2005 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Texas Rangers led the AL in strikeouts in 2005, with 1,112, 19 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 14 AL teams is 983.1.

Led the AL in 2005 Texas Rangers 162 games

1,112 Strikeouts 19 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	G	SO
1	Texas Rangers	162	1,112
2	Cleveland Indians	162	1,093
3	Boston Red Sox	162	1,044
4	Detroit Tigers	162	1,038
5	Kansas City Royals	162	1,008
6	Chicago White Sox	162	1,002
7	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	162	990
8	New York Yankees	162	989
9	Seattle Mariners	162	986
	AL average		983.1
10	Minnesota Twins	162	978
11	Toronto Blue Jays	162	955
12	Baltimore Orioles	162	902
13	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	848
14	Oakland Athletics	162	819

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.