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1934 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1934, with 689, 33 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 24 MLB teams is 408.3.

Led all of MLB in 1934 St. Louis Cardinals 154 games
689 Strikeouts 33 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G SO
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 689
2 New York Yankees AL 154 656
3 Detroit Tigers AL 154 640
4 Chicago Cubs NL 152 633
5 Cleveland Indians AL 154 554
6 Boston Red Sox AL 153 538
7 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 153 520
8 Chicago White Sox AL 153 506
9 New York Giants NL 153 499
9 St. Louis Browns AL 154 499
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 487
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 480
13 Boston Braves NL 152 462
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 152 438
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 149 416
16 Washington Senators AL 155 412
MLB average 408.3
17 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 67 384
18 Philadelphia Stars NN2 54 354
19 Nashville Elite Giants NN2 41 193
20 Chicago American Giants NN2 48 165
21 Newark Dodgers NN2 33 135
22 Cleveland Red Sox NN2 25 64
23 Philadelphia Bacharach Giants NN2 25 51
24 Baltimore Black Sox NN2 11 24

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.