Reggie Jackson, Jim Thome and the Top 20 Batters with the Most Career Strikeouts

Reggie Jackson Is, and Will Remain, Baseball’s All-Time Strikeout King

Jim Thome will come ever so close, but he won’t  break baseball’s career strikeout record. He’s just a blip – 100 K’s – away from taking the all-time strikeout crown.

But it is unlikely Thome will get there, despite his propensity for striking out over the years. The 41-year old Philly barely gets any at-bats these days.

That means for the time being, and probably a lot longer, Reggie Jackson will remain baseball’s strikeout king. He’s got a sh!tload at just a hair under 2,600 whiffs. Jackson led the league in K’s five times and averaged 150 per 162 games over a 20-year career.

The actives (*) on this list won’t catch him. Alex Rodriguez has a shot, but will need to play until at least age 43. I don’t see it happening.

Check out some surprises here: The Big Cat in fourth? Mike Cameron – did he really play that long? Fred McGriff? Back-to-back MVP Dale Murphy?

Thanks to my often-source, baseball-reference.com. Have you not been there yet?

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1.	Reggie Jackson	2,597	L
2.	Jim Thome*	2,497	L
3.	Sammy Sosa	2,306	R
4.	Andres Galarraga	2,003	R
5.	Alex Rodriguez*	1,950	R
6.	Jose Canseco	1,942	R
7.	Willie Stargell	1,936	L
8.	Mike Cameron	1,901	R
9.	Mike Schmidt	1,883	R
10.	Fred McGriff	1,882	L
11.	Adam Dunn*	1,875	L
12.	Tony Perez	1,867	R
13.	Dave Kingman	1,816	R
14.	Manny Ramirez*	1,813	R
15.	Bobby Abreu*	1,783	L
16.	Ken Griffey	1,779	L
17.	Bobby Bonds	1,757	R
18.	Craig Biggio	1,753	R
19.	Dale Murphy	1,748	R
20.	Carlos Delgado	1,745	L

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