Davis is about to pass Ripken for the club strikeout record

[Frobby]

Pretty much every guy on the Orioles top 10 in strikeouts is an Oriole HOFer.   By the way, Adam Jones is 3rd on the list and only 89 behind Cal himself.   He’ll probably fall a couple dozen short of passing Cal before he’s traded or becomes a free agent, but he’s had only slight more than half the number of plate appearances Cal had in an Oriole uniform.    

[TonySoprano]

16 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Pretty much every guy on the Orioles top 10 in strikeouts is an Oriole HOFer.   By the way, Adam Jones is 3rd on the list and only 89 behind Cal himself.   He’ll probably fall a couple dozen short of passing Cal before he’s traded or becomes a free agent, but he’s had only slight more than half the number of plate appearances Cal had in an Oriole uniform.    

Pitch Jones low and away and his numbers will continue to rise. 
As to the top 10,  Davis strikeouts are way more frequent than the rest of the list, but that should be Captain Obvious to note.
 

Rank    Player    AB    K    AB/K
1    Davis, C    3524    1305    2.70
1    Ripken Jr., C    11551    1305    8.85
3    Jones, A    6143    1216    5.05
4    Anderson, B    6271    1132    5.54
5    Powell, B    5912    1102    5.36
6    Robinson, B    10654    990    10.76
7    Murray, E    7075    969    7.30
8    Singleton, K    5115    860    5.95
9    Belanger, M    5734    829    6.92
10    Mora, M    4733    821    5.76

source - http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=bal#sortColumn=so&sectionType=sp&playerType=ALL&statType=hitting&season=2018&season_type=ALL&game_type='R'&elem=[object+Object]&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&league_code='MLB'&page=1&ts=1530911806121

[Frobby]

It’s not something I’m particularly proud of, but it’s something that unfortunately is part of my game.   It’s a big part of my game and always has been.

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2018/07/more-on-machado-sweepstakes-and-todays-5-4-loss.html

[Tx Oriole]

On 7/5/2018 at 8:58 PM, atomic said:

Look at BJ Surhoff.  Played 30 more games than Davis as an Oriole.   Struck 451 times as opposed to Davis' 1304 times. 

BJ was a better player than Davis.

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, Tx Oriole said:

BJ was a better player than Davis.

He was, but also a different type of player in a lower strike out era.

For example, I think of Nick Markakis (32.6 rWAR) as a pretty similar player to Surhoff (34.4).  But Nick has struck out 270 more times in about 750 fewer plate appearances.   Pitchers throw harder today and strikeout rates are much higher.