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Detroit’s Melvin Nieves has struck out 130 times in 109 games this season, and is now in third place on the all-time strikeouts per game list. A look:

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Player Years Strikeouts Games Avg. Rob Deer 1984-96 1,409 1,155 1.220 Bo Jackson 1986-94 841 649 1.212 Melvin Nieves 1992-97 414 359 1.153 Tony Clark 1995-97 257 236 1.089 Dave Nicholson 1960-67 573 538 1.065 Benji Gil 1993-97 228 217 1.051 Jose Canseco 1985-97 1,468 1,454 1.010 Pete Incaviglia 1986-97 1,264 1,256 1.006 Dean Palmer 1989-97 785 788 0.996 Dave Hostetler 1981-88 248 255 0.973 Ryan Thompson 1992-96 282 291 0.969 Danny Tartabull 1984-97 1,358 1,403 0.968 Bobby Bonds 1968-81 1,757 1,849 0.950

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Researched by HOUSTON MITCHELL / Los Angeles Times