1982 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The New York Mets led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1982, with 1,005, 57 ahead of the Oakland Athletics. The average across 26 MLB teams is 816.2.

Led all of MLB in 1982 New York Mets 162 games

1,005 Strikeouts 57 clear of Oakland Athletics

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	New York Mets	NL	162	1,005
2	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	948
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	915
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	887
5	San Diego Padres	NL	162	877
6	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	869
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	869
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	866
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	862
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	831
11	Houston Astros	NL	162	830
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	817
	MLB average			816.2
13	Montreal Expos	NL	162	816
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	807
15	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	806
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	805
17	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	804
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	796
19	California Angels	AL	162	760
20	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	758
21	Texas Rangers	AL	162	750
22	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	749
23	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	736
24	New York Yankees	AL	162	719
25	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	163	714
26	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	625

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.