1949 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1949, with 700, 30 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 16 MLB teams is 559.4.

Led all of MLB in 1949 St. Louis Browns 155 games

700 Strikeouts 30 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	700
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	670
3	Boston Braves	NL	157	656
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	593
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	573
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	156	570
	MLB average			559.4
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	559
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	554
9	New York Yankees	AL	155	539
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	534
11	New York Giants	NL	156	523
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	510
13	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	501
14	Washington Senators	AL	154	494
15	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	493
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	482

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.