Strikeout League by League Totals on Baseball Almanac

League by League Totals for Strikeouts

Ever wonder which league had the strikeouts during any given season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the total number of strikeouts in each league and a major league total for every available season.

"It helps if the hitter thanks you're a little crazy." - Nolan Ryan

Strikeouts League By League Totals
American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
Data Not Available	4,415	Incomplete	1910
Data Not Available	4,798	Incomplete	1911
Data Not Available	4,627	Incomplete	1912
4,677	4,606	9,283	1913
5,111	4,655	9,766	1914
4,868	4,728	9,596	1915
4,705	4,829	9,534	1916
4,192	4,488	8,680	1917
3,004	2,921	5,925	1918
3,561	3,288	6,849	1919
3,615	3,632	7,247	1920
3,579	3,380	6,959	1921
3,570	3,380	6,950	1922
3,613	3,408	7,021	1923
3,229	3,408	6,637	1924
3,292	3,373	6,665	1925
3,418	3,359	6,777	1926
3,398	3,491	6,889	1927
3,689	3,410	7,099	1928
3,517	3,465	6,982	1929
4,086	3,848	7,934	1930
4,032	3,862	7,894	1931
4,021	3,857	7,878	1932
3,916	3,528	7,444	1933
4,282	4,150	8,432	1934
3,932	4,072	8,004	1935
4,032	4,203	8,235	1936
4,448	4,553	9,001	1937
4,242	4,093	8,335	1938
4,306	4,195	8,501	1939
4,720	4,329	9,049	1940
4,148	4,408	8,826	1941
4,138	4,187	8,325	1942
4,491	4,055	8,546	1943
4,239	3,946	8,185	1944
4,179	3,865	8,044	1945
5,225	4,471	9,696	1946
4,628	4,529	9,157	1947
4,298	4,718	9,016	1948
4,364	4,587	8,951	1949
4,547	5,007	9,554	1950
4,589	4,746	9,335	1951
5,140	5,240	10,380	1952
4,906	5,307	10,213	1953
5,129	5,086	10,215	1954
5,384	5,419	10,803	1955
5,811	5,694	11,505	1956
5,800	6,150	11,950	1957
6,033	6,192	12,225	1958
6,079	6,525	12,604	1959
5,991	6,824	12,815	1960
8,325	6,622	14,947	1961
8,535	9,032	17,567	1962
9,228	9,545	18,773	1963
9,956	9,256	19,212	1964
9,634	9,649	19,283	1965
9,493	9,312	18,805	1966
9,945	9,468	19,413	1967
9,641	9,502	19,143	1968
10,845	11,628	22,473	1969
10,957	11,417	22,374	1970
10,414	10,542	20,956	1971
10,174	10,544	20,718	1972
9,851	10,507	20,358	1973
9,524	9,971	19,495	1974
9,487	9,793	19,280	1975
9,143	9,602	18,745	1976
11,234	10,488	21,722	1977
10,153	9,905	20,058	1978
10,115	9,920	20,035	1979
10,363	9,849	20,212	1980
6,905	6,332	13,237	1981
10,921	10,300	21,221	1982
10,967	10,749	21,716	1983
11,571	10,929	22,500	1984
11,777	10,674	22,451	1985
13,058	11,648	24,706	1986
13,442	11,657	25,099	1987
12,323	11,032	23,355	1988
12,296	11,354	23,650	1989
12,689	11,164	23,853	1990
12,944	11,446	24,390	1991
12,196	11,342	23,538	1992
12,952	13,358	26,310	1993
9,619	10,147	19,766	1994
12,116	13,309	25,425	1995
14,056	15,252	29,308	1996
14,664	15,272	29,936	1997
14,465	17,433	31,898	1998
13,967	17,153	31,120	1999
14,012	17,344	31,356	2000
14,496	17,908	32,404	2001
14,233	17,161	31,394	2002
13,805	16,996	30,801	2003
14,529	17,299	31,828	2004
13,764	16,880	30,644	2005
14,229	17,426	31,655	2006
14,740	17,449	32,189	2007
14,834	18,050	32,884	2008
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American League	National League	A.L. + N.L.	Year
League By League Strikeouts Totals

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On May 16, 1929, Joe Sewell struck out. On September 20, 1929, Joe Sewell struck out. Between those dates Sewell played a Major League record one-hundred fifteen consecutive games without striking out.

Did you know that during the 1884 season Old Hoss Radbourn struck out a National League record four-hundred forty-one Major League batters.

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