League Leaders Daily Quiz

1941 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1941, with 668, 64 ahead of the Boston Braves. The average across 28 MLB teams is 323.3.

Led all of MLB in 1941 Chicago Cubs 155 games
668 Strikeouts 64 clear of Boston Braves
# Team League G SO
1 Chicago Cubs NL 155 668
2 Boston Braves NL 156 604
3 Cleveland Indians AL 155 603
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 595
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 588
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 583
7 Boston Red Sox AL 155 564
7 New York Yankees AL 156 564
9 St. Louis Browns AL 157 552
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 543
11 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 535
12 New York Giants NL 156 518
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 516
14 Washington Senators AL 156 488
15 Chicago White Sox AL 156 476
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 429
MLB average 323.3
17 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 41 88
18 Homestead Grays NN2 45 33
19 Newark Eagles NN2 37 31
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 43 22
21 New York Cubans NN2 29 17
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 33 12
23 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 56 9
24 Chicago American Giants NAL 42 7
25 Memphis Red Sox NAL 57 4
26 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars NAL 43 2
27 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 51 0
27 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 41 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.