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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 (14, 35) | 15.78 | L |
| 2. | Placido Polanco (16, 37) | 13.44 | R |
| 3. | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 10.37 | R |
| 4. | Cesar Izturis (13, 33) | 10.11 | B |
| 5. | Dustin Pedroia (8, 29) | 9.99 | R |
| 6. | Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39) | 9.90 | L |
| 7. | Yuniesky Betancourt (9, 31) | 9.68 | R |
| 8. | Casey Kotchman (10, 30) | 9.06 | L |
| 9. | Jose Reyes (11, 30) | 9.02 | B |
| 10. | Endy Chavez (12, 35) | 8.86 | L |
| 11. | Albert Pujols (13, 33) | 8.81 | R |
| 12. | Mark Kotsay (17, 37) | 8.56 | L |
| 13. | Maicer Izturis (10, 32) | 8.51 | B |
| 14. | Marco Scutaro (12, 37) | 8.41 | R |
| 15. | Martin Prado (8, 29) | 8.31 | R |
| 16. | A.J. Pierzynski (16, 36) | 8.21 | L |
| 17. | Victor Martinez (11, 34) | 8.02 | B |
| 18. | Yunel Escobar (7, 30) | 7.97 | R |
| 19. | Erick Aybar (8, 29) | 7.92 | B |
| 20. | Joe Mauer (10, 30) | 7.90 | L |
| 21. | Miguel Tejada (16, 39) | 7.84 | R |
| 22. | Jimmy Rollins (14, 34) | 7.80 | B |
| 23. | Juan Rivera (12, 34) | 7.75 | R |
| 24. | Shane Victorino (10, 32) | 7.74 | B |
| 25. | Robinson Cano (9, 30) | 7.71 | L |
| 26. | Jerry Hairston (16, 37) | 7.66 | R |
| 27. | Alexei Ramirez (6, 31) | 7.57 | R |
| 28. | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 7.56 | R |
| 29. | James Loney (8, 29) | 7.50 | L |
| 30. | Melky Cabrera (9, 28) | 7.48 | B |
| 31. | Ian Kinsler (8, 31) | 7.29 | R |
| 32. | Rafael Furcal (13, 35) | 7.13 | B |
| 33. | Aaron Hill (9, 31) | 7.04 | R |
| 34. | Vernon Wells (15, 34) | 7.01 | R |
| 35. | Coco Crisp (12, 33) | 7.00 | B |
| 36. | Ramon Hernandez (15, 37) | 6.96 | R |
| 37. | Todd Helton (17, 39) | 6.92 | L |
| 38. | Nick Markakis (8, 29) | 6.78 | L |
| 39. | Omar Infante (12, 31) | 6.64 | R |
| Brian Roberts (13, 35) | 6.64 | B | |
| 41. | Aramis Ramirez (16, 35) | 6.54 | R |
| 42. | Mark Ellis (11, 36) | 6.49 | R |
| 43. | Brandon Phillips (12, 32) | 6.48 | R |
| 44. | David DeJesus (11, 33) | 6.44 | L |
| 45. | Michael Young (14, 36) | 6.43 | R |
| 46. | Jamey Carroll (12, 39) | 6.34 | R |
| 47. | J.J. Hardy (9, 30) | 6.33 | R |
| 48. | Billy Butler (7, 27) | 6.30 | R |
| Carl Crawford (12, 31) | 6.30 | L | |
| 50. | Adrian Beltre (16, 34) | 6.18 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per SO | Bats |
| 51. | Brian McCann (9, 29) | 6.17 | L |
| 52. | Paul Konerko (17, 37) | 6.10 | R |
| 53. | Derek Jeter (18, 39) | 6.05 | R |
| 54. | Chase Utley (11, 34) | 5.86 | L |
| 55. | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 5.82 | R |
| 56. | Alex Rios (10, 32) | 5.79 | R |
| 57. | Justin Morneau (11, 32) | 5.74 | L |
| 58. | Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28) | 5.67 | R |
| 59. | Raul Ibanez (18, 41) | 5.63 | L |
| 60. | Jorge Cantu (8, 31) | 5.60 | R |
| 61. | Carlos Beltran (16, 36) | 5.48 | B |
| 62. | Howie Kendrick (8, 29) | 5.38 | R |
| 63. | Edwin Encarnacion (9, 30) | 5.35 | R |
| 64. | Clint Barmes (11, 34) | 5.32 | R |
| 65. | Matt Holliday (10, 33) | 5.30 | R |
| Hanley Ramirez (9, 29) | 5.30 | R | |
| 67. | Delmon Young (8, 27) | 5.29 | R |
| 68. | Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27) | 5.27 | B |
| 69. | Yorvit Torrealba (13, 34) | 5.25 | R |
| 70. | Andre Ethier (8, 31) | 5.21 | L |
| 71. | Mark DeRosa (16, 38) | 5.19 | R |
| 72. | Nick Punto (13, 35) | 5.18 | B |
| 73. | Eric Chavez (16, 35) | 5.16 | L |
| Nate McLouth (9, 31) | 5.16 | L | |
| Ryan Zimmerman (9, 28) | 5.16 | R | |
| Ben Zobrist (8, 32) | 5.16 | B | |
| 77. | Miguel Cabrera (11, 30) | 5.14 | R |
| 78. | Marlon Byrd (12, 35) | 5.13 | R |
| 79. | Jeff Francoeur (9, 29) | 5.10 | R |
| 80. | Juan Uribe (13, 33) | 5.09 | R |
| 81. | Adrian Gonzalez (10, 31) | 5.04 | L |
| Ty Wigginton (12, 35) | 5.04 | R | |
| 83. | Michael Cuddyer (13, 34) | 5.03 | R |
| Torii Hunter (17, 37) | 5.03 | R | |
| 85. | Reed Johnson (11, 36) | 5.01 | R |
| Mark Teixeira (11, 33) | 5.01 | B | |
| 87. | Lance Berkman (15, 37) | 5.00 | B |
| Hunter Pence (7, 30) | 5.00 | R | |
| 89. | Ryan Braun (7, 29) | 4.99 | R |
| 90. | Alex Gonzalez (15, 36) | 4.94 | R |
| 91. | Stephen Drew (8, 30) | 4.91 | L |
| 92. | Adam Jones (8, 27) | 4.81 | R |
| 93. | Adam Lind (8, 29) | 4.77 | L |
| David Ortiz (17, 37) | 4.77 | L | |
| 95. | Prince Fielder (9, 29) | 4.76 | L |
| 96. | Xavier Nady (11, 34) | 4.75 | R |
| Alex Rodriguez (19, 37) | 4.75 | R | |
| 98. | David Wright (10, 30) | 4.70 | R |
| 99. | Lyle Overbay (13, 36) | 4.68 | L |
| 100. | Jason Giambi (19, 42) | 4.64 | L |
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