1996 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1996, with 1,268, 78 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1,046.7.

Led all of MLB in 1996 Detroit Tigers 162 games

1,268 Strikeouts 78 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,268
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,190
3	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,189
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,134
5	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,122
6	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,114
7	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,108
8	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,105
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,092
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,090
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,089
12	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,077
13	New York Mets	NL	162	1,069
14	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,057
15	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	1,052
	MLB average			1,046.7
16	Texas Rangers	AL	163	1,041
17	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,032
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,020
19	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,014
20	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	989
21	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	986
22	California Angels	AL	161	974
23	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	958
24	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	943
25	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	927
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	915
27	New York Yankees	AL	162	909
28	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	844

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.