How MLB strikeouts actually behave

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Across 484 MLB players with at least 10 logged games in strikeouts, this page measures 12258 games in total. The median player in that field averages 1.3 strikeouts. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 1.5 for the median of the 484 players whose distribution supports one — half the field is more often over it, half more often under. The deepest sample here is Mason Fluharty, with 53 logged games. Of the 354 players whose spread can be measured, 27 cluster tightly around their average, 177 vary moderately and 150 swing widely. 482 of them have at least three games home and away, so the venue gap below is measured rather than assumed. Every figure is counted from official box scores and describes games already played. It is not a projection, and on its own it says nothing about whether any price on offer is worth taking.

Measured as of 2026-09-20, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2026-05-23 to 2026-09-20. No prices appear on this page.

Where the coin-flip line sits in MLB strikeouts

Each player's own most balanced threshold — the half-point line he has finished above in closest to half his logged games — measured from his distribution rather than read off a book. Deepest sample first, not best to worst. The 40 deepest samples of 484 measured; the figures above this table are over all 484.

MLB strikeouts — measured field
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageBalanced lineHit rate there
Mason FluhartyBlue Jays530.8 strikeoutsOver 0.531 of 53 (58%)
Brent HeadrickYankees521.3 strikeoutsOver 1.519 of 52 (37%)
Adrian MorejonPadres511.4 strikeoutsOver 1.522 of 51 (43%)
Brock BurkeReds510.9 strikeoutsOver 0.532 of 51 (63%)
Aaron AshbyBrewers501.3 strikeoutsOver 1.521 of 50 (42%)
Braydon FisherBlue Jays490.9 strikeoutsOver 0.534 of 49 (69%)
Brennan BernardinoRockies490.7 strikeoutsOver 0.524 of 49 (49%)
Hunter GaddisGuardians490.9 strikeoutsOver 0.532 of 49 (65%)
Kevin GinkelDiamondbacks490.9 strikeoutsOver 0.529 of 49 (59%)
Rico GarciaOrioles490.8 strikeoutsOver 0.529 of 49 (59%)
Alex VesiaDodgers481.0 strikeoutsOver 0.532 of 48 (67%)
Andrew MorrisTwins481.0 strikeoutsOver 0.528 of 48 (58%)
Tejay AntoneReds481.0 strikeoutsOver 0.530 of 48 (63%)
Tyler AlexanderRangers480.8 strikeoutsOver 0.530 of 48 (63%)
Chase SilsethRangers471.1 strikeoutsOver 1.514 of 47 (30%)
Enyel De Los SantosAstros471.1 strikeoutsOver 0.531 of 47 (66%)
George SorianoCardinals471.0 strikeoutsOver 0.532 of 47 (68%)
Tyler RogersBlue Jays470.5 strikeoutsOver 0.521 of 47 (45%)
Bryan AbreuAstros461.3 strikeoutsOver 1.520 of 46 (43%)
Calvin FaucherMarlins461.0 strikeoutsOver 0.531 of 46 (67%)
Jeff HoffmanTwins461.4 strikeoutsOver 1.519 of 46 (41%)
Justin BruihlCardinals460.8 strikeoutsOver 0.527 of 46 (59%)
Mason MontgomeryPirates461.6 strikeoutsOver 1.527 of 46 (59%)
Yoendrys GómezTwins460.9 strikeoutsOver 0.533 of 46 (72%)
Yuki MatsuiPadres461.2 strikeoutsOver 1.515 of 46 (33%)
A.J. MinterTwins450.9 strikeoutsOver 0.529 of 45 (64%)
Brandyn GarciaDiamondbacks451.1 strikeoutsOver 1.514 of 45 (31%)
Didier FuentesBraves451.5 strikeoutsOver 1.519 of 45 (42%)
Hogan HarrisAthletics451.3 strikeoutsOver 1.517 of 45 (38%)
Jhoan DuranPhillies451.3 strikeoutsOver 1.519 of 45 (42%)
José A. FerrerMariners450.6 strikeoutsOver 0.524 of 45 (53%)
Kevin KellyRays451.0 strikeoutsOver 0.528 of 45 (62%)
Louis VarlandBlue Jays451.2 strikeoutsOver 1.516 of 45 (36%)
Michael PetersenMarlins451.3 strikeoutsOver 1.515 of 45 (33%)
Paul BlackburnYankees451.2 strikeoutsOver 1.516 of 45 (36%)
Ryan RolisonCubs450.8 strikeoutsOver 0.524 of 45 (53%)
Ryan ZeferjahnCubs451.4 strikeoutsOver 1.520 of 45 (44%)
Ryne StanekCardinals450.8 strikeoutsOver 0.530 of 45 (67%)
Tanner ScottDodgers451.3 strikeoutsOver 1.517 of 45 (38%)
Taylor ClarkeDiamondbacks450.8 strikeoutsOver 0.526 of 45 (58%)

The steadiest MLB strikeouts records

Standard deviation in the market’s own units, and the same figure as a share of the player’s average so it means the same thing in points as in passing yards. A narrow spread means the average is close to what a typical game actually looked like; it says nothing about what the next one will look like.

