2008 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in strikeouts in 2008, with 1,185, 1 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,066.1.

Led the AL in 2008 Boston Red Sox 162 games

1,185 Strikeouts 1 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	G	SO
1	Boston Red Sox	162	1,185
2	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,184
3	Chicago White Sox	163	1,147
4	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,143
5	New York Yankees	162	1,141
6	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,106
7	Kansas City Royals	162	1,085
	AL average		1,066.1
8	Oakland Athletics	161	1,061
9	Seattle Mariners	162	1,016
10	Minnesota Twins	163	995
11	Detroit Tigers	162	991
12	Cleveland Indians	162	986
13	Texas Rangers	162	963
14	Baltimore Orioles	161	922

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.