Colson Montgomery sets strikeout record with 224th K — SkimNews
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- Colson Montgomery recorded his 224th strikeout Friday against Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano on a full-count fastball over the heart of the plate, breaking Mark Reynolds' 223-K record from 2009.
- Montgomery has a 35.5% strikeout rate this season, second worst among qualified hitters behind White Sox teammate Munetaka Murakami (35.6%).
- The 24-year-old infielder reached the record in his 631st plate appearance and 561st at-bat of his second MLB season.
- Montgomery has hit 31 home runs and driven in 87 runs while contributing to a playoff team, drawing a parallel to Reynolds' 44-homer campaign in his own record-setting year.
- Montgomery has batted .085 with 37 strikeouts in 83 plate appearances over his last 21 games, dropping his season average to .199.
Why it matters: Montgomery is rewriting the K record while simultaneously posting 31 homers and 87 RBIs for a playoff team — proof that for modern three-true-outcomes sluggers, historic whiffs no longer mean a bench seat. His chase and strikeout rates have actually climbed from his rookie year, meaning the trend line points further up, not back down.
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