2008 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2008, with 1,264, 24 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,096.1.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Chicago Cubs 161 games

1,264 Strikeouts 24 clear of San Francisco Giants

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	1,264
2	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,240
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,229
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,227
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,205
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,185
7	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,184
8	New York Mets	NL	162	1,181
9	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	1,147
10	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,143
11	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,141
12	Florida Marlins	NL	161	1,127
13	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,110
14	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,106
15	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,100
	MLB average			1,096.1
16	Houston Astros	NL	161	1,095
17	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,085
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,081
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,076
20	Washington Nationals	NL	161	1,063
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	1,061
22	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,041
23	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,016
24	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	995
25	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	991
26	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	986
27	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	963
27	Texas Rangers	AL	162	963
29	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	957
30	Baltimore Orioles	AL	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.