2015 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2015, with 1,431, 24 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,248.2.

Led all of MLB in 2015 Chicago Cubs 162 games

1,431 Strikeouts 24 clear of Cleveland Indians

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,431
2	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,407
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,396
4	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,393
5	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,370
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,359
7	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,355
8	Washington Nationals	NL	162	1,342
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,338
10	New York Mets	NL	162	1,337
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,329
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,283
13	Houston Astros	AL	162	1,280
14	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,260
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,252
	MLB average			1,248.2
16	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,233
17	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,221
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,218
19	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,215
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,179
21	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,165
22	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,160
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,153
24	Miami Marlins	NL	162	1,152
25	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,148
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,117
27	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,112
28	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	1,100
29	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,095
30	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,046

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.