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Definition. Plate appearances per strikeout is a basic ratio determined by dividing a player's total plate appearances by his number of strikeouts. Hitters who don't strike out very much will have high PA/SO marks.

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For context, the league-wide strikeout rate has increased every season since 2005, when it sat at 16.4%. In 2021, that figure has risen to 24.1%. That is a 47% increase in 16 seasons. Not only has the strikeout percentage monotonically increased, but the rate at which it is increasing is growing.

Definition. K/BB ratio tells us how many strikeouts a pitcher records for each walk he allows. The number is found simply by dividing a pitcher's total number of strikeouts by his total number of walks. It's an essential tool for evaluating pitchers.

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In the 1860s, it was common to say a player ?struck three times? when they went down swinging, so Chadwick picked the last letter in ?struck? to represent the strike out. His methods have been tweaked over the years but the ?K? continues to represent a strike out.

While MLB's strikeout rate has climbed eight percentage points in the past 16 seasons?going from 16.4% in 2005 to 24% in 2021?college baseball's strikeout rate has climbed five percentage points in just seven years. It has gone from 16.3% in 2014 to 21.0% in 2021.

The American League record is held by Roger Clemens (4,167 strikeouts), while in the National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton.

K/9 rate measures how many strikeouts a pitcher averages for every nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing his strikeout total by his innings pitched total and multiplying the result by nine.

A strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws any combination of three swinging or looking strikes to a hitter. (A foul ball counts as a strike, but it cannot be the third and final strike of the at-bat. A foul tip, which is caught by the catcher, is considered a third strike.)