most career strikeouts through june 6, 2012

Before June 7, 2012, Reggie Jackson had the most strikeouts, with 2,596 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most career strikeouts by a player through june 6, 2012
NAMESOGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Reggie Jackson
R. Jackson
2,596
2,820
9,864
1,551
2,584
463
49
563
1,702
1,376
96
228
115
11,417
4,834
1,075
13
68
164
183
.262
.356
.490
.846
2Jim Thome
J. Thome
2,498
2,498
8,278
1,566
2,289
444
26
604
1,674
1,728
68
19
20
10,149
4,597
1,074
1
74
170
159
.277
.403
.555
.958
3Sammy 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
4Andres 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
178
.288
.347
.499
.846
5Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
1,965
2,456
9,402
1,853
2,831
500
29
638
1,915
1,190
163
311
73
10,868
5,303
1,167
16
97
88
227
.301
.386
.564
.950
6Jose 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
64
178
.266
.353
.515
.867
7Willie Stargell
W. Stargell
1,936
2,360
7,927
1,195
2,232
423
55
475
1,540
937
79
17
16
9,027
4,190
953
9
75
227
144
.282
.360
.529
.889
8Mike 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
9Adam Dunn
A. Dunn
1,899
1,626
5,586
935
1,355
292
10
383
961
1,112
76
59
23
6,806
2,816
685
2
30
108
86
.243
.374
.504
.878
10Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
1,883
2,404
8,352
1,506
2,234
408
59
548
1,595
1,507
79
174
91
10,062
4,404
1,015
16
108
201
156
.267
.380
.527
.908
11Fred 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
12Tony 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
264
.279
.341
.463
.804
13Dave 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
14Manny 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
15Bobby Abreu
B. Abreu
1,791
2,284
8,231
1,427
2,414
562
59
285
1,339
1,438
33
395
126
9,792
3,949
906
7
83
112
159
.293
.397
.480
.877
16Ken Griffey Jr.
K. Griffey Jr.
1,779
2,671
9,801
1,662
2,781
524
38
630
1,836
1,312
81
184
69
11,304
5,271
1,192
8
102
246
199
.284
.370
.538
.907
17Bobby 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
105
.268
.353
.471
.824
18Craig 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
19Dale 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
20Carlos Delgado
C. Delgado
1,745
2,035
7,283
1,241
2,038
483
18
473
1,512
1,109
172
14
8
8,657
3,976
974
0
93
186
152
.280
.383
.546
.929
21Lou Brock
L. Brock
1,730
2,616
10,332
1,610
3,023
486
141
149
900
761
49
938
306
11,235
4,238
776
47
46
124
115
.293
.343
.410
.753
22Jim Edmonds
J. Edmonds
1,729
2,011
6,858
1,251
1,949
437
25
393
1,199
998
49
67
50
7,980
3,615
855
10
65
91
122
.284
.376
.527
.903
23Mickey Mantle
M. Mantle
1,718
2,401
8,101
1,675
2,415
344
72
536
1,509
1,733
12
152
42
9,907
4,511
952
14
47
126
113
.298
.420
.557
.977
24Harmon Killebrew
H. Killebrew
1,704
2,435
8,147
1,282
2,086
290
24
573
1,583
1,561
48
19
20
9,833
4,143
887
0
77
161
243
.256
.376
.509
.884
25Andruw Jones
A. Jones
1,703
2,132
7,440
1,185
1,904
378
36
425
1,266
872
92
152
59
8,479
3,629
839
6
69
68
190
.256
.338
.488
.826
StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
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