Mark Reynolds just became the second player ever to reach the 200 SO plateau for one season. Just the kind of guy I would love to play wiffleball with. The first ever to do it was, well, Mark Reynolds, last year, when he fanned 204 times. With over a week and a half of regular-season play left, he's right on track to break his own record.
Could this be the worst MLB hitter ever? Well, he does have 42 HR this year, second only to Albert 'El Hombre' (by the way, is he really an hombre, or is he a droid of some sort?), Pujols. Reynolds also has 92 RBI, which puts him among the top 10 in the NL this year. So he's not a bad hitter; it's just that he only likes to get extra base hits (less than 50% of his 147 hits this year so far have been singles). Singles are for weaklings, like Ichiro and Jeter.
Here is the ladder that Reynolds has climbed this year: the all-time single season strikeout leaders list (for batters) as of opening day this year:
| Rank | Player | Strikeouts | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Reynolds | 204 | 2008 |
| 2 | Ryan Howard | 199 | 2007 |
| Ryan Howard | 199 | 2008 | |
| 4 | Jack Cust | 197 | 2008 |
| 5 | Adam Dunn | 195 | 2004 |
| 6 | Adam Dunn | 194 | 2006 |
| 7 | Bobby Bonds | 189 | 1970 |
| 8 | José Hernández | 188 | 2002 |
| 9 | Bobby Bonds | 187 | 1969 |
| 10 | Preston Wilson | 187 | 2000 |
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