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1902 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1902, with 564, 28 ahead of the Brooklyn Superbas. The average across 16 MLB teams is 416.0.

Led all of MLB in 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 141 games
564 Strikeouts 28 clear of Brooklyn Superbas
# Team League G SO
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 564
2 Brooklyn Superbas NL 141 536
3 Boston Beaneaters NL 141 523
4 New York Giants NL 141 508
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 504
6 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 455
7 Chicago Orphans NL 143 447
8 Boston Americans AL 138 431
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 430
MLB average 416.0
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 140 400
11 Cleveland Bronchos AL 137 361
12 St. Louis Browns AL 139 348
13 Chicago White Sox AL 138 346
14 Washington Senators AL 138 300
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 140 258
16 Detroit Tigers AL 137 245

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.