2009 MLB Strikeouts by Team

The Arizona Diamondbacks led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2009, with 1,298, 21 ahead of the Colorado Rockies. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1,119.7.

Led all of MLB in 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks 162 games

1,298 Strikeouts 21 clear of Colorado Rockies

#	Team	League	G	SO
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	1,298
2	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	1,277
3	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1,253
4	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	1,231
5	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	1,229
6	Florida Marlins	NL	162	1,226
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1,211
8	Washington Nationals	NL	162	1,208
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	1,185
10	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1,182
11	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1,158
12	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	1,155
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	1,142
14	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1,129
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1,120
	MLB average			1,119.7
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	1,114
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1,093
18	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1,091
19	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1,068
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1,064
21	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	1,054
22	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1,046
23	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1,041
24	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1,028
25	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1,022
26	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	1,021
27	New York Yankees	AL	162	1,014
28	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1,013
29	Houston Astros	NL	162	990
30	New York Mets	NL	162	928

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.