2000 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Arizona Diamondbacks led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2000, with 1,220, 7 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,045.2.

Led all of MLB in 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks 162 games

1,220 Strikeouts 7 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,220
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,213
3	New York Mets	NL	162	1,164
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,154
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,143
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,123
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,121
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,100
9	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,093
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,076
11	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,071
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,070
13	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,064
14	Florida Marlins	NL	161	1,051
	MLB average			1,045.2
15	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,042
16	New York Yankees	AL	161	1,040
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,037
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,017
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	1,015
20	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,011
21	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,001
22	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	998
23	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	978
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	978
25	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	163	967
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	963
27	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	161	955
28	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	927
29	Texas Rangers	AL	162	918
30	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	846

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.