Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2025

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, 2025. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2025

Luis Arraez

3.1%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2025 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	675	620	3.1%
2	J. WilsonJacob Wilson	ATH	523	486	7.5%
3	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	649	599	7.6%
4	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	693	625	8.7%
5	C. DurbinCaleb Durbin	MIL	506	445	9.9%
6	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	663	589	10.3%
7	E. ClementErnie Clement	TOR	588	545	10.4%
8	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	673	593	11.0%
9	J. Hoo LeeJung Hoo Lee	SF	617	560	11.5%
10	G. PerdomoGeraldo Perdomo	AZ	720	597	11.5%
11	A. KirkAlejandro Kirk	TOR	506	451	11.7%
12	N. SchanuelNolan Schanuel	LAA	564	488	12.6%
13	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	666	595	12.6%
14	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	STL	515	460	13.0%
15	S. FrelickSal Frelick	MIL	594	528	13.5%
16	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	NYY	656	588	13.7%
17	J. NaylorJosh Naylor	SEA	604	543	13.7%
18	O. LopezOtto Lopez	MIA	594	544	13.8%
19	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	680	589	13.8%
20	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	AZ	546	500	13.9%
21	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	667	603	14.1%
22	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	651	583	14.1%
23	X. EdwardsXavier Edwards	MIA	619	561	14.2%
24	C. MeidrothChase Meidroth	CWS	505	450	14.3%
25	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	546	497	14.5%
26	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	628	582	14.5%
27	J. OrtizJoey Ortiz	MIL	506	470	14.6%
28	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	CHC	597	500	14.7%
29	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	556	480	14.9%
30	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	SEA	524	471	15.6%
31	V. PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino	KC	682	621	15.7%
32	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	WSH	526	488	16.0%
33	G. TorresGleyber Torres	DET	628	532	16.1%
34	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	560	499	16.3%
35	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	504	464	16.3%
36	J. BellJosh Bell	WSH	533	468	16.5%
37	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	654	588	16.7%
38	T. TurnerTrea Turner	PHI	639	589	16.7%
39	Y. DiazYainer Diaz	HOU	567	542	16.8%
40	T. FriedlTJ Friedl	CIN	685	579	16.8%
41	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	SD	552	491	17.0%
42	J. PeñaJeremy Peña	HOU	543	493	17.1%
43	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	534	470	17.4%
44	B. LeeBrooks Lee	MIN	527	487	17.5%
45	M. VargasMiguel Vargas	CWS	569	504	17.6%
46	J. SmithJosh Smith	TEX	563	495	17.8%
47	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	732	644	17.9%
48	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	687	623	18.2%
49	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	659	566	18.2%
50	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	654	570	18.7%

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, 3:02 AM UTC.