2012 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2012, with 1,402, 17 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,214.2.

Led all of MLB in 2012 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

1,402 Strikeouts 17 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,402
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,385
3	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,383
4	Washington Nationals	NL	162	1,325
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,318
5	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,318
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,286
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,276
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,248
10	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,246
11	New York Mets	NL	162	1,240
12	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,237
13	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,232
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,218
	MLB average			1,214.2
15	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,205
16	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,200
17	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,192
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,177
18	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,177
20	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,176
21	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,170
22	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,166
23	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,157
24	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,144
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,142
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,136
27	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,128
28	Miami Marlins	NL	162	1,113
29	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,086
30	Minnesota Twins	AL	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.