2004 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Chicago Cubs led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2004, with 1,346, 64 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,060.9.

Led all of MLB in 2004 Chicago Cubs 162 games

1,346 Strikeouts 64 clear of Houston Astros

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1,346
2	Houston Astros	NL	162	1,282
3	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	1,164
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,153
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,132
6	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1,123
7	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,116
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,115
9	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	161	1,098
10	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,090
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	1,079
11	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,079
13	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,070
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,066
	MLB average			1,060.9
15	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,058
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,041
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,036
18	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,034
19	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1,032
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,025
21	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,020
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,013
23	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	995
24	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	992
25	Texas Rangers	AL	162	979
26	New York Mets	NL	162	977
27	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	956
28	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	947
29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	161	923
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	887

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.