2018 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Chicago White Sox led the AL in strikeouts in 2018, with 1,594, 110 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 15 AL teams is 1,347.1.

Led the AL in 2018 Chicago White Sox 162 games

1,594 Strikeouts 110 clear of Texas Rangers

#	Team	G	SO
1	Chicago White Sox	162	1,594
2	Texas Rangers	162	1,484
3	New York Yankees	162	1,421
4	Baltimore Orioles	162	1,412
5	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,388
6	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,387
7	Oakland Athletics	162	1,381
	AL average		1,347.1
8	Detroit Tigers	162	1,341
9	Minnesota Twins	162	1,328
10	Kansas City Royals	162	1,310
11	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,300
12	Boston Red Sox	162	1,253
13	Seattle Mariners	162	1,221
14	Houston Astros	162	1,197
15	Cleveland Indians	162	1,189

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.