League Leaders Daily Quiz

1890 MLB Strikeouts by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Times struck out

The Boston Beaneaters led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1890, with 515, 1 ahead of the Chicago Colts. The average across 25 MLB teams is 263.5.

Led all of MLB in 1890 Boston Beaneaters 134 games
515 Strikeouts 1 clear of Chicago Colts
# Team League G SO
1 Boston Beaneaters NL 134 515
2 Chicago Colts NL 139 514
3 New York Giants NL 135 477
4 Cleveland Spiders NL 136 474
5 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 460
6 Boston Reds PL 133 449
7 Chicago Pirates PL 138 410
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 133 403
9 Pittsburgh Burghers PL 131 381
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 134 377
11 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders PL 133 369
12 Buffalo Bisons PL 134 367
13 New York Giants PL 132 364
14 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL 129 361
15 Cleveland Infants PL 131 345
16 Philadelphia Athletics PL 132 321
MLB average 263.5
17 Baltimore Orioles AA 38 0
17 Brooklyn Gladiators AA 100 0
17 Columbus Solons AA 140 0
17 Louisville Colonels AA 134 0
17 Philadelphia Athletics AA 132 0
17 Rochester Broncos AA 133 0
17 St. Louis Browns AA 138 0
17 Syracuse Stars AA 127 0
17 Toledo Maumees AA 134 0

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.