Mickey Mantle is second on the all-time Yankees list for most strikeouts, with 1,710. Derek Jeter is first.
Derek Jeter holds the all-time record for most strikeouts by a Yankees player.
As of the 2010 season, the Yankees team record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a season is 248 by Ron Guidry in 1978.
Whitey Ford has the most career World Strikeouts with 94.
In his 21 year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Reggie Jackson holds MLB record for most career strikeouts by a player/batter, with a career total of 2,597 strikeouts - 46 times while with the Kansas City Royals, 1,180 with the Oakland Athletics, 108 with the Baltimore Orioles, 573 times with the New York Yankees, and 690 times with the California Angels.
Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators holds the MLB record for most strikeouts in a single game when he struckout 21 Baltimore Orioles batters in a 16 inning game in 1962. Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, and Roger Clemens (twice) hold the MLB record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning game with 20. == ==
Mickey Mantle, who played Outfield for the Yankees from 1951-1968, holds the Yankee franchise record for most strikeouts by a batter as a Yankee, with a total of 1710 strikeouts in 8102 at-bats in 2401 games.
Nolan Ryan holds the career record with 5,714 strikeouts.
Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson retired in 1927 with 3,508 career strikeouts, the MLB record. Ryan broke that record in 1983 and went on to strikeout a total of 5,714 batter during his career, a record that will be around for a long time.
Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters in a career that spanned 1966, 1968-1993.
Matt Kilroy holds the record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single season with 513 in 1886. Nolan Ryan holds the modern day record with 383 in 1973.
Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts by a left handed pitcher. He also has the second most strikeouts all-time and over 300 wins.
Sammy Sosa with 174 in 1997.