1986 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1986, with 1,154, 6 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 26 MLB teams is 950.2.

Led all of MLB in 1986 Philadelphia Phillies 161 games

1,154 Strikeouts 6 clear of Seattle Mariners

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	1,154
2	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,148
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,088
4	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,087
5	Montreal Expos	NL	161	1,016
6	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	986
7	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	983
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	977
9	New York Mets	NL	162	968
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	160	966
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	966
	MLB average			950.2
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	163	944
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	940
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	929
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	920
16	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	919
17	San Diego Padres	NL	162	917
18	Houston Astros	NL	162	916
19	New York Yankees	AL	162	911
20	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	161	905
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	904
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	885
23	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	862
24	California Angels	AL	162	860
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	163	848
26	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	707

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.