2017 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Tampa Bay Rays led the AL in strikeouts in 2017, with 1,538, 45 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 15 AL teams is 1,319.6.

Led the AL in 2017 Tampa Bay Rays 162 games

1,538 Strikeouts 45 clear of Texas Rangers

#	Team	G	SO
1	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,538
2	Texas Rangers	162	1,493
3	Oakland Athletics	162	1,491
4	Baltimore Orioles	162	1,412
5	Chicago White Sox	162	1,397
6	New York Yankees	162	1,386
7	Minnesota Twins	162	1,342
8	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,327
	AL average		1,319.6
9	Detroit Tigers	162	1,313
10	Seattle Mariners	162	1,267
11	Boston Red Sox	162	1,224
12	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,198
13	Kansas City Royals	162	1,166
14	Cleveland Indians	162	1,153
15	Houston Astros	162	1,087

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.