1951 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1951, with 692, 43 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 16 MLB teams is 583.4.

Led all of MLB in 1951 St. Louis Browns 154 games

692 Strikeouts 43 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	692
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	158	649
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	647
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	632
5	New York Giants	NL	157	624
6	Boston Braves	NL	155	617
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	615
8	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	594
	MLB average			583.4
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	577
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	564
11	New York Yankees	AL	154	545
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	525
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	525
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	523
15	Washington Senators	AL	154	514
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	492

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.