1945 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1945, with 588, 18 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 28 MLB teams is 360.3.

Led all of MLB in 1945 Detroit Tigers 155 games

588 Strikeouts 18 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	588
2	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	570
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	557
4	Washington Senators	AL	156	550
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	541
6	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	531
7	New York Giants	NL	154	530
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	518
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	510
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	147	497
11	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	490
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	150	486
13	New York Yankees	AL	152	474
14	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	433
15	Boston Braves	NL	154	404
16	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	372
	MLB average			360.3
17	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	64	308
18	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	43	295
19	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	40	274
20	Homestead Grays	NN2	46	257
21	New York Cubans	NN2	27	168
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	74	166
23	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	121
24	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	106
25	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	68	90
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	89
27	Newark Eagles	NN2	39	86
28	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	76

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.