Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2022

Luis Arraez

MIN

7.1%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2022 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIN	603	547	7.1%
2	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	638	563	9.4%
3	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	589	533	10.4%
4	A. KirkAlejandro Kirk	TOR	541	470	10.7%
5	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	558	473	10.8%
6	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	517	481	11.0%
7	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	620	557	11.6%
8	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	656	548	11.7%
9	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	685	601	12.0%
10	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	507	471	12.0%
11	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SEA	602	541	12.1%
12	T. KempTony Kemp	OAK	558	497	12.4%
13	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	584	545	12.5%
14	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	541	467	13.1%
15	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	603	518	13.3%
16	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	644	593	13.4%
17	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	531	483	13.6%
18	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	604	527	14.4%
19	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	708	612	14.4%
20	J. SotoJuan Soto	SD	664	524	14.5%
21	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	596	535	14.6%
22	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	NYY	521	461	14.8%
23	T. FranceTy France	SEA	613	551	15.3%
24	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	TOR	550	504	15.5%
25	L. RengifoLuis Rengifo	LAA	511	489	15.5%
26	C. SeagerCorey Seager	TEX	663	593	15.5%
27	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	609	544	15.6%
28	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	658	575	15.7%
29	J. BellJosh Bell	SD	647	552	15.8%
30	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	CWS	577	535	15.9%
31	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	679	601	16.2%
32	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	639	572	16.3%
33	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	706	638	16.4%
34	T. EstradaThairo Estrada	SF	541	488	16.5%
35	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	670	637	16.6%
36	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	724	657	16.6%
37	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	578	508	16.6%
38	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	532	468	16.7%
39	K. FarmerKyle Farmer	CIN	583	526	17.0%
40	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	602	525	17.1%
41	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	583	513	17.2%
42	H. KimHa-Seong Kim	SD	582	517	17.2%
43	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	673	580	17.2%
44	A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn	CWS	555	510	17.3%
45	B. RodgersBrendan Rodgers	COL	581	527	17.4%
46	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	SEA	506	431	17.4%
47	G. UrshelaGio Urshela	MIN	551	501	17.4%
48	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	631	586	17.4%
49	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	630	577	17.6%
50	M. CanhaMark Canha	NYM	542	462	17.9%

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, 3:18 AM UTC.