1987 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Texas Rangers led the AL in strikeouts in 1987, with 1,103, 39 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 14 AL teams is 960.1.

Led the AL in 1987 Texas Rangers 162 games

1,103 Strikeouts 39 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	G	SO
1	Texas Rangers	162	1,103
2	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,064
3	Oakland Athletics	162	1,042
4	Milwaukee Brewers	162	1,039
5	Boston Red Sox	162	1,034
6	Minnesota Twins	162	990
7	Detroit Tigers	162	976
	AL average		960.1
8	California Angels	162	941
9	Kansas City Royals	162	923
10	Seattle Mariners	162	919
11	New York Yankees	162	900
12	Baltimore Orioles	162	870
13	Cleveland Indians	162	849
14	Chicago White Sox	162	792

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.