1998 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Atlanta Braves led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1998, with 1,232, 15 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,063.1.

Led all of MLB in 1998 Atlanta Braves 162 games

1,232 Strikeouts 15 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,232
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,217
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	1,207
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,187
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,178
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,176
7	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	1,156
8	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	163	1,154
9	New York Mets	NL	162	1,129
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	1,112
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,098
12	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	1,091
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	163	1,089
14	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,080
15	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,065
	MLB average			1,063.1
16	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,063
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,037
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,025
19	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,017
20	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,016
21	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	1,008
22	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	999
23	Texas Rangers	AL	162	994
24	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	972
25	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	952
26	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	951
27	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	947
28	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	922
29	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	911
30	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	908

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.