The steadiest MLB strikeouts records
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Christian ScottMets186.1 strikeouts1.524%
Hunter DobbinsCardinals104.8 strikeouts1.224%
Logan HendersonBrewers126.4 strikeouts1.625%
Max MeyerMarlins106.1 strikeouts1.525%
Robert GasserBrewers194.8 strikeouts1.428%
Chris SaleBraves167.4 strikeouts2.129%
Hayden WesneskiAstros104.1 strikeouts1.230%
Bryan WooMariners195.9 strikeouts1.730%
Jacob MisiorowskiBrewers188.6 strikeouts2.630%
Logan GilbertMariners196.9 strikeouts2.130%

The widest MLB strikeouts swings

The other end of the same measurement. A wide spread means the average describes the middle of a broad range rather than a typical night, which is worth knowing before reading anything into that average.

The widest MLB strikeouts swings
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Alec GamboaRed Sox181.1 strikeouts1.3124%
Angel ChivilliYankees131.0 strikeouts1.2118%
José SuarezAthletics331.1 strikeouts1.2116%
Fernando CruzYankees371.0 strikeouts1.2116%
Gordon GraceffoCardinals381.3 strikeouts1.4114%
Huascar BrazobánWhite Sox351.0 strikeouts1.1112%
Mitchell ParkerNationals111.3 strikeouts1.4112%
Erik TolmanNationals111.1 strikeouts1.2107%
Andrew MorrisTwins481.0 strikeouts1.0104%
Casey LeguminaRays381.1 strikeouts1.1103%

The widest home and away gaps in MLB strikeouts

Both averages are over the games actually played at each venue, and the game count for each is in the cell beside it. A gap measured over a handful of games either way is one you cannot distinguish from noise — this table prints the denominators so you can tell which is which. Three games a side is the floor for appearing here at all.

MLB strikeouts — venue gaps
PlayerClubHome (games)Away (games)Gap
Mitch BrattDiamondbacks5.0 (4)1.7 (6)3.3 at home
Kyle HarrisonBrewers6.3 (7)3.7 (9)2.6 at home
Logan GilbertMariners8.1 (10)5.6 (9)2.5 at home
Justin WrobleskiDodgers6.4 (8)4.1 (9)2.3 at home
Eury PérezMarlins4.3 (7)6.6 (10)2.3 away
Will WarrenYankees5.4 (8)3.2 (13)2.2 at home
Jacob MisiorowskiBrewers9.7 (9)7.6 (9)2.1 at home
Tatsuya ImaiAstros5.3 (9)3.3 (7)2.0 at home
Reid DetmersAngels7.5 (13)5.6 (8)1.9 at home
Zack WheelerPhillies8.0 (10)6.1 (11)1.9 at home

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five

Last five logged games against the full log, reported only where the gap is more than a tenth of the player’s own average. It is a description of five games that have been played and it is not a forecast of the sixth.

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Daniel Lynch IVRoyals2.2 strikeouts0.8 over 34188% above
Juan MejiaRockies1.8 strikeouts0.9 over 41111% above
Brennan BernardinoRockies1.4 strikeouts0.7 over 49102% above
Anthony GoseRoyals0.8 strikeouts0.4 over 10100% above
Drew AndersonTigers4.4 strikeouts2.2 over 3298% above
Jacob WaguespackTigers1.8 strikeouts0.9 over 3392% above
Brenan HanifeeTigers0.6 strikeouts0.3 over 1692% above
Kevin KellyRays1.8 strikeouts1.0 over 4580% above
Taylor RogersTwins1.6 strikeouts0.9 over 4277% above
Danny YoungBraves1.6 strikeouts0.9 over 1671% above

Behind their own baseline over the last five

The same comparison in the other direction, and the same caveat: five games is five games, and a run below a baseline is as often noise as it is a change.

Behind their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Justin SternerAthletics0.0 strikeouts0.7 over 22100% below
Danny CoulombeRed Sox0.0 strikeouts0.3 over 17100% below
Evan SiskPirates0.2 strikeouts1.0 over 2281% below
Tyron GuerreroRed Sox0.2 strikeouts0.9 over 3779% below
Matt SvansonCardinals0.2 strikeouts0.9 over 1879% below
Alimber SantaAstros0.2 strikeouts0.9 over 1078% below
Bennett SousaAstros0.2 strikeouts0.9 over 2777% below
Ryan RolisonCubs0.2 strikeouts0.8 over 4576% below
Kyle FinneganTigers0.2 strikeouts0.8 over 4075% below
Kyle HartPadres0.4 strikeouts1.5 over 3273% below

Common questions

Where does the MLB strikeouts coin-flip line sit?

At the half-point threshold each player has finished above in about half their logged games. It is measured per player from their own distribution rather than read off a sportsbook, which is why it is on this page at all: a posted line moves through the day and this page is rebuilt once, so a number taken from a book would be wrong by morning.

Is this a ranking of the best MLB strikeouts props?

No. Nothing here is ordered by how good a bet it is, and no price is quoted anywhere on the page. The tables are ordered by sample depth, by spread and by the size of a measured gap, because those are the things a game log can actually establish.

How many games are behind each strikeouts figure?

The count is printed beside every one of them. A player only appears once they have ten or more logged games in the market, and games they did not play are absent rather than counted as zero, so an average describes games they were actually in.

Does a strikeouts trend on this page predict the next game?

No. A trend here is a comparison between a player’s last five logged games and their full log, and it is reported only when the gap is large enough to be worth naming. It is a description of what has happened, and history is not a forecast.

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