1909 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Cleveland Naps led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1909, with 698, 50 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 586.1.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Cleveland Naps 155 games

698 Strikeouts 50 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Cleveland Naps	AL	155	698
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	648
3	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	155	644
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	623
5	Washington Senators	AL	156	618
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	607
7	New York Highlanders	AL	153	598
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	596
9	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	592
	MLB average			586.1
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	157	583
11	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	578
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	553
13	Boston Doves	NL	155	551
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	511
15	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	490
16	New York Giants	NL	158	487

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.