2016 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2016, with 1,543, 43 ahead of the San Diego Padres. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,299.4.

Led all of MLB in 2016 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games

1,543 Strikeouts 43 clear of San Diego Padres

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,543
2	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,500
3	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,482
4	Houston Astros	AL	162	1,452
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,427
6	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,426
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,376
8	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,362
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,339
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,334
11	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,330
12	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,324
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,321
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,318
15	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	1,303
16	New York Mets	NL	162	1,302
	MLB average			1,299.4
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,288
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,285
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,284
20	Washington Nationals	NL	162	1,252
21	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1,246
22	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	1,240
23	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,224
24	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,220
25	Miami Marlins	NL	161	1,213
26	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,188
27	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,160
28	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,145
29	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,107
30	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	991

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.