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1950 AL Strikeouts by Team

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

The St. Louis Browns led the AL in strikeouts in 1950, with 742, 119 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is 568.4.

Led the AL in 1950 St. Louis Browns 154 games
742 Strikeouts 119 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G SO
1 St. Louis Browns 154 742
2 Cleveland Indians 155 623
3 Washington Senators 155 605
4 Boston Red Sox 154 580
AL average 568.4
5 Chicago White Sox 156 567
6 Philadelphia Athletics 154 491
7 Detroit Tigers 157 481
8 New York Yankees 155 458

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.