1939 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1939, with 639, 33 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 29 MLB teams is 297.3.

Led all of MLB in 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers 157 games

639 Strikeouts 33 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	639
2	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	606
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	593
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	571
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	566
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	553
7	New York Yankees	AL	152	543
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	538
9	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	531
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	502
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	502
12	New York Giants	NL	151	499
13	Boston Bees	NL	152	494
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	486
15	Washington Senators	AL	153	458
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	420
	MLB average			297.3
17	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	23
18	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	16
18	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	16
20	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	13
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	13
20	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	13
23	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	9
24	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	8
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	4
26	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	3
26	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	3
28	New York Cubans	NN2	31	0
28	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	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.