.497	.906	102	28.7	.390	135	26.3
18	Paul Sorrento P. Sorrento	133	1998	TBD	137	435	40	98	27	0	17	57	54	3	2	3	495	176	44	0	3	1	8	.225	.313	.405	.718	55	-6	.317	85	-9.5
19	Jay Bell J. Bell	129	1998	ARI	155	549	79	138	29	5	20	67	81	7	3	5	645	237	54	5	3	3	14	.251	.353	.432	.785	88	8.2	.346	106	4.8
20	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	129	1998	TOT	133	459	44	100	18	0	19	58	45	1	0	2	506	175	37	0	1	1	12	.218	.289	.381	.670	48	-15	.296	80	-12.5
21	Andruw Jones A. Jones	129	1998	ATL	159	582	89	158	33	8	31	90	40	4	27	4	631	300	72	1	4	8	10	.271	.321	.515	.836	89	11.2	.353	113	10.3
22	Mike Stanley M. Stanley	129	1998	TOT	145	497	74	127	25	0	29	79	82	7	3	1	593	239	54	0	7	5	12	.256	.364	.481	.845	91	17.2	.366	117	13.3
23	Tony Clark T. Clark	128	1998	DET	157	602	84	175	37	0	34	103	63	3	3	3	673	314	71	0	5	5	16	.291	.358	.522	.880	109	25.6	.377	124	20.8
24	Kevin Young K. Young	127	1998	PIT	159	592	88	160	40	2	27	108	44	11	15	7	656	285	69	0	9	1	20	.270	.328	.481	.809	91	9.3	.348	108	6.7
25	Derek Bell D. Bell	126	1998	HOU	156	630	111	198	41	2	22	108	51	4	13	3	695	309	65	0	10	0	14	.314	.364	.490	.855	109	22.8	.371	130	26.1

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