1962 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1962, with 1,044, 53 ahead of the New York Mets. The average across 20 MLB teams is 878.4.

Led all of MLB in 1962 Chicago Cubs 162 games

1,044 Strikeouts 53 clear of New York Mets

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,044
2	New York Mets	NL	161	991
3	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	975
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	939
5	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	931
6	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	923
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	923
8	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	917
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	903
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	894
11	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	165	886
	MLB average			878.4
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	846
13	New York Yankees	AL	162	842
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	836
15	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	823
16	San Francisco Giants	NL	165	822
17	Houston Colt .45's	NL	162	806
18	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	803
19	Washington Senators	AL	162	789
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	674

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.