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.

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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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