what is the record for most strikeouts in a season by a hitter
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title: Strikeout text: Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (since 1900): The Top 10 Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals (all time): Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing): Modern era: Note: Tom Cheney struck out 21 batters overall, in a 16-inning game, September 12, 1962. He had 13 strikeouts through the first nine innings. Progression of strikeout record for one game, World Series: Progression of major league strikeout record for a relief pitcher, regular season (partial listing): The top 15 Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders (as of completion of the 2017 Major title: Strikeout text: single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching was permitted. His record, however, is limited to its era since the pitcher's mound was only from the batter during that season. It was moved to its current distance of 60'6" in 1893. The modern record (1901–present) is 383 strikeouts, held by Nolan Ryan, one better than Sandy Koufax's 382. For 55 years, Walter Johnson held the career strikeout record, at 3,508. That record fell in 1982 to Nolan Ryan, who was then passed by Steve Carlton, before Ryan took the career strikeout record for good at title: Strikeout text: League Baseball season): Active batters with over 1,400 K's (as of completion of the 2017 Major League Baseball season): Single season strikeout records (batters): Progression of record for total strikeouts by both teams in one game (partial listing): Strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter racks up three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. A strikeout looking is denoted by a ꓘ. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the title: Mark Reynolds (baseball) text: with top ten home run totals and at bats per home run rates. In 2009, he set the all-time record for most strikeouts among batters in a season. He also holds two other of the ten highest single-season strikeout totals (211 and 204), and led the league in strikeouts in four consecutive seasons. Born in Pikeville, Kentucky, on August 3, 1983, Reynolds later moved with his family to Virginia Beach, Virginia. In 1994 he played for the Virginia Blasters Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) baseball program, where one of his teammates was B. J. Upton. Both would eventually join B. J.'s title: Hugh Daily text: season totals, he struck out 19 batters in a game, on 7 July, tying Charlie Sweeney. Unofficially, his reported 19 strikeout game was upgraded to 20 when it was discovered that one batter had struck out but reached first base when the pitch got away from the catcher. This meant that Daily did not just tie the record, but broke it instead (Roger Clemens then unofficially tied the mark in 1986). Daily added one more record that season; he set the record for most one-hitters in one season, with four, two of them back to back, which was also itself