Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2019

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, 2019. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2019

Hanser Alberto

BAL

9.1%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2019 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	550	524	9.1%
2	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	653	596	9.8%
3	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	637	575	10.4%
4	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	612	564	10.6%
5	K. NewmanKevin Newman	PIT	531	493	11.7%
6	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	526	483	11.8%
7	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	618	576	11.8%
8	J. ReddickJosh Reddick	HOU	550	501	12.0%
9	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	690	554	12.0%
10	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	608	554	12.3%
11	A. PujolsAlbert Pujols	LAA	545	491	12.5%
12	W. RamosWilson Ramos	NYM	524	473	13.2%
13	J. IglesiasJose Iglesias	CIN	530	504	13.2%
14	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	567	510	13.2%
15	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	WSH	646	545	13.3%
16	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	542	482	13.7%
17	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	747	657	13.7%
18	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	628	569	13.7%
19	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	655	602	13.7%
20	K. PillarKevin Pillar	SF	645	611	13.8%
21	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	613	512	14.0%
22	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	662	588	14.0%
23	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	706	597	14.3%
24	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	OAK	518	459	14.5%
25	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	590	562	14.6%
26	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	TEX	648	600	14.8%
27	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	548	500	15.0%
28	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	654	598	15.0%
29	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	667	612	15.0%
30	K. WongKolten Wong	STL	549	478	15.1%
31	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	CLE	686	573	15.7%
32	A. GordonAlex Gordon	KC	633	556	15.8%
33	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	702	640	16.0%
34	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	549	479	16.0%
35	S. MarteStarling Marte	PIT	586	539	16.0%
36	A. EatonAdam Eaton	WSH	656	566	16.2%
37	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	661	558	16.3%
38	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	634	580	16.4%
39	S. CastroStarlin Castro	MIA	676	636	16.4%
40	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	704	631	16.5%
41	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	596	524	16.6%
42	M. MoustakasMike Moustakas	MIL	584	523	16.8%
43	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	702	647	17.0%
44	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	623	562	17.0%
45	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	735	681	17.1%
46	J. KipnisJason Kipnis	CLE	511	458	17.2%
47	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	698	614	17.5%
48	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	514	464	17.7%
49	N. AhmedNick Ahmed	AZ	625	556	18.1%
50	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	541	489	18.1%

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, 3:34 AM UTC.