1997 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in strikeouts in 1997, with 1,191, 10 ahead of the Oakland Athletics. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1,069.2.

Led all of MLB in 1997 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,191 Strikeouts 10 clear of Oakland Athletics

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,191
2	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,181
3	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1,164
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,161
5	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,160
6	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,138
7	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,129
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,121
9	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,120
10	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,116
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,113
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,110
13	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,085
14	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,084
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,079
16	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,074
	MLB average			1,069.2
17	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	1,061
18	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,060
19	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,044
20	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,032
21	New York Mets	NL	162	1,029
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,003
23	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	967
24	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	955
25	New York Yankees	AL	162	954
26	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	953
27	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	952
28	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	901

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.