Jim Thome had the most strikeouts in 2003, with 182 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a player in the MLB in 2003

	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	Jim Thome J. Thome	182	2003	PHI	159	578	111	154	30	3	47	131	111	4	0	3	698	331	80	0	5	11	5	.266	.385	.573	.958	129	42.9	.401	145	40.7
2	Jose Hernandez J. Hernandez	177	2003	TOT	150	519	58	117	18	3	13	57	46	1	2	1	571	180	34	0	5	0	16	.225	.287	.347	.634	48	-22.4	.281	58	-31
3	Brad Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	155	2003	MON	146	504	78	135	34	4	19	77	89	4	13	10	602	234	57	2	3	0	5	.268	.380	.464	.844	95	21.3	.370	120	15.6
4	Richie Sexson R. Sexson	151	2003	MIL	162	606	97	165	28	2	45	124	98	9	2	3	718	332	75	0	5	7	18	.272	.379	.548	.927	127	39	.393	138	34.9
5	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	143	2003	CHC	137	517	99	144	22	0	40	103	62	5	0	1	589	286	62	0	5	9	14	.279	.358	.553	.911	99	26.8	.382	131	23.4
6	Pat Burrell P. Burrell	142	2003	PHI	146	522	57	109	31	4	21	64	72	4	0	0	599	211	56	0	1	2	18	.209	.309	.404	.713	66	-7.6	.313	88	-9.6
7	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	140	2003	NYY	156	535	97	134	25	0	41	107	129	21	2	1	690	282	66	0	5	9	9	.250	.412	.527	.939	128	43.1	.402	149	42.1
8	Preston Wilson P. Wilson	139	2003	COL	155	600	94	169	43	1	36	141	54	4	14	7	661	322	80	0	3	1	23	.282	.343	.537	.880	107	25.7	.374	111	9.7
9	Mike Cameron M. Cameron	137	2003	SEA	147	534	74	135	31	5	18	76	70	5	17	7	612	230	54	1	2	1	13	.253	.344	.431	.774	81	6	.340	111	8.2
10	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	137	2003	TOR	161	570	117	172	38	1	42	145	109	19	0	0	705	338	81	0	7	23	9	.302	.426	.593	1.019	143	56.5	.423	159	52.1
11	Wes Helms W. Helms	131	2003	MIL	134	476	56	124	21	0	23	67	43	10	0	1	536	214	44	0	7	3	10	.261	.330	.450	.780	69	3.7	.336	101	0.6
12	Derrek Lee D. Lee	131	2003	FLA	155	539	91	146	31	2	31	92	88	10	21	8	643	274	64	0	6	7	9	.271	.379	.508	.888	107	27.9	.380	133	27.4
13	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	130	2003	NYY	156	682	114	198	36	5	38	91	38	12	35	8	734	358	79	0	2	7	8	.290	.338	.525	.863	113	23.1	.365	124	22.1
14	Dmitri Young D. Young	130	2003	DET	155	562	78	167	34	7	29	85	58	11	2	1	635	302	70	0	4	16	16	.297	.372	.537	.909	106	28.1	.381	136	28.8
15	Rocco Baldelli R. Baldelli	128	2003	TBD	156	637	89	184	32	8	11	78	30	8	27	10	684	265	51	3	6	4	10	.289	.326	.416	.742	80	-3.9	.321	94	-4.8
16	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	127	2003	STL	137	447	89	123	32	2	39	89	77	4	1	3	531	276	73	1	2	6	11	.275	.385	.617	1.002	105	39.9	.417	156	38.1
17	Bobby Abreu B. Abreu	126	2003	PHI	158	577	99	173	35	1	20	101	109	2	22	9	695	270	56	0	7	13	13	.300	.409	.468	.877	115	30.1	.379	131	27.8
18	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	126	2003	CIN	116	381	70	82	12	1	27	57	74	10	8	2	469	177	40	0	4	8	4	.215	.354	.465	.819	67	9.2	.351	110	6
19	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	126	2003	TEX	161	607	124	181	30	6	47	118	87	15	17	3	715	364	83	0	6	10	16	.298	.396	.600	.995	141	53.1	.416	151	46
20	Bret Boone B. Boone	125	2003	SEA	159	622	111	183	35	5	35	117	68	7	16	3	705	333	75	1	7	3	17	.294	.366	.535	.902	119	32.9	.384	140	35.4
21	Andruw Jones A. Jones	125	2003	ATL	156	595	101	165	28	2	36	116	53	5	4	3	659	305	66	0	6	2	18	.277	.338	.513	.851	100	19	.362	118	15.3
22	Ty Wigginton T. Wigginton	124	2003	NYM	156	573	73	146	36	6	11	71	46	9	12	2	633	227	53	1	4	2	15	.255	.318	.396	.714	70	-8	.313	89	-9.3
23	Alex Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	123	2003	CHC	152	536	71	122	37	0	20	59	47	6	3	3	601	219	57	8	4	1	17	.228	.295	.409	.704	63	-11.1	.306	81	-14.5
24	Carlos Pena C. Pena	123	2003	DET	131	452	51	112	21	6	18	50	53	6	4	5	516	199	45	1	4	1	6	.248	.332	.440	.772	67	3.4	.336	106	3.9
25	Jose Cruz J. Cruz	121	2003	SFG	158	539	90	135	26	1	20	68	102	0	5	8	650	223	47	2	7	6	14	.250	.366	.414	.779	88	8.3	.343	108	7

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Fri 8/21	STL	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Sat 8/22	STL	@	PHI	6:05 PM
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Phillies	70	58	.547	4.5
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Nationals	61	67	.477	13.5
Mets	58	70	.453	16.5
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Brewers	78	49	.614
Cubs	74	54	.578	4.5
Cardinals	65	63	.508	13.5
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