Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2020

Tommy La Stella

OAK

5.3%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2020 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	228	196	5.3%
2	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	216	195	9.7%
3	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	201	182	10.0%
4	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	195	181	10.8%
5	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	230	207	10.9%
6	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	209	183	11.5%
7	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	230	211	11.7%
8	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	237	215	11.8%
9	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	265	248	12.5%
10	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	231	219	13.0%
11	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	248	203	13.3%
12	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	LAA	232	189	13.4%
13	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	202	180	13.9%
14	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	259	233	13.9%
15	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	228	211	14.0%
16	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	262	214	14.1%
17	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	196	154	14.3%
18	K. WongKolten Wong	STL	208	181	14.4%
19	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	254	224	14.6%
20	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	231	210	14.7%
21	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	187	170	15.0%
22	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	230	209	15.2%
23	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	266	236	15.4%
24	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	246	219	15.4%
25	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	226	209	15.5%
26	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	192	172	15.6%
27	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	243	223	15.6%
28	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	243	221	15.6%
29	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	243	203	15.6%
30	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	232	212	15.9%
31	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	250	228	16.4%
32	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	MIA	210	194	16.7%
33	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	232	204	16.8%
34	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	CLE	255	206	16.9%
35	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	213	198	16.9%
36	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	254	219	16.9%
37	O. ArciaOrlando Arcia	MIL	189	173	16.9%
38	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	HOU	222	189	17.1%
39	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	243	213	17.3%
40	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	244	190	17.6%
41	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	247	221	17.8%
42	A. HicksAaron Hicks	NYY	211	169	18.0%
43	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	233	209	18.0%
44	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	225	203	18.2%
45	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	196	171	18.4%
46	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	223	208	18.4%
47	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	206	184	18.4%
48	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	222	203	18.5%
49	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIA	216	188	18.5%
50	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	210	192	18.6%

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, 3:29 AM UTC.