Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2021

Kevin Newman

PIT

7.4%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2021 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	K. NewmanKevin Newman	PIT	554	517	7.4%
2	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	665	626	9.0%
3	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	508	469	10.4%
4	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	639	577	10.8%
5	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	605	530	11.2%
6	N. LopezNicky Lopez	KC	565	497	13.1%
7	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	533	487	13.1%
8	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	677	635	13.3%
9	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	678	601	13.4%
10	J. HarrisonJosh Harrison	OAK	558	505	13.4%
11	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	636	552	13.7%
12	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	539	495	13.7%
13	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	691	641	13.7%
14	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	567	514	13.8%
15	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	679	597	13.8%
16	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	643	567	14.0%
17	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	654	502	14.2%
18	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	720	664	14.3%
19	J. IglesiasJose Iglesias	BOS	511	483	14.7%
20	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	653	593	14.7%
21	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	OAK	541	497	15.0%
22	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	NYY	576	496	15.1%
23	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	695	600	15.4%
24	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	KC	659	565	15.5%
25	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	582	514	15.6%
26	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	550	466	15.6%
27	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	541	465	15.7%
28	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	698	604	15.8%
29	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	567	506	15.9%
30	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	604	544	15.9%
31	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	640	564	15.9%
32	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	612	533	16.0%
33	T. FranceTy France	SEA	650	571	16.3%
34	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	687	619	16.6%
35	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	673	565	16.8%
36	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	646	595	17.0%
37	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	538	487	17.1%
38	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	565	509	17.5%
39	J. BellJosh Bell	WSH	568	498	17.8%
40	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	KC	538	493	18.0%
41	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	HOU	640	555	18.1%
42	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIA	510	449	18.2%
43	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	524	452	18.3%
44	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	644	588	18.3%
45	K. FarmerKyle Farmer	CIN	529	483	18.3%
46	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	646	559	18.4%
47	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	675	602	18.5%
48	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	686	629	18.7%
49	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	603	529	18.7%
50	E. HernándezEnrique Hernández	BOS	585	508	18.8%

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, 3:23 AM UTC.