most career strikeouts through may 6, 2012

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

Interpreted as:

most career strikeouts by a player through may 6, 2012

	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
1	Reggie 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
2	Jim Thome J. Thome	2,497	2,497	8,277	1,566	2,289	444	26	604	1,674	1,728	68	19	20	10,148	4,597	1,074	1	74	170	159	.277	.403	.555	.958
3	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
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	178	.288	.347	.499	.846
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	64	178	.266	.353	.515	.867
6	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	1,936	2,430	9,303	1,840	2,803	497	29	634	1,907	1,181	160	307	73	10,756	5,260	1,160	16	96	88	225	.301	.386	.565	.951
7	Willie 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
8	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
9	Mike 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
10	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
11	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	264	.279	.341	.463	.804
12	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	1,851	1,598	5,490	917	1,337	289	10	374	945	1,084	76	59	22	6,682	2,768	673	2	30	107	85	.244	.374	.504	.878
13	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
14	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
15	Ken 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
16	Bobby Abreu B. Abreu	1,770	2,258	8,159	1,414	2,390	558	58	284	1,330	1,421	33	393	126	9,703	3,916	900	7	83	112	156	.293	.396	.480	.876
17	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	105	.268	.353	.471	.824
18	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
19	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
20	Carlos 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
21	Lou 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
22	Jim 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
23	Mickey 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
24	Harmon 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
25	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