2012 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Tampa Bay Rays led the AL in strikeouts in 2012, with 1,383, 65 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 14 AL teams is 1,193.6.

Led the AL in 2012 Tampa Bay Rays 162 games

1,383 Strikeouts 65 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	G	SO
1	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,383
2	Detroit Tigers	162	1,318
2	New York Yankees	162	1,318
4	Texas Rangers	162	1,286
5	Chicago White Sox	162	1,246
	AL average		1,193.6
6	Baltimore Orioles	162	1,177
6	Kansas City Royals	162	1,177
8	Boston Red Sox	162	1,176
9	Seattle Mariners	162	1,166
10	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,157
11	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,142
12	Oakland Athletics	162	1,136
13	Cleveland Indians	162	1,086
14	Minnesota Twins	162	943

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.