Before 2009, Reggie Jackson had the most strikeouts, with 2,597 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a player through 2008

	NAME	SO	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	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	2,597	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	563	1,702	1,375	96	228	115	11,416	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846	1749	503	.374	139	497.6
2	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	2,306	2,354	8,813	1,475	2,408	379	45	609	1,667	929	59	234	107	9,896	4,704	1,033	17	78	154	202	.273	.344	.534	.878	1559	345.1	.370	124	307.3
3	Jim Thome J. Thome	2,190	2,160	7,344	1,431	2,048	397	24	541	1,488	1,550	66	19	20	9,029	4,116	962	1	68	159	137	.279	.406	.560	.966	1714	592	.409	146	534.7
4	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	2,003	2,257	8,096	1,195	2,333	444	32	399	1,425	583	178	128	81	8,916	4,038	875	1	58	106	179	.288	.347	.499	.846	1355	286.5	.365	118	193.8
5	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	1,942	1,887	7,057	1,186	1,877	340	14	462	1,407	906	84	200	88	8,129	3,631	816	1	81	63	178	.266	.353	.515	.867	1293	321.2	.375	130	300.8
6	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	1,936	2,360	7,927	1,194	2,232	423	55	475	1,540	937	78	17	16	9,026	4,190	953	9	75	227	143	.282	.360	.529	.889	1471	511.5	.387	145	459.3
7	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	1,883	2,404	8,352	1,506	2,234	408	59	548	1,595	1,507	79	174	92	10,062	4,404	1,015	16	108	201	156	.267	.380	.527	.908	1717	591	.395	147	539.8
8	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	1,882	2,460	8,757	1,349	2,490	441	24	493	1,550	1,305	39	72	38	10,174	4,458	958	2	71	171	226	.284	.377	.509	.886	1678	454.1	.383	134	415.9
9	Tony Perez T. Perez	1,867	2,777	9,778	1,272	2,732	505	79	379	1,652	925	43	49	33	10,861	4,532	963	9	106	150	268	.279	.341	.463	.804	1511	343.8	.356	121	265.2
10	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	1,816	1,941	6,677	901	1,575	240	25	442	1,210	608	53	85	49	7,429	3,191	707	16	75	72	139	.236	.302	.478	.780	960	139.8	.343	113	108.5
11	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	1,757	1,849	7,043	1,258	1,886	302	66	332	1,024	914	53	461	169	8,090	3,316	700	16	64	75	107	.268	.353	.471	.824	1192	318.7	.368	130	274.9
12	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	1,753	2,850	10,876	1,844	3,060	668	55	291	1,175	1,160	285	414	124	12,503	4,711	1,014	101	81	68	150	.281	.363	.433	.796	1768	248.9	.352	115	238.9
13	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	1,748	2,180	7,960	1,197	2,111	350	39	398	1,266	986	28	161	68	9,040	3,733	787	6	60	159	209	.265	.346	.469	.815	1291	273.7	.357	119	202.4
14	Lou Brock L. Brock	1,730	2,616	10,332	1,610	3,023	486	141	149	900	761	49	938	307	11,235	4,238	776	47	46	124	114	.293	.343	.410	.753	1406	210.2	.336	109	113.1
15	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	1,725	2,009	7,189	1,226	2,010	476	17	469	1,489	1,097	168	14	8	8,545	3,927	962	0	91	186	149	.280	.383	.546	.930	1493	429.5	.391	135	387.9
16	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	1,710	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	1,733	13	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
17	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	1,699	2,435	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	573	1,584	1,559	48	19	18	9,831	4,143	887	0	77	160	243	.256	.376	.509	.884	1630	569	.389	142	477.8
18	Chili Davis C. Davis	1,698	2,435	8,673	1,240	2,380	424	30	350	1,372	1,194	15	142	98	9,996	3,914	804	20	94	188	232	.274	.360	.451	.811	1420	249.9	.354	118	225.1
19	Dwight Evans D. Evans	1,697	2,606	8,996	1,470	2,446	483	73	385	1,384	1,391	53	78	59	10,569	4,230	941	52	77	60	227	.272	.370	.470	.840	1640	459.6	.375	129	357.7
20	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	1,694	3,081	10,961	2,295	3,055	510	66	297	1,115	2,190	98	1,406	335	13,346	4,588	873	30	67	61	172	.279	.401	.419	.820	2074	509.6	.372	132	507.9
21	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	1,686	2,973	11,003	1,669	3,110	540	88	465	1,833	1,216	25	223	96	12,358	5,221	1,093	19	95	172	319	.283	.353	.475	.827	1811	416.2	.364	128	400.6
22	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	1,682	2,521	9,316	1,612	2,680	503	38	611	1,772	1,240	80	184	69	10,742	5,092	1,152	8	98	244	190	.288	.373	.547	.919	1836	532	.389	134	464
23	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	1,669	1,925	6,612	1,207	1,881	414	25	382	1,176	974	48	65	50	7,708	3,491	821	10	64	91	120	.284	.377	.528	.905	1311	352.2	.385	132	317.5
24	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	1,667	2,103	7,610	1,444	2,392	507	18	527	1,725	1,212	96	37	31	9,006	4,516	1,052	2	86	191	230	.314	.411	.593	1.004	1803	682.2	.421	154	621.8
25	Mike Cameron M. Cameron	1,642	1,680	5,896	935	1,474	330	56	241	856	750	80	289	79	6,807	2,639	627	29	52	16	93	.250	.340	.448	.788	913	66.8	.343	108	70.2