Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers
- Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and incompetence on the part of the batter.
The pitcher with the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball, and the only pitcher to strike out over 5,000 batters, is Nolan Ryan with 5,714 career strikeouts.
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*MLB players with 1,000 runs
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*MLB players with 300 stolen bases
*List of Top 100 Major League Baseball players in base on balls (walks)
*MLB players with a .400 on-base percentage
*MLB players with a .500 slugging percentage
*List of Major League Baseball players with a .900 on-base plus slugging
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* [http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/player_stats.jsp?teamPosCode=all&statType=2&timeFrame=3&Submit=Submit&c_id=mlb&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame2=0&venueID=&baseballScope=mlb&timeSubFrame=0&&sortByStat=SO MLB.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]
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