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Strider broke his own record for reaching 200 strikeouts in the fewest innings, hitting the mark in 123 1/3 innings by fanning Shohei Ohtani in the first inning. He broke the record set by Randy Johnson in 2001 by reaching 200 strikeouts in 130 innings last season.

Last year, Strider became the fastest pitcher in league history to record 200 strikeouts in a single season, doing so in just 130 innings on the mound.

200 K CLUB The other three Braves pitchers to have multiple 200-strikeout seasons include two Hall of Famers, John Smoltz, who had five, and Phil Niekro, who had three. The other is current right-hander Charlie Morton, who reached 200 strikeouts in 2021 and 2022 and has 128 this season.

Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters.

If a batter has two strikes and swings and misses the ball for the third strike, it is recorded as a strikeout. It is entered as ?K?. If the batter foul tips the third strike and the catcher holds onto the ball without it touching the ground it is also considered a swinging strike out, entered with a ?K?.

Strider etched his name in another portion of the record book when he got Shohei Ohtani to swing and miss an 0-2 changeup in the first inning. It was his 200th strikeout, and it was notched in just 123 1/3 innings.

Sewell struck out 114 times in 7,132 career at-bats for an average of one strikeout every 62.5 at-bats, second only to Willie Keeler (63.1). He also holds the modern single-season record for fewest strikeouts over a full season, with 3, set in 1932.

In his final start of his rookie season, Kodai Senga has reached 200 strikeouts on the year over 29 starts ? | Instagram.