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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) | 15.74 | L |
| 2. | Placido Polanco (16, 37) | 13.47 | R |
| 3. | Yadier Molina (10, 30) | 10.36 | R |
| 4. | Cesar Izturis (13, 33) | 10.11 | B |
| 5. | Dustin Pedroia (8, 29) | 10.06 | R |
| 6. | Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39) | 9.89 | L |
| 7. | Yuniesky Betancourt (9, 31) | 9.86 | R |
| 8. | Casey Kotchman (10, 30) | 9.04 | L |
| 9. | Jose Reyes (11, 30) | 9.02 | B |
| 10. | Albert Pujols (13, 33) | 8.78 | R |
| 11. | Mark Kotsay (17, 37) | 8.57 | L |
| 12. | Maicer Izturis (10, 32) | 8.43 | B |
| 13. | Marco Scutaro (12, 37) | 8.38 | R |
| 14. | Martin Prado (8, 29) | 8.28 | R |
| 15. | A.J. Pierzynski (16, 36) | 8.23 | L |
| 16. | Yunel Escobar (7, 30) | 7.98 | R |
| Victor Martinez (11, 34) | 7.98 | B | |
| 18. | Joe Mauer (10, 30) | 7.96 | L |
| 19. | Miguel Tejada (16, 39) | 7.83 | R |
| 20. | Erick Aybar (8, 29) | 7.81 | B |
| Jimmy Rollins (14, 34) | 7.81 | B | |
| 22. | Robinson Cano (9, 30) | 7.77 | L |
| 23. | Juan Rivera (12, 34) | 7.75 | R |
| 24. | Shane Victorino (10, 32) | 7.74 | B |
| 25. | Jerry Hairston (16, 37) | 7.64 | R |
| 26. | Alexei Ramirez (6, 31) | 7.60 | R |
| 27. | Kurt Suzuki (7, 29) | 7.54 | R |
| 28. | James Loney (8, 29) | 7.52 | L |
| 29. | Melky Cabrera (9, 28) | 7.41 | B |
| 30. | Ian Kinsler (8, 31) | 7.27 | R |
| 31. | Rafael Furcal (13, 35) | 7.13 | B |
| 32. | Aaron Hill (9, 31) | 7.04 | R |
| 33. | Vernon Wells (15, 34) | 7.03 | R |
| 34. | Coco Crisp (12, 33) | 7.01 | B |
| 35. | Ramon Hernandez (15, 37) | 6.95 | R |
| 36. | Todd Helton (17, 39) | 6.94 | L |
| 37. | Nick Markakis (8, 29) | 6.73 | L |
| 38. | Brian Roberts (13, 35) | 6.64 | B |
| 39. | Omar Infante (12, 31) | 6.61 | R |
| 40. | Aramis Ramirez (16, 35) | 6.58 | R |
| 41. | David DeJesus (11, 33) | 6.49 | L |
| Mark Ellis (11, 36) | 6.49 | R | |
| 43. | Brandon Phillips (12, 32) | 6.48 | R |
| 44. | Michael Young (14, 36) | 6.42 | R |
| 45. | Billy Butler (7, 27) | 6.34 | R |
| 46. | J.J. Hardy (9, 30) | 6.31 | R |
| 47. | Jamey Carroll (12, 39) | 6.30 | R |
| 48. | Carl Crawford (12, 31) | 6.29 | L |
| 49. | Brian McCann (9, 29) | 6.22 | L |
| 50. | Adrian Beltre (16, 34) | 6.17 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per SO | Bats |
| 51. | Paul Konerko (17, 37) | 6.08 | R |
| 52. | Derek Jeter (18, 39) | 6.05 | R |
| 53. | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 5.90 | R |
| 54. | Chase Utley (11, 34) | 5.86 | L |
| 55. | Alex Rios (10, 32) | 5.81 | R |
| 56. | Justin Morneau (11, 32) | 5.77 | L |
| 57. | Raul Ibanez (18, 41) | 5.68 | L |
| 58. | Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28) | 5.67 | R |
| 59. | Jorge Cantu (8, 31) | 5.60 | R |
| 60. | Carlos Beltran (16, 36) | 5.48 | B |
| 61. | Howie Kendrick (8, 29) | 5.38 | R |
| 62. | Clint Barmes (11, 34) | 5.37 | R |
| 63. | Delmon Young (8, 27) | 5.35 | R |
| 64. | Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27) | 5.33 | B |
| 65. | Matt Holliday (10, 33) | 5.32 | R |
| 66. | Hanley Ramirez (9, 29) | 5.31 | R |
| 67. | Edwin Encarnacion (9, 30) | 5.28 | R |
| 68. | Yorvit Torrealba (13, 34) | 5.23 | R |
| 69. | Marlon Byrd (12, 35) | 5.20 | R |
| Mark DeRosa (16, 38) | 5.20 | R | |
| Ryan Zimmerman (9, 28) | 5.20 | R | |
| 72. | Nick Punto (13, 35) | 5.19 | B |
| 73. | Andre Ethier (8, 31) | 5.17 | L |
| 74. | Miguel Cabrera (11, 30) | 5.16 | R |
| Eric Chavez (16, 35) | 5.16 | L | |
| 76. | Ben Zobrist (8, 32) | 5.12 | B |
| 77. | Jeff Francoeur (9, 29) | 5.11 | R |
| 78. | Nate McLouth (9, 31) | 5.10 | L |
| Juan Uribe (13, 33) | 5.10 | R | |
| 80. | Ty Wigginton (12, 35) | 5.05 | R |
| 81. | Mark Teixeira (10, 33) | 5.04 | B |
| 82. | Reed Johnson (11, 36) | 5.03 | R |
| 83. | Torii Hunter (17, 37) | 5.02 | R |
| 84. | Lance Berkman (15, 37) | 5.01 | B |
| Michael Cuddyer (13, 34) | 5.01 | R | |
| Adrian Gonzalez (10, 31) | 5.01 | L | |
| 87. | Ryan Braun (7, 29) | 4.99 | R |
| Stephen Drew (8, 30) | 4.99 | L | |
| 89. | Hunter Pence (7, 30) | 4.96 | R |
| 90. | Alex Gonzalez (15, 36) | 4.95 | R |
| 91. | Adam Jones (8, 27) | 4.79 | R |
| 92. | Adam Lind (8, 29) | 4.77 | L |
| 93. | David Ortiz (17, 37) | 4.76 | L |
| 94. | Xavier Nady (11, 34) | 4.75 | R |
| Alex Rodriguez (19, 37) | 4.75 | R | |
| 96. | Prince Fielder (9, 29) | 4.74 | L |
| 97. | Lyle Overbay (13, 36) | 4.72 | L |
| 98. | David Wright (10, 30) | 4.71 | R |
| 99. | Jason Giambi (19, 42) | 4.66 | L |
| 100. | Joey Votto (7, 29) | 4.62 | L |
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