Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2018

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Season

Minimum workload: 3.1 plate appearances per game, rounded to the nearest whole appearance. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. Batting-title exceptions are not applied. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2018

Andrelton Simmons

LAA

7.3%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2018 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	A. SimmonsAndrelton Simmons	LAA	600	554	7.3%
2	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	631	570	9.5%
3	V. MartinezVictor Martinez	DET	508	467	9.6%
4	J. SeguraJean Segura	SEA	632	586	10.9%
5	J. PerazaJosé Peraza	CIN	683	632	11.0%
6	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	573	537	11.0%
7	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	705	623	11.3%
8	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	698	578	11.5%
9	B. ZobristBen Zobrist	CHC	520	455	11.5%
10	I. KinslerIan Kinsler	BOS	534	487	12.0%
11	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	665	566	12.0%
12	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	705	594	12.1%
13	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	NYY	569	504	12.1%
14	E. InciarteEnder Inciarte	ATL	660	597	13.0%
15	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	528	488	13.1%
16	Y. MolinaYadier Molina	STL	503	459	13.1%
17	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	599	534	13.2%
18	D. Strange-GordonDee Strange-Gordon	SEA	588	556	13.6%
19	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	580	520	13.6%
20	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	PHI	679	560	13.7%
21	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	WSH	597	529	13.7%
22	E. NúñezEduardo Núñez	BOS	502	480	13.7%
23	A. EscobarAlcides Escobar	KC	531	485	13.9%
24	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	COL	581	533	14.1%
25	Y. SolarteYangervis Solarte	TOR	506	468	14.2%
26	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	745	661	14.4%
27	M. MachadoManny Machado	LAD	709	632	14.7%
28	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	TEX	594	524	14.8%
29	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	614	520	14.8%
30	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	PIT	533	504	15.0%
31	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	620	539	15.2%
32	A. JonesAdam Jones	BAL	613	580	15.2%
33	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	611	532	15.7%
34	J. MauerJoe Mauer	MIN	543	486	15.8%
35	M. AndujarMiguel Andujar	NYY	606	573	16.0%
36	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	661	579	16.0%
37	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	707	632	16.1%
38	J. JayJon Jay	AZ	586	527	16.2%
39	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	623	503	16.2%
40	M. MoustakasMike Moustakas	MIL	635	573	16.2%
41	M. DuffyMatt Duffy	TB	560	503	16.6%
42	M. MargotManuel Margot	SD	519	477	17.0%
43	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	684	639	17.0%
44	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	STL	628	582	17.5%
45	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	592	559	17.6%
46	B. GardnerBrett Gardner	NYY	609	530	17.6%
47	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	580	513	17.6%
48	J. WendleJoey Wendle	TB	545	487	17.6%
49	J. A. MartínezJosé A. Martínez	STL	590	534	17.6%
50	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	740	664	17.8%

K%: The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Understanding Batting Strikeout Percentage

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Formula: 100 × SO ÷ PA

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.