List of Top 100 all-time Major League Baseball strikeout leaders
- List of Top 100 all-time Major League Baseball strikeout leaders
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a batter receives three strikes from the pitcher in his time at-bat. If the third strike is not caught in flight, and there is not a baserunner on first base, the batter becomes a baserunner and is able to run to first. A strikeout can also occur when a ball is bunted foul with two strikes. This list contains the 100 pitchers with the most all-time strikeouts. The pitcher with the most all-time strikeouts is Nolan Ryan with 5,714. Second is Randy Johnson with 4,715. They are followed by Roger Clemens (4,672), Steve Carlton (4,136), and Bert Blyleven (3,701).
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Active players are in bold. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/leaders?sort=10&year=0&breakdown=2&type=1&page=2 ESPN Strikeout list (links to previous page at bottom)] ]
Close to the Top 100
Kevin Millwood is currently the closest active player to Bret Saberhagen's 1,715 strikeouts with 1,641. Millwood has 81 strikeouts this season, but was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 26, lessening his chance of making the top 100. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3687 ESPN.com/Kevin Millwood] ] The next closest are Liván Hernández (1,599), Bartolo Colón (1,568), Chan Ho Park (1,565), and Jon Lieber (1,552).
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