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Active Leaders & Records for AB per SO
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Statistic Description: At Bats Per Strikeout For career marks this only includes AB’s for seasons there SO’s were tracked.
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per SO | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Juan Pierre (13, 34) | 15.97 | L |
| 2. | Placido Polanco (15, 36) | 13.49 | R |
| 3. | Jason Kendall (15, 38) | 11.12 | R |
| 4. | Yadier Molina (9, 29) | 10.40 | R |
| 5. | Dustin Pedroia (7, 28) | 10.30 | R |
| 6. | Cesar Izturis (12, 32) | 10.10 | B |
| 7. | Yuniesky Betancourt (8, 30) | 10.06 | R |
| 8. | Ichiro Suzuki (12, 38) | 9.94 | L |
| 9. | Omar Vizquel (24, 45) | 9.74 | B |
| 10. | Aaron Miles (9, 35) | 9.62 | B |
| 11. | Casey Kotchman (9, 29) | 9.03 | L |
| 12. | Jose Reyes (10, 29) | 9.02 | B |
| 13. | Albert Pujols (12, 32) | 8.87 | R |
| 14. | Mark Kotsay (16, 36) | 8.62 | L |
| 15. | Ryan Theriot (8, 32) | 8.48 | R |
| 16. | A.J. Pierzynski (15, 35) | 8.29 | L |
| 17. | Vladimir Guerrero (16, 37) | 8.28 | R |
| Joe Mauer (9, 29) | 8.28 | L | |
| 19. | Marco Scutaro (11, 36) | 8.23 | R |
| 20. | Miguel Cairo (17, 38) | 8.21 | R |
| 21. | Jose Lopez (9, 28) | 8.15 | R |
| 22. | Carlos Lee (14, 36) | 8.11 | R |
| 23. | Freddy Sanchez (10, 34) | 8.10 | R |
| 24. | Victor Martinez (10, 33) | 8.03 | B |
| 25. | Yunel Escobar (6, 29) | 8.02 | R |
| 26. | Jack Wilson (12, 34) | 7.90 | R |
| 27. | Jimmy Rollins (13, 33) | 7.87 | B |
| 28. | Miguel Tejada (15, 38) | 7.85 | R |
| 29. | Robinson Cano (8, 29) | 7.83 | L |
| 30. | Johnny Damon (18, 38) | 7.75 | L |
| Juan Rivera (12, 33) | 7.75 | R | |
| 32. | Shane Victorino (9, 31) | 7.73 | B |
| 33. | Jerry Hairston (15, 36) | 7.61 | R |
| Alexei Ramirez (5, 30) | 7.61 | R | |
| 35. | Melky Cabrera (8, 27) | 7.49 | B |
| 36. | James Loney (7, 28) | 7.48 | L |
| 37. | Ian Kinsler (7, 30) | 7.18 | R |
| 38. | Rafael Furcal (13, 34) | 7.13 | B |
| 39. | Vernon Wells (14, 33) | 7.04 | R |
| 40. | Aaron Hill (8, 30) | 6.99 | R |
| 41. | Ramon Hernandez (14, 36) | 6.96 | R |
| 42. | Todd Helton (16, 38) | 6.95 | L |
| 43. | Coco Crisp (11, 32) | 6.94 | B |
| 44. | Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 6.73 | L |
| 45. | Brian Roberts (12, 34) | 6.63 | B |
| 46. | Jay Gibbons (9, 35) | 6.60 | L |
| Nick Markakis (7, 28) | 6.60 | L | |
| Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 6.60 | R | |
| 49. | Mark Ellis (10, 35) | 6.54 | R |
| 50. | Adam Kennedy (14, 36) | 6.52 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per SO | Bats |
| 51. | Omar Infante (11, 30) | 6.50 | R |
| Brandon Phillips (11, 31) | 6.50 | R | |
| 53. | David DeJesus (10, 32) | 6.48 | L |
| 54. | Hideki Matsui (10, 38) | 6.45 | L |
| 55. | Michael Young (13, 35) | 6.42 | R |
| 56. | Billy Butler (6, 26) | 6.38 | R |
| Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 6.38 | B | |
| 58. | Jamey Carroll (11, 38) | 6.35 | R |
| 59. | Carl Crawford (11, 30) | 6.28 | L |
| 60. | J.J. Hardy (8, 29) | 6.23 | R |
| 61. | Brian McCann (8, 28) | 6.22 | L |
| 62. | Scott Podsednik (11, 36) | 6.20 | L |
| 63. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 6.12 | R |
| 64. | Paul Konerko (16, 36) | 6.10 | R |
| 65. | Derek Jeter (18, 38) | 6.05 | R |
| 66. | Brian Schneider (13, 35) | 6.02 | L |
| 67. | Jason Bartlett (9, 32) | 6.00 | R |
| 68. | Geoff Blum (14, 39) | 5.95 | B |
| 69. | Orlando Hudson (11, 34) | 5.85 | B |
| 70. | Chase Utley (10, 33) | 5.84 | L |
| 71. | Russell Martin (7, 29) | 5.83 | R |
| 72. | Alex Rios (9, 31) | 5.80 | R |
| 73. | Justin Morneau (10, 31) | 5.74 | L |
| 74. | Raul Ibanez (17, 40) | 5.70 | L |
| 75. | Chone Figgins (11, 34) | 5.68 | B |
| 76. | Troy Tulowitzki (7, 27) | 5.64 | R |
| 77. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 5.60 | R |
| 78. | Carlos Beltran (15, 35) | 5.47 | B |
| 79. | Rod Barajas (14, 36) | 5.42 | R |
| 80. | Clint Barmes (10, 33) | 5.40 | R |
| 81. | Howie Kendrick (7, 28) | 5.38 | R |
| 82. | Delmon Young (7, 26) | 5.36 | R |
| 83. | Marlon Byrd (11, 34) | 5.31 | R |
| Hanley Ramirez (8, 28) | 5.31 | R | |
| 85. | Matt Holliday (9, 32) | 5.28 | R |
| 86. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 5.26 | R |
| 87. | Edwin Encarnacion (8, 29) | 5.25 | R |
| Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 5.25 | R | |
| 89. | Nick Punto (12, 34) | 5.23 | B |
| 90. | Mark DeRosa (15, 37) | 5.21 | R |
| 91. | Andre Ethier (7, 30) | 5.20 | L |
| 92. | Jeff Francoeur (8, 28) | 5.16 | R |
| 93. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 5.14 | L |
| 94. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 5.12 | R |
| 95. | Juan Uribe (12, 32) | 5.11 | R |
| 96. | Stephen Drew (7, 29) | 5.08 | L |
| 97. | Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 5.07 | R |
| Ben Zobrist (7, 31) | 5.07 | B | |
| 99. | Ryan Braun (6, 28) | 5.05 | R |
| Reed Johnson (10, 35) | 5.05 | R |
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