who had the least amount of strikeouts in 2021 with over 500 at bats

Kevin Newman had the fewest strikeouts with >500 at-bats in a season in 2021, with 41 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player season data complete from 1891

	NAME	SO	AB	SEASON	TM	G	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	Kevin Newman K. Newman	41	517	2021	PIT	148	50	117	22	3	5	39	27	1	6	1	554	160	30	6	3	3	7	.226	.265	.309	.574	37	-29.9	.249	52	-34
2	David Fletcher D. Fletcher	60	626	2021	LAA	157	74	164	27	3	2	47	31	1	15	3	665	203	32	6	1	1	10	.262	.297	.324	.622	58	-22.7	.273	69	-25.2
3	Yuli Gurriel Y. Gurriel	68	530	2021	HOU	143	83	169	31	0	15	81	59	4	1	1	605	245	46	0	12	2	16	.319	.383	.462	.846	98	24.4	.363	133	24.3
4	Adam Frazier A. Frazier	69	577	2021	TOT	155	83	176	36	5	5	43	48	10	10	5	639	237	46	3	1	2	10	.305	.368	.411	.779	91	13.7	.341	113	10.7
5	Josh Harrison J. Harrison	75	505	2021	TOT	138	58	141	33	2	8	60	31	18	9	5	557	202	43	0	3	0	9	.279	.341	.400	.741	72	4.6	.325	104	3.3
6	Jean Segura J. Segura	78	514	2021	PHI	131	76	149	27	3	14	58	39	9	9	3	567	224	44	1	4	3	16	.290	.348	.436	.784	79	10.8	.338	110	7.3
7	José Ramírez J. Ramírez	87	552	2021	CLE	152	111	147	32	5	36	103	72	7	27	4	636	297	73	0	5	10	13	.266	.355	.538	.893	107	30.2	.372	140	30.9
8	Isiah Kiner-Falefa I. Kiner-Falefa	90	635	2021	TEX	158	74	172	25	3	8	53	28	11	20	5	677	227	36	1	2	2	11	.271	.312	.357	.670	70	-12.2	.293	82	-14.7
9	Kyle Tucker K. Tucker	90	506	2021	HOU	140	83	149	37	3	30	92	53	1	14	2	565	282	70	0	5	5	10	.294	.359	.557	.917	100	31.8	.383	146	31.7
10	Jake Cronenworth J. Cronenworth	90	567	2021	SDP	152	94	151	33	7	21	71	55	10	4	3	638	261	61	3	3	6	8	.266	.340	.460	.800	91	13.9	.341	118	14.5
11	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	91	601	2021	HOU	146	117	167	32	1	31	83	66	4	5	3	678	294	64	1	6	3	9	.278	.350	.489	.839	106	23.8	.357	129	23.7
12	Charlie Blackmon C. Blackmon	91	514	2021	COL	150	76	139	25	4	13	78	54	11	3	0	582	211	42	0	3	1	8	.270	.351	.411	.761	79	8.8	.333	93	-5.4
13	Juan Soto J. Soto	93	502	2021	WSH	151	111	157	20	2	29	95	145	2	9	7	654	268	51	0	5	23	23	.313	.465	.534	.999	136	57.3	.420	164	53.2
14	DJ LeMahieu	94	597	2021	NYY	150	84	160	24	1	10	57	73	4	4	2	679	216	35	0	5	2	16	.268	.349	.362	.711	83	0.4	.315	101	1.1
15	Tommy Edman T. Edman	95	641	2021	STL	159	91	168	41	3	11	56	38	6	30	5	691	248	55	2	4	1	4	.262	.308	.387	.695	76	-7.8	.301	89	-9.6
16	Nolan Arenado N. Arenado	96	593	2021	STL	157	81	151	34	3	34	105	50	3	2	0	653	293	71	0	7	8	20	.255	.312	.494	.807	91	11.6	.336	112	9.9
17	Alex Verdugo A. Verdugo	96	544	2021	BOS	146	88	157	32	2	13	63	51	4	6	2	604	232	47	0	5	6	11	.289	.351	.426	.777	83	9.7	.334	106	4.5
18	Justin Turner J. Turner	98	533	2021	LAD	151	87	148	22	0	27	87	61	12	3	0	612	251	49	0	6	0	12	.278	.361	.471	.832	96	22.3	.358	127	20.7
19	Eric Hosmer E. Hosmer	99	509	2021	SDP	151	53	137	28	0	12	65	48	5	5	4	565	201	40	1	2	2	13	.269	.337	.395	.732	71	2.4	.319	104	2.9
20	Manny Machado M. Machado	102	564	2021	SDP	153	92	157	31	2	28	106	63	2	12	3	640	276	61	0	11	10	10	.278	.347	.489	.836	96	18.7	.350	124	19.3
21	Carlos Santana C. Santana	102	565	2021	KCR	158	66	121	15	0	19	69	86	3	2	0	659	193	34	0	5	3	12	.214	.319	.342	.660	69	-11.2	.294	81	-15.3
22	Whit Merrifield W. Merrifield	103	664	2021	KCR	162	97	184	42	3	10	74	40	4	40	4	720	262	55	0	12	1	12	.277	.317	.395	.711	82	-4.9	.306	89	-9.4
23	Ty France T. France	106	571	2021	SEA	152	85	166	32	1	18	73	46	27	0	0	650	254	51	0	6	1	13	.291	.368	.445	.813	99	20.8	.353	129	23
24	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	107	600	2021	ATL	159	120	180	25	2	31	83	85	8	8	3	695	302	58	0	2	15	11	.300	.393	.503	.896	121	37.2	.379	136	32
25	Enrique Hernández E. Hernández	110	508	2021	BOS	134	84	127	35	3	20	60	61	9	1	0	585	228	58	0	7	0	4	.250	.337	.449	.786	82	11.3	.338	109	6.3

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Kevin Newman had the fewest strikeouts with >500 at-bats in a season in 2021, with 41 strikeouts.

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