1943 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1943, with 706, 53 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is 373.8.

Led all of MLB in 1943 Detroit Tigers 155 games

706 Strikeouts 53 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	706
2	New York Yankees	AL	155	653
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	639
4	New York Giants	NL	156	588
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	153	585
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	585
7	St. Louis Browns	AL	153	572
8	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	513
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	513
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	503
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	498
12	Washington Senators	AL	153	495
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	476
14	Philadelphia Blue Jays	NL	157	431
15	Boston Braves	NL	153	409
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	157	396
	MLB average			373.8
17	Homestead Grays	NN2	34	284
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	281
19	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	37	240
20	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	64	210
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	45	176
22	New York Cubans	NN2	27	173
23	Newark Eagles	NN2	32	171
24	Cincinnati Clowns	NAL	76	149
25	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	66	147
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	78	123
27	Chicago American Giants	NAL	62	116
28	New York Black Yankees	NN2	24	105
29	Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars	NN2	9	104

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.