League Leaders Daily Quiz

1960 MLB Strikeouts by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1960, with 1,122, 216 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 801.1.

Led all of MLB in 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 games
1,122 Strikeouts 216 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G SO
1 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 154 1,122
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 906
3 San Francisco Giants NL 156 897
4 Detroit Tigers AL 154 824
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 811
6 Milwaukee Braves NL 154 807
7 Chicago Cubs NL 156 805
MLB average 801.1
8 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 785
9 Washington Senators AL 154 775
10 Cleveland Indians AL 154 771
11 Boston Red Sox AL 154 767
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 740
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 736
14 New York Yankees AL 155 712
15 Chicago White Sox AL 154 695
16 Kansas City Athletics AL 155 664

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.