Active batters with over 1,400 K 's ( through August 28 , 2012 ) : # Jim Thome – 2,534 # Alex Rodriguez – 2,000 # Adam Dunn – 1,993 # Bobby Abreu – 1,814 # Andruw Jones – 1,741 # Derek Jeter – 1,723 # Alfonso Soriano - 1,541 # Jason Giambi - 1,501 # Carlos Pena - 1,451 # Torii Hunter - 1,404 < ! -- next on the listScott Rolen - 1,398Chipper Jones - 1,395David Ortiz - 1,386Carlos Beltran - 1,313 Adrian Beltre - 1,281Brandon Inge - 1,273Ryan Howard - 1,271Johnny Damon - 1,257Paul Konerko - 1,248
On August 28 , 2012 , the active batter with more than 1,400 strikeouts were Adam Dunn with more than 1,992 , Andruw Jones with more than 1,740 , Derek Jeter with more than 1,722 , Alfonso Soriano with more than 1,540 , Carlos Pena more than 1,449 , and Torii Hunter with more than 1,403 .