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1950 AL Strikeouts by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in strikeouts in 1950, with 712, 38 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is 569.8.

Led the AL in 1950 New York Yankees 155 games
712 Strikeouts 38 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G SO
1 New York Yankees 155 712
2 Cleveland Indians 155 674
3 Boston Red Sox 154 630
4 Detroit Tigers 157 576
AL average 569.8
5 Chicago White Sox 156 566
6 Washington Senators 155 486
7 Philadelphia Athletics 154 466
8 St. Louis Browns 154 448

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.