League Leaders Daily Quiz

1944 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1944, with 626, 10 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 28 MLB teams is 294.3.

Led all of MLB in 1944 New York Yankees 154 games
626 Strikeouts 10 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team League G SO
1 New York Yankees AL 154 626
2 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 158 616
3 St. Louis Browns AL 154 603
4 Cleveland Indians AL 155 594
5 Chicago Cubs NL 157 520
6 Philadelphia Blue Jays NL 154 509
7 Boston Braves NL 155 507
8 Boston Red Sox AL 156 502
9 Detroit Tigers AL 156 500
10 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 490
11 New York Giants NL 155 480
12 Washington Senators AL 154 476
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 471
14 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 453
15 Chicago White Sox AL 154 448
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 390
MLB average 294.3
17 Philadelphia Stars NN2 44 13
18 Chicago American Giants NAL 74 9
19 New York Cubans NN2 38 8
20 Newark Eagles NN2 46 6
21 Homestead Grays NN2 43 5
22 Memphis Red Sox NAL 99 3
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 32 3
24 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 49 2
24 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 77 2
24 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 83 2
27 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 74 1
28 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 71 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.