League Leaders Daily Quiz

1950 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1950, with 772, 60 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 597.8.

Led all of MLB in 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games
772 Strikeouts 60 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G SO
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 772
2 New York Yankees AL 155 712
3 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 686
4 Cleveland Indians AL 155 674
5 Boston Red Sox AL 154 630
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 157 620
7 Boston Braves NL 156 615
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 603
MLB average 597.8
9 New York Giants NL 154 596
10 Detroit Tigers AL 157 576
11 Chicago White Sox AL 156 566
12 Chicago Cubs NL 154 559
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 556
14 Washington Senators AL 155 486
15 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 466
16 St. Louis Browns AL 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.