Table of plate appearances vs. strikeouts in major-league baseball history

League Year-By-Year Batting--Totals Table

Year ▲	PA	SO
1876	20457	589
1877	14012	726
1878	14008	1081
1879	24663	1843
1880	25041	1993
1881	25410	1784
1882	25729	2159
1883	30133	2877
1884	34508	4335
1885	32968	3337
1886	36369	4248
1887	38862	2821
1888	39867	3998
1889	41452	3492
1890	41789	3581
1891	43204	3641
1892	70615	5972
1893	63680	3341
1894	65205	3333
1895	63573	3621
1896	62230	3523
1897	63272	3729
1898	69964	4223
1899	70016	3849
1900	43485	2681
1901	43041	4246
1902	42351	3910
1903	42684	3711
1904	45653	4274
1905	46191	4430
1906	44833	4527
1907	44576	4220
1908	45420	4158
1909	46312	4467
1910	46615	4415
1911	47261	4798
1912	46788	4627
1913	46448	4606
1914	46235	4655
1915	45936	4728
1916	45760	4829
1917	46088	4488
1918	37782	2921
1919	41392	3288
1920	46921	3632
1921	46983	3380
1922	48179	3380
1923	48108	3408
1924	47029	3408
1925	47638	3373
1926	47226	3359
1927	47524	3491
1928	47954	3410
1929	48542	3465
1930	48944	3848
1931	47444	3862
1932	47887	3857
1933	46665	3528
1934	47093	4150
1935	47700	4072
1936	48465	4203
1937	47262	4553
1938	47102	4093
1939	47478	4195
1940	47645	4329
1941	47844	4408
1942	46863	4187
1943	47611	4055
1944	47974	3947
1945	48057	3865
1946	47603	4471
1947	47802	4529
1948	47536	4718
1949	48020	4587
1950	47754	5007
1951	47924	4746
1952	46929	5240
1953	47678	5307
1954	47770	5086
1955	47161	5419
1956	47018	5694
1957	47895	6150
1958	47311	6192
1959	47403	6525
1960	47228	6824
1961	47268	6622
1962	62169	9032
1963	60875	9545
1964	61182	9256
1965	61599	9649
1966	61271	9312
1967	61180	9468
1968	60728	9502
1969	73923	11628
1970	75109	11417
1971	73769	10542
1972	70817	10544
1973	74364	10507
1974	74951	9971
1975	74833	9793
1976	73933	9602
1977	74905	10488
1978	73318	9905
1979	74116	9920
1980	74060	9849
1981	49024	6332
1982	74102	10300
1983	73922	10749
1984	73708	10929
1985	73863	10674
1986	74006	11648
1987	74521	11657
1988	73259	11032
1989	73829	11354
1990	73989	11164
1991	73441	11446
1992	73658	11342
1993	86985	13358
1994	61930	10147
1995	77826	13309
1996	87529	15252
1997	87376	15320
1998	100105	17455
1999	101268	17153
2000	101254	17344
2001	99453	17908
2002	99441	17161
2003	99819	16996
2004	100207	17299
2005	99324	16880
2006	100395	17426
2007	100807	17449
2008	100001	18050
2009	99541	18282
2010	98809	19092
2011	98763	18900
2012	98064	19808
2013	92116	18374
2014	91739	19196
2015	91790	19165
2016	92540	19886
2017	92673	20310
2018	92885	21001
2019	93238	21408
2020	33202	7674
2021	49227	11771

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/10/2021.