Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2024

Luis Arraez

4.3%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2024 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	672	637	4.3%
2	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	540	480	9.4%
3	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	641	582	10.3%
4	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	516	450	11.0%
5	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	682	620	12.0%
6	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	STL	652	587	12.4%
7	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	595	547	12.8%
8	V. PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino	KC	554	496	12.8%
9	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	634	581	13.6%
10	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	697	616	13.8%
11	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	606	554	14.2%
12	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	635	578	14.5%
13	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	718	650	14.6%
14	S. FrelickSal Frelick	MIL	524	475	14.9%
15	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	709	636	15.0%
16	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	635	552	15.0%
17	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	NYY	621	559	15.0%
18	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	668	564	15.1%
19	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	621	563	15.3%
20	A. GiménezAndrés Giménez	CLE	633	583	15.3%
21	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	CHC	569	516	15.6%
22	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	638	542	15.7%
23	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	638	571	16.1%
24	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	571	506	16.3%
25	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	WSH	528	500	16.3%
26	I. ParedesIsaac Paredes	CHC	641	542	16.4%
27	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	626	575	16.5%
28	J. NaylorJosh Naylor	CLE	633	563	16.6%
29	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	MIN	594	521	16.7%
30	J. SotoJuan Soto	NYY	713	576	16.7%
31	B. TurangBrice Turang	MIL	619	559	17.0%
32	N. SchanuelNolan Schanuel	LAA	607	519	17.0%
33	J. MerrillJackson Merrill	SD	593	554	17.0%
34	J. PeñaJeremy Peña	HOU	650	602	17.1%
35	M. WinnMasyn Winn	STL	637	587	17.1%
36	Y. DiazYainer Diaz	HOU	619	585	17.3%
37	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	682	628	17.4%
38	J. TurnerJustin Turner	SEA	539	460	17.6%
39	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	656	577	18.0%
40	C. SeagerCorey Seager	TEX	533	475	18.0%
41	T. TurnerTrea Turner	PHI	539	505	18.2%
42	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	583	504	18.2%
43	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	AZ	553	513	18.3%
44	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	CWS	522	477	18.4%
45	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	689	618	18.4%
46	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	614	545	18.7%
47	C. CarrollCorbin Carroll	AZ	684	589	19.0%
48	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	643	593	19.3%
49	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	544	476	19.3%
50	A. SantanderAnthony Santander	BAL	665	595	19.4%

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, 3:07 AM UTC.