2016 NL Strikeouts by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led the NL in strikeouts in 2016, with 1,543, 43 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 15 NL teams is 1,325.7.

Led the NL in 2016 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

1,543 Strikeouts 43 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	G	SO
1	Milwaukee Brewers	162	1,543
2	San Diego Padres	162	1,500
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	1,427
4	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,376
5	Chicago Cubs	162	1,339
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	1,334
7	Colorado Rockies	162	1,330
	NL average		1,325.7
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,321
9	St. Louis Cardinals	162	1,318
10	New York Mets	162	1,302
11	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,284
12	Washington Nationals	162	1,252
13	Atlanta Braves	161	1,240
14	Miami Marlins	161	1,213
15	San Francisco Giants	162	1,107

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.