most strikeouts by a player in a season twins

Miguel Sanó has the most strikeouts for the Twins in a season, with 183 strikeouts in 2021.

	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	Miguel Sanó M. Sanó	183	2021	MIN	135	470	68	105	24	0	30	75	59	2	2	1	532	219	54	0	1	2	13	.223	.312	.466	.778	72	7.5	.332	111	7.4
2	Miguel Sanó M. Sanó	178	2016	MIN	116	437	57	103	22	1	25	66	54	1	1	0	495	202	48	0	3	1	8	.236	.319	.462	.781	65	6.4	.334	107	4.1
3	Miguel Sanó M. Sanó	173	2017	MIN	114	424	75	112	15	2	28	77	54	4	0	0	483	215	45	0	1	5	12	.264	.352	.507	.859	75	16.4	.361	125	15.1
4	Miguel Sanó M. Sanó	159	2019	MIN	105	380	76	94	19	2	34	79	55	3	0	1	439	219	55	0	1	0	5	.247	.346	.576	.923	77	22.2	.378	138	21.3
5	Willi Castro W. Castro	150	2024	MIN	158	558	89	138	31	5	12	60	51	21	14	9	635	215	48	1	4	0	8	.247	.331	.385	.717	78	3.5	.317	106	4.4
6	Byron Buxton B. Buxton	150	2017	MIN	140	462	69	117	14	6	16	51	38	4	29	1	511	191	36	5	2	2	1	.253	.314	.413	.728	58	-4	.312	91	-5.4
7	Byron Buxton B. Buxton	148	2025	MIN	126	488	97	129	21	7	35	83	41	7	24	0	542	269	63	0	6	5	0	.264	.327	.551	.878	88	23.6	.367	136	23.1
8	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	148	2015	MIN	157	628	101	148	39	4	28	77	61	7	12	4	704	279	71	0	8	2	10	.236	.307	.444	.751	85	5.4	.323	102	1.5
9	Bobby Darwin B. Darwin	145	1972	MIN	145	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	38	8	2	3	562	227	44	1	2	4	24	.267	.326	.442	.769	73	18.2	.349	128	15.9
10	Joey Gallo J. Gallo	142	2023	MIN	111	282	39	50	9	1	21	40	48	2	1	1	332	124	31	0	0	1	3	.177	.301	.440	.741	41	0.3	.320	103	1
11	Carlos Gomez C. Gomez	142	2008	MIN	153	577	79	149	24	7	7	59	25	7	33	11	614	208	38	3	2	0	7	.258	.296	.360	.657	55	-18.9	.291	75	-19.1
12	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	142	1962	MIN	155	552	85	134	21	1	48	126	106	4	1	2	666	301	70	0	4	6	14	.243	.366	.545	.912	116	38.8	.395	138	31.6
13	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	141	2017	MIN	152	617	106	167	30	4	34	93	78	8	16	7	705	307	68	0	2	6	11	.271	.359	.498	.856	110	24.4	.362	126	22.5
14	Josh Willingham J. Willingham	141	2012	MIN	145	519	85	135	30	1	35	110	76	14	3	2	615	272	66	0	6	4	15	.260	.366	.524	.890	102	32.1	.380	141	29.6
15	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	138	2016	MIN	155	615	104	165	35	5	42	99	61	8	18	2	691	336	82	2	5	6	12	.268	.340	.546	.886	111	29.5	.370	132	26.3
16	Jim Lemon J. Lemon	138	1956	WSH	146	538	77	146	21	11	27	96	65	2	2	4	613	270	59	2	6	2	12	.271	.349	.502	.850	94	22.6	.372	120	15.7
17	Bobby Darwin B. Darwin	137	1973	MIN	145	560	69	141	20	2	18	90	46	3	5	2	614	219	40	0	5	5	22	.252	.309	.391	.701	66	-1.6	.315	91	-6
18	Gary Sánchez G. Sánchez	136	2022	MIN	128	419	42	86	24	0	16	61	40	7	2	0	471	158	40	0	5	0	12	.205	.282	.377	.659	47	-7.3	.290	89	-5.9
19	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	135	1964	MIN	158	577	95	156	11	1	49	111	93	8	0	0	682	316	61	0	4	5	15	.270	.377	.548	.924	123	49.9	.404	152	41.6
20	Carlos Correa C. Correa	131	2023	MIN	135	514	60	118	29	2	18	65	59	4	0	0	580	205	49	0	3	3	30	.230	.312	.399	.711	66	-4.7	.309	95	-3.5
21	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	131	2019	MIN	120	454	81	141	26	0	41	108	56	7	0	1	520	290	67	0	3	8	14	.311	.392	.639	1.031	109	43.8	.417	164	42.7
22	Michael A. Taylor M. A. Taylor	130	2023	MIN	129	355	48	78	14	1	21	51	26	3	13	1	388	157	36	3	1	0	7	.220	.278	.442	.720	44	-3.5	.308	94	-2.7
23	Michael Cuddyer M. Cuddyer	130	2006	MIN	150	557	102	158	41	5	24	109	62	10	6	0	635	281	70	0	6	5	11	.284	.362	.504	.867	100	19.9	.368	123	19.2
24	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
25	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	129	2014	MIN	156	598	112	145	33	1	23	71	89	9	21	7	707	249	57	3	8	1	8	.242	.345	.416	.762	92	16	.340	116	12.8

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Guardians	34	25	.576
White Sox	31	27	.534	2.5
Twins	27	31	.466	6.5
Royals	22	35	.386	11.0
Tigers	22	37	.373	12.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/31	MIN	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 6/1	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 6/2	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 6/3	CWS	@	MIN	1:40 PM
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Braves	39	19	.672
Phillies	29	28	.509	9.5
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Cardinals	30	25	.545	4.5
Cubs	31	27	.534	5.0
Reds	29	27	.518	6.0
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