List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders The following list is of the top 100 pitchers in career strikeouts in Major League Baseball 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 failure on the part of the batter
Yankees Gerrit Cole reaches 2,000 strikeouts for career - MLB. com Cole rang up No 2,000 with his second strikeout of the evening, getting Jorge Mateo swinging in the second inning He was pitching in his 278th career game; only Randy Johnson (262 games) and Clayton Kershaw (277 games) reached 2,000 strikeouts faster in terms of games pitched
Yankees Gerrit Cole 3rd-fastest pitcher to 2,000 strikeouts The New York Yankees ace recorded his 2,000th career strikeout in the second inning, becoming the third-fastest pitcher in games played to reach the mark Cole accomplished the feat in 278 games,
Career Strikeouts Leaders for Pitchers | Baseball Almanac The top 1,000 all-time strikeout career leaders in Major League Baseball history, as researched by Baseball Almanac Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the pitcher was active during the previous Major League season
Chris Sale is the fastest pitcher ever to 2,000 strikeouts On a 1-2 count to Oscar Mercado in Boston's matchup with the Indians, Sale was able to get a swinging strike on an 81-mph slider to the rookie center fielder That pitch marked the 2,000th