Willie Stargell is number five on the all time career strikeout list, but he never broke into the top eighty (80) on the single season leaders for strikeouts; by comparison, Jose Hernandez already appears two (2) times in the top twenty and is well on his way to becoming one of the big leaders (#69 all-time already [up from #82 in 2004]).
Jose Hernandez broke into the Major Leagues in 1991 and for the first six (6) years of his career never struck out more than a hundred (100) times. In 2000 he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers and two of the three seasons he played with them he struck out more than one-hundred eighty (180) times.
Did you know that Reggie Jackson, who is WELL known (dare we say infamous) for his ability to strikeout often, only appears in the top one-hundred only three (3) times and might even slip #74 off the page in the next few years?
