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1937 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1937, with 712, 5 ahead of the Boston Bees. The average across 30 MLB teams is 303.6.

Led all of MLB in 1937 Detroit Tigers 155 games
712 Strikeouts 5 clear of Boston Bees
# Team League G SO
1 Detroit Tigers AL 155 712
2 Boston Bees NL 152 707
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 640
4 New York Yankees AL 157 607
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 586
6 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 583
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 569
8 Boston Red Sox AL 154 557
8 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 557
10 Cleveland Indians AL 156 552
11 St. Louis Browns AL 156 510
12 Washington Senators AL 158 506
13 Chicago Cubs NL 154 496
14 New York Giants NL 152 492
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 480
16 Chicago White Sox AL 154 447
MLB average 303.6
17 Chicago American Giants NAL 59 47
18 St. Louis Stars NAL 36 18
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 70 17
20 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 39 6
21 Homestead Grays NN2 58 5
22 Cincinnati Tigers NAL 54 4
22 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 4
24 Memphis Red Sox NAL 42 3
25 Detroit Stars NAL 39 1
25 New York Black Yankees NN2 54 1
25 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 50 1
28 Indianapolis Athletics NAL 39 0
28 Newark Eagles NN2 60 0
28 Washington Elite Giants NN2 61 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.