Did you know?: During a game that carried into the dusk hours, Clarkson once pitched a lemon to the plate to persuade the umpire, Jack Kerins to call the game due to darkness. Kerins called the lemon a strike, and when shown by Boston’s catcher that he had called a lemon a strike, Kerins finally called the game.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

TOP 100 ALL-TIME STRIKEOUT LEADERS


*Players in Green are still active. Team Name determined by current team for active players, or if player showed up in Top 5 All Time for a franchise and is retired.


Rank
Name
Strikeouts
Team
1
4268
Jackson
2
4174
Tacoma
3
3408
Tacoma
4
2806
Tacoma
5
2738
Chicago
6
2671
Kansas City
7
2523
Texas
8
2511
Atlanta
9
2492
Jackson
10
2480
Richmond
11
2303
Salt Lake City
12
2258
Little Rock
13
2253
Detroit
14
2212
Texas
15
2206
Charlotte
16
2159
Detroit
17
2149
Hartford
18
2092
Jackson
19
2089
Milwaukee
20
2057
Monterrey
21
2049
Charlotte
22
2035
Richmond
23
2029
Memphis
24
1998
Little Rock
25
1987
New Britain
26
1983
Richmond
27
1982
Florida
28
1975
Chicago and Salt Lake City
29
1958
Detroit
30
1946
Louisville
31
1944
Chicago
32
1856
Salt Lake City
33
1854
Seattle
34
1846
Florida
35
1825
New Britain
36
1825
Arizona
37
1821
Richmond
38
1814
Boston
39
1812
Arizona
40
1767
Chicago
41
1764
Texas
42
1757
Philadelphia
43
1757
Monterrey
44
1746
Hartford
45
1735
Houston
46
1726
Monterrey
47
1715
Salt Lake City
48
1705
Kansas City
49
1688
Monterrey
50
1679
Memphis
51
1662
Richmond
52
1632
Tacoma
53
1628
Boston
54
1624
Cincinnati
55
1589
Kansas City
56
1561
Memphis
57
1536
Little Rock
58
1526
Salem
59
1518
Cincinatti
60
1513
Charlotte
61
1506
St Louis
62
1499
Montreal
63
1494
Salt Lake City
64
1490
Jackson
65
1487
Jackson
66
1458
Vancouver
67
1457
Louisville and Texas
68
1439
Tacoma
69
1423
New Britain
70
1410
Richmond
71
1405
Hartford
72
1402
Cincinatti
73
1394
Boston
74
1392
Texas
75
1380
Kansas City
76
1379
Atlanta
77
1372
Atlanta
78
1364
Houston
79
1353
Seattle
80
1342
Houston
81
1341
Milwaukee
82
1334
Chicago
83
1325
Cincinatti
84
1324
Jackson
85
1312
Texas
86
1311
Chicago
87
1307
Kansas City
88
1305
Hartford
89
1295
Vancouver
90
1281
Salt Lake City
91
1258
Philadelphia
92
1256
Tacoma
93
1252
New Britain
94
1249
Milwaukee
95
1246
Salem
96
1241
Arizona
97
1227
St Louis
98
1213
Oakland
99
1213
Charlotte
100
1200
Detroit