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Ironman92
05-30-2012, 10:54 AM
Yesterday, single season strikeout champion Mark Reynolds whiffed in the 4th inning for his 1,000th career strikeout. Sadly/amazingly he accomplished the feat in only 2610 career AB.

Whom did he steal this record from by only 6 AB?
RedsFanInBama
05-30-2012, 11:01 AM
Best guess, given this is a Reds message board, is the Big Donkey.
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 11:04 AM
Big Donkey was around 3100.....Stubbs is on that pace as well.
RedsFanInBama
05-30-2012, 11:07 AM
OK, last guess and I'll let someone else play. Might as well go for the All-time strikeout king - Reggie Jackson.
Who Dey Time
05-30-2012, 11:16 AM
How about Rob Deer?
Assembly Hall
05-30-2012, 11:35 AM
Jim Thome?
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 11:43 AM
Reggie was about 3700

Rob Deer? Great guess (best wrong guess) about 2725
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 11:43 AM
Jim Thome?

Nope over 3000
Assembly Hall
05-30-2012, 11:47 AM
Ryan Howard?
texasdave
05-30-2012, 11:59 AM
Hit me like a ton of bricks. Think three true outcomes. Used to play for the Reds at one time. Played for a long, long time to get to 1,000 Ks. RB
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 01:01 PM
Hit me like a ton of bricks. Think three true outcomes. Used to play for the Reds at one time. Played for a long, long time to get to 1,000 Ks. RB

Winner Winner

Russell Branyan.....had 155 K for the Reds in 2002-03
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 01:02 PM
Ryan Howard?

Howard like several other excellent guesses was around 3100 I believe.
Assembly Hall
05-30-2012, 01:07 PM
Great stuff Ironman. Had me scratching my head!
New York Red
05-30-2012, 01:12 PM
I was going to go with Dave Kingman. Never would have guessed Branyan.
texasdave
05-30-2012, 01:20 PM
The "three true outcomes" was the key. A lot of walks keeps your at-bats down as opposed to plate appearances.
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 01:50 PM
The "three true outcomes" was the key. A lot of walks keeps your at-bats down as opposed to plate appearances.

Deer was a close one....he didn't walk much did he? The key is strikeouts per AB. Dunn and Howard strikeout a ton.....Dunn walks a lot but both have the same K/AB ratio.

Old school K guys like Reggie and Kingman can't compete with the guys nowadays. If Dunn plays a few more years he could join Thome as the rare combo top 20 all-time walks and whiffs.
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 01:57 PM
Looks like Deer was a little above average on walks. The year he hit .179 with a million strikeouts he did walk 89 times for a career high.
Ironman92
05-30-2012, 03:59 PM
Dunn with 4 K today! Lookout Reggie and Reynolds!
Ironman92
06-03-2012, 12:58 PM
I tweeted this question to Tim Kirkjian as I put this question on here....Kirkjian just went through this on Baseball Tonight just a few minutes ago...he changed it to plate appearances and mentioned how close Branyan and Deer were.
RedsFanInBama
06-03-2012, 01:00 PM
I tweeted this question to Tim Kirkjian as I put this question on here....Kirkjian just went through this on Baseball Tonight just a few minutes ago...he changed it to plate appearances and mentioned how close Branyan and Deer were.

That's pretty cool.