2000 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2000, with 1,253, 8 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,045.2.

Led all of MLB in 2000 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games

1,253 Strikeouts 8 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,253
2	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	163	1,245
3	Florida Marlins	NL	161	1,184
4	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,177
5	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	1,159
6	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,129
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,120
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,117
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,083
10	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,073
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,057
12	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,048
	MLB average			1,045.2
13	New York Mets	NL	162	1,037
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1,032
14	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,032
16	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,026
17	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	1,024
18	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	161	1,022
19	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,021
20	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,019
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,010
22	New York Yankees	AL	161	1,007
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	995
24	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	982
25	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	975
26	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	960
27	Texas Rangers	AL	162	922
28	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	907
29	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	900
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	840

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.