2016 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Cleveland Indians led the AL in strikeouts in 2016, with 1,398, 2 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 15 AL teams is 1,282.9.

Led the AL in 2016 Cleveland Indians 161 games

1,398 Strikeouts 2 clear of Houston Astros

#	Team	G	SO
1	Cleveland Indians	161	1,398
2	Houston Astros	162	1,396
3	New York Yankees	162	1,393
4	Boston Red Sox	162	1,362
5	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,357
6	Seattle Mariners	162	1,318
7	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,314
8	Kansas City Royals	162	1,287
	AL average		1,282.9
9	Chicago White Sox	162	1,270
10	Baltimore Orioles	162	1,248
11	Detroit Tigers	161	1,232
12	Minnesota Twins	162	1,191
13	Oakland Athletics	162	1,188
14	Texas Rangers	162	1,154
15	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,136

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.