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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-27 · by Matt Carlson The Associated Press
Colson Montgomery, 24-year-old infielder for the Chicago White Sox, broke Mark Reynolds' record for most strikeouts in a season with his 225th strikeout on Friday. Despite this milestone he would rather not hold, Montgomery emphasizes focusing on the positives of his performance, which includes hitting 31 home runs and driving in 87 runs. He attributes recent struggles to tension at the plate but is working on simplifying his approach and improving swing decisions for the upcoming postseason.
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Story summary
Colson Montgomery, a 24-year-old infielder for the Chicago White Sox, struck out 225 times during the 2023 season, surpassing Mark Reynolds' record of 224 strikeouts in 2009. Despite this negative milestone, Montgomery aims to focus on his team's progress and personal accomplishments rather than dwelling on the strikeout total. He ended the regular season with a batting average of .199, 31 home runs, and 87 RBIs as the White Sox qualified for postseason play. Montgomery emphasized that being overly concerned about strikeouts would be counterproductive to his team's goals and growth.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Colson Montgomery wants to focus on his accomplishments, not on breaking the season strikeout record for batters.
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Montgomery → want → batters
In his second major league season, the 24-year-old Chicago White Sox infielder struck out for the 224th time Friday, one more than Mark Reynolds’ total with Arizona in 2009.
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infielder → strike → 2009
Montgomery entered Sunday’s regular-season finale with 225 over 564 at-bats and 634 plate appearances.
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Montgomery → enter → bats
“It’s definitely something you don’t want your name to be a part of of,” Montgomery said Sunday.
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Montgomery → ’ → ?
“But at the end of the day, you can’t be looking so much at the negative stuff.
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you → look → stuff
I’ve looked at a lot of the stuff we’ve all done this year and me personally, and I felt like it’s been a lot of positives.
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it → look → positives
Montgomery began the final day of the regular season with a .199 average, 31 homers and 87 RBIs for the postseason-bound White Sox.
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Montgomery → begin → Sox
“For me to really go into the dumps about what just happened and for me to be so upset about it and not try to get better in the position we’re at at as a team right now, I feel would be selfish,” he said.
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he → go → team
“It’s just one of those things like if you go up to the plate, you know, you’re feeling tense and stuff, you know you’re probably going to not really do what you want to do.
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you → ’ → what
So recently, I’ve been going up there trying to be as a loose as I can, simplify my plans as much as I can.”
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I → go → plans
He entered the last day in a 6-for-73 slide over 22 games.
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He → enter → games
He’s been working on swing decisions.
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He → work → decisions
“If you’re swinging at good pitches, you’re giving yourself a chances, you know, to be able to do something productive and get some type of result,” Montgomery said.
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Montgomery → swing → result
“So that’s kind of like in my work and my routine.
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that → ’ → work
“I think it’s just continuing to do what got me here,” Montgomery added.
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Montgomery → think → me
“There’s some things in the cage that we’ve been doing and a lot of it is is just kind of go out there and, you know, just try to be open-minded and compete.”
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you → ’ → it
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