At his recent appearance at the Florida Realtors® Convention, former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez emphasized that success is naturally accompanied by failure. He noted that while he ranks fourth all-time in home runs, he also ranks fifth all-time in strikeouts. As we head into the home stretch of the 2017 MLB season, here are the top 10 players ranked by all-time strikeouts at bat, according to BaseballReference.com.
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| RANK | PLAYER | STRIKEOUTS |
| 1 | Reggie Jackson | 2,596 |
| 2 | Jim Thome | 2,548 |
| 3 | Adam Dunn | 2,379 |
| 4 | Sammy Sosa | 2,306 |
| 5 | Alex Rodriguez | 2,287 |
| 6 | Andres Galarraga | 2,003 |
| 7 | Jose Conseco | 1,942 |
| 8 | Willie Stargell | 1,936 |
| 9 | Mike Cameron | 1,901 |
| 10 | Mike Schmidt | 1,883 |
