what right handed hitter has the most strikeouts

Sammy Sosa has the most career strikeouts by a right-hander, with 2,306 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player season data complete from 1891

	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	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
2	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	2,287	2,784	10,566	2,021	3,115	548	31	696	2,086	1,338	176	329	76	12,207	5,813	1,275	16	111	97	261	.295	.380	.550	.930	2178	690.1	.395	141	629.5
3	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	2,105	2,797	10,356	1,551	3,174	627	17	511	1,881	1,258	74	40	21	11,796	5,368	1,155	5	103	238	364	.306	.382	.518	.901	1981	585.3	.382	139	547.8
4	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	2,088	1,750	6,364	951	1,642	319	11	456	1,183	811	54	43	15	7,269	3,351	786	0	40	91	160	.258	.345	.527	.871	1156	313.5	.368	136	308.3
5	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	2,065	2,179	7,953	1,324	2,277	490	25	390	1,284	1,115	56	175	36	9,184	3,987	905	0	60	123	180	.286	.375	.501	.877	1511	434.5	.373	136	391
6	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
7	Eugenio Suárez E. Suárez	1,983	1,755	6,254	881	1,526	280	15	351	1,023	684	112	37	21	7,125	2,889	646	9	66	17	136	.244	.326	.462	.788	979	132.4	.338	112	104
8	Justin Upton J. Upton	1,971	1,845	6,721	1,058	1,754	350	38	325	1,003	785	78	151	59	7,646	3,155	713	3	59	49	142	.261	.342	.469	.812	1082	194.2	.350	117	155.9
9	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
10	Mark Reynolds M. Reynolds	1,927	1,688	5,432	794	1,283	253	14	298	871	707	56	64	31	6,243	2,458	565	3	45	26	117	.236	.328	.453	.780	821	94.7	.338	103	24.8
11	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	1,916	2,055	7,501	1,090	2,053	372	15	464	1,325	738	86	84	32	8,387	3,847	851	2	60	78	179	.274	.343	.513	.856	1294	313.6	.363	129	286.2
12	Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen	1,915	2,299	8,423	1,298	2,280	453	50	333	1,157	1,192	94	220	90	9,788	3,832	836	3	76	74	147	.271	.364	.455	.819	1446	308.6	.355	125	285.1
13	Mike Cameron M. Cameron	1,901	1,955	6,839	1,064	1,700	383	59	278	968	867	87	297	83	7,884	3,035	720	31	60	19	114	.249	.338	.444	.782	1043	70.3	.341	107	69.2
14	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
15	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
16	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	1,840	2,747	11,195	1,923	3,465	544	66	260	1,311	1,082	170	358	97	12,602	4,921	870	97	58	39	287	.310	.377	.440	.817	1877	346.6	.360	119	305.9
17	Mike Trout M. Trout	1,828	1,790	6,480	1,282	1,878	351	55	426	1,072	1,174	117	225	39	7,834	3,617	832	0	63	142	87	.290	.405	.558	.963	1486	574.5	.405	163	580
18	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
19	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	1,813	2,302	8,244	1,544	2,574	547	20	555	1,831	1,329	109	38	33	9,774	4,826	1,122	2	90	216	243	.312	.411	.585	.996	1931	719.5	.418	153	658.7
20	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	1,803	1,975	7,750	1,152	2,095	481	31	412	1,159	496	86	289	84	8,395	3,874	924	9	54	68	123	.270	.319	.500	.819	1163	161.7	.348	111	112.7
21	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
22	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
23	Andruw Jones A. Jones	1,748	2,196	7,599	1,204	1,933	383	36	434	1,289	891	97	152	59	8,664	3,690	853	6	71	69	192	.254	.337	.486	.823	1229	161.4	.352	111	122.2
24	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
25	Torii Hunter T. Hunter	1,741	2,372	8,857	1,296	2,452	498	39	353	1,391	661	97	195	99	9,692	4,087	890	6	71	52	262	.277	.331	.461	.793	1291	137.2	.342	110	111.7

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