1948 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1948, with 685, 42 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 28 MLB teams is 323.5.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games

685 Strikeouts 42 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	685
2	New York Giants	NL	155	643
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	596
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	153	582
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	578
6	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	575
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	574
8	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	571
9	Washington Senators	AL	154	570
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	549
11	Boston Braves	NL	154	537
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	528
13	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	523
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	523
15	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	504
16	New York Yankees	AL	154	478
	MLB average			323.5
17	Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	76	8
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	80	7
19	Homestead Grays	NN2	62	5
19	Newark Eagles	NN2	57	5
21	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	73	4
21	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	87	4
23	New York Cubans	NN2	45	3
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	91	2
24	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	2
24	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	2
27	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	78	1
28	Chicago American Giants	NAL	78	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.