1947 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1947, with 691, 43 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 410.3.

Led all of MLB in 1947 New York Yankees 155 games

691 Strikeouts 43 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	New York Yankees	AL	155	691
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	648
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	642
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	633
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	592
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	590
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	586
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	571
9	New York Giants	NL	155	553
10	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	552
11	Washington Senators	AL	154	551
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	522
13	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	514
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	501
15	Boston Braves	NL	154	494
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	493
	MLB average			410.3
17	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	353
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	338
19	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	291
20	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	284
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	243
22	New York Cubans	NN2	62	222
23	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	132
24	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	126
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	102
26	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	101
27	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	92
28	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	71

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.