2021 AL Strikeouts by Team

The Tampa Bay Rays led the AL in strikeouts in 2021, with 1,542, 28 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 15 AL teams is 1,391.5.

Led the AL in 2021 Tampa Bay Rays 162 games

1,542 Strikeouts 28 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	G	SO
1	Tampa Bay Rays	162	1,542
2	Detroit Tigers	162	1,514
3	Seattle Mariners	162	1,492
4	New York Yankees	162	1,482
5	Baltimore Orioles	162	1,454
6	Minnesota Twins	162	1,405
7	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	162	1,394
	AL average		1,391.5
8	Chicago White Sox	162	1,389
9	Cleveland Indians	162	1,387
10	Boston Red Sox	162	1,386
11	Texas Rangers	162	1,381
12	Oakland Athletics	162	1,349
13	Kansas City Royals	162	1,258
14	Houston Astros	162	1,222
15	Toronto Blue Jays	162	1,218

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.