1999 NL Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in strikeouts in 1999, with 1,202, 5 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 16 NL teams is 1,072.1.

Led the NL in 1999 St. Louis Cardinals 161 games

1,202 Strikeouts 5 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	G	SO
1	St. Louis Cardinals	161	1,202
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	161	1,197
3	Chicago Cubs	162	1,170
4	San Diego Padres	162	1,169
5	Florida Marlins	162	1,145
6	Houston Astros	162	1,138
7	Cincinnati Reds	163	1,125
8	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,081
	NL average		1,072.1
9	Milwaukee Brewers	161	1,065
10	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	1,045
11	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,030
12	San Francisco Giants	162	1,028
13	New York Mets	163	994
14	Atlanta Braves	162	962
15	Montreal Expos	162	939
16	Colorado Rockies	162	863

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.