2001 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2001, with 1,399, 126 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,080.1.

Led all of MLB in 2001 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

1,399 Strikeouts 126 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,399
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,273
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,172
4	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,145
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	1,131
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,125
7	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,119
8	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	162	1,116
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,106
10	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,094
11	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,093
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,090
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,089
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,083
	MLB average			1,080.1
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,077
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,076
17	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,071
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,062
18	New York Mets	NL	162	1,062
20	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,052
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,039
22	New York Yankees	AL	161	1,035
23	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,027
24	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,021
25	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	1,001
26	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	998
27	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	989
27	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	989
29	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	972
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	898

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.