1938 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Cleveland Indians led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1938, with 717, 85 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 30 MLB teams is 354.7.

Season

League

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB CG L BB W-L%

Led all of MLB in 1938 Cleveland Indians 153 games

717 Strikeouts 85 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	717
2	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	632
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	583
4	New York Yankees	AL	157	567
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	557
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	542
7	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	534
8	Washington Senators	AL	152	515
9	New York Giants	NL	152	497
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	492
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	484
12	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	473
13	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	469
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	435
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	432
16	Boston Bees	NL	153	413
	MLB average			354.7
17	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	333
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	260
19	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	217
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	199
21	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	191
22	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	182
23	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	178
24	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	146
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	135
26	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	114
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	105
28	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	104
29	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	85
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	51

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.