2002 AL Strikeouts by Team

The New York Yankees led the AL in strikeouts in 2002, with 1,171, 29 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,016.6.

Led the AL in 2002 New York Yankees 161 games

1,171 Strikeouts 29 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	G	SO
1	New York Yankees	161	1,171
2	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,142
3	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	161	1,115
4	Minnesota Twins	161	1,089
5	Texas Rangers	162	1,055
6	Detroit Tigers	161	1,035
	AL average		1,016.6
7	Oakland Athletics	162	1,008
8	Seattle Mariners	162	1,003
9	Cleveland Indians	162	1,000
10	Baltimore Orioles	162	993
11	Chicago White Sox	162	952
12	Boston Red Sox	162	944
13	Kansas City Royals	162	921
14	Anaheim Angels	162	805

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.