1997 NL Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in strikeouts in 1997, with 1,191, 30 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 14 NL teams is 1,094.3.

Led the NL in 1997 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,191 Strikeouts 30 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	G	SO
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	1,191
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	1,161
3	Atlanta Braves	162	1,160
4	San Diego Padres	162	1,129
5	San Francisco Giants	162	1,120
6	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,113
	NL average		1,094.3
7	Houston Astros	162	1,085
8	Montreal Expos	162	1,084
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,079
10	Florida Marlins	162	1,074
11	Colorado Rockies	162	1,060
12	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,032
13	New York Mets	162	1,029
14	Chicago Cubs	162	1,003

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.