Strikeouts are the purest measure of a pitcher’s dominance. No fielder needed, no lucky bounce, no defensive play to save anyone. Just a pitcher, a batter, and a swing and a miss. The pitchers who have accumulated the most strikeouts in baseball history ...

On June 14, 1995, Hideo Nomo set the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise rookie record for most strikeouts in a game. The right-hander punched out 16 batters in the team’s 8-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates,

Jacob Misiorowski faced the minimum as he blew away the Phillies in a 15-strikeout shutout.

Max Scherzer has joined another club we’ll be talking about when he is someday elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Wednesday night at Rogers Centre, Scherzer recorded his 3,500th strikeout, becoming just the 11th pitcher in MLB history to reach that number.

For more than a century, MLB hitters had a slight edge in the battle between pitcher and batter. Most at-bats still ended in outs, of course, but at least they could make contact with the ball. From 1900 through 2017, across every season in Major League ...

Last season, Major League Baseball saw 42,000 strikeouts. If that seems like a big number, it is — about a 5 percent increase over recent years. As seemingly everyone focused on launch angle and lifting fly balls, the swings and misses are piling up.

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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Strikeout baseball is not only about providing an outlet for people of all ages to enjoy the game but about introducing the next generation to “America’s pastime”. Strikeout Baseball concluded their season today, with many ...