I just saw this on X:

Reggie Jackson holding the top slot astonished me. Here is the list with full batting lines. Given the rise in strikeouts since his retirement, and the great power hitting in that time, it’s amazing no one topped him yet. This list shows just how extreme Jackson K’d in his day. It also shows you need to be a very good power hitter to be allowed to K that much.

People complained that Babe Ruth (1330 career K) and then Mickey Mantle (42nd on the list) struck out too much. They were just demonstrating that strikeouts are an acceptable consequence of power.

Acceptable, but not infinite. Mark Reynolds and Adam Dunn posted relatively short career compared to the really great hitters on the list. There is a point when batters do strike out too much, and that’s when their careers end.