Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2023

Luis Arraez

MIA

5.5%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2023 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIA	617	574	5.5%
2	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	648	585	10.0%
3	K. RuizKeibert Ruiz	WSH	562	523	10.3%
4	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	718	638	10.4%
5	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	691	611	10.6%
6	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	735	643	11.4%
7	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	724	622	12.0%
8	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	688	619	12.1%
9	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	674	574	13.6%
10	M. YoshidaMasataka Yoshida	BOS	580	537	14.0%
11	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	CWS	621	562	14.3%
12	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	672	596	14.6%
13	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	753	670	14.6%
14	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	682	602	14.7%
15	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	687	588	14.7%
16	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	611	558	15.4%
17	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	693	584	15.4%
18	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	602	546	15.4%
19	D. SmithDominic Smith	WSH	586	527	15.5%
20	M. CanhaMark Canha	MIL	507	435	15.6%
21	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	640	585	15.6%
22	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	CHC	556	499	15.6%
23	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	600	525	15.7%
24	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	528	479	15.9%
25	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	554	464	16.1%
26	T. FriedlTJ Friedl	CIN	556	488	16.2%
27	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	660	596	16.2%
28	C. SeagerCorey Seager	TEX	536	477	16.4%
29	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	612	560	16.5%
30	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	SD	665	596	16.5%
31	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	730	637	16.6%
32	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	650	569	16.8%
33	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	MIL	619	550	16.8%
34	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	TOR	592	547	17.1%
35	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	521	459	17.3%
36	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	AZ	592	551	17.4%
37	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	694	641	17.4%
38	J. TurnerJustin Turner	BOS	626	558	17.6%
39	T. FranceTy France	SEA	665	587	17.6%
40	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	601	543	18.1%
41	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	LAD	545	510	18.2%
42	A. GiménezAndrés Giménez	CLE	616	557	18.2%
43	I. ParedesIsaac Paredes	TB	571	492	18.2%
44	J. SotoJuan Soto	SD	708	568	18.2%
45	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	683	613	18.3%
46	L. Wade Jr.LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	519	429	18.3%
47	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	522	458	18.6%
48	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	518	462	18.7%
49	M. Harris IIMichael Harris II	ATL	539	505	18.7%
50	E. HernándezEnrique Hernández	LAD	508	465	19.1%

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, 3:12 AM UTC.