1970 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Cleveland Indians led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1970, with 1,076, 12 ahead of the New York Mets. The average across 24 MLB teams is 932.3.

Led all of MLB in 1970 Cleveland Indians 162 games

1,076 Strikeouts 12 clear of New York Mets

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,076
2	New York Mets	NL	162	1,064
3	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	1,047
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,045
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,003
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,000
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	990
8	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	960
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	960
10	Houston Astros	NL	162	942
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	941
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	940
	MLB average			932.3
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	931
14	California Angels	AL	162	922
15	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	915
16	Montreal Expos	NL	162	914
17	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	163	895
18	San Diego Padres	NL	162	886
19	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	161	880
20	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	858
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	843
22	Washington Senators	AL	162	823
23	New York Yankees	AL	163	777
24	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	762

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.