1946 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1946, with 711, 6 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 28 MLB teams is 348.4.

Led all of MLB in 1946 St. Louis Browns 156 games

711 Strikeouts 6 clear of New York Yankees

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	711
2	New York Yankees	AL	154	705
3	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	696
4	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	661
5	Washington Senators	AL	155	638
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	616
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	603
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	602
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	599
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	596
11	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	590
12	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	575
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	555
14	New York Giants	NL	154	546
15	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	537
16	Boston Braves	NL	154	466
	MLB average			348.4
17	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	16
18	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	69	11
19	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	8
20	Newark Eagles	NN2	64	7
20	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	7
22	Homestead Grays	NN2	58	4
23	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	67	3
24	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	2
25	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	58	1
25	New York Cubans	NN2	50	1
27	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	0
27	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	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.