Strikeouts

April 2013 was a historic month in baseball for strikeouts. There were more strikeouts this April than in any other April in any season in major-league history. Furthermore, it was the 2nd-highest in any month in MLB history!

Here's some nice perspective  Going into this year, only one players had every struck out 40 times in April. That honor was owned by Preston Wilson, who accomplished that feat in 2000 playing for the Florida Marlin.

This year, there were three players to accomplish that feat: Chris Carter of the Houston Astros, Mike Napoli of the Boston Red Sox, and Jay Bruce of the Cincinnati Reds.

And remember... Joe DiMaggio never struck out 40 times in a SEASON!

Joe DiMaggio, probably not striking out