Active batters with over 1,400 K 's ( through August 26 , 2012 ) : # Jim Thome – 2,534 # Alex Rodriguez – 2,000 # Adam Dunn – 1,991 # Bobby Abreu – 1,814 # Andruw Jones – 1,740 # Derek Jeter – 1,722 # Alfonso Soriano - 1,539 # Jason Giambi - 1,501 # Carlos Pena - 1,447 # Torii Hunter - 1,403 < ! -- next on the listScott Rolen - 1,397Chipper Jones - 1,394David Ortiz - 1,386Carlos Beltran - 1,313 ( 1 on Aug 27 ) Adrian Beltre - 1,280Brandon Inge - 1,273Ryan Howard - 1,268Johnny 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 .