Strikeout Records set by Teams : A Baseball Almanac Record Book

Strikeouts by Team Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for strikeouts - including single season plateaus and game related records.

"Who cares (about setting the single game strikeout record)? It's just a win or a loss. It doesn't really matter about the punchouts." - Geoff Jenkins (on 05-16-2003)

Strikeouts Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In An Season	AL	Philadelphia	326	1927
	NL	Cincinnati	308	1921
Most In An Season	AL	Detroit	1,268	1999
	NL	Milwaukee	1,399	2001
Strikeouts Game Records
Record	Lg	Team(s)	Data
Most Extra Inning Game	AL	California (vs Oakland)	26	07-09-1971
				20 Innings
	NL	Milwaukee (vs Chicago)	24	05-25-2003
				17 Innings
Most Extra Inning Game Both Teams	AL	California (26) vs Oakland (17)	43	07-09-1971
				20 Innings
	NL	San Francisco (20) vs San Diego (20)	40	06-19-2001
				15 Innings
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	Los Angeles (vs Cleveland)	25	07-31-1963
	NL	Philadelphia (vs New York)	26	09-09-1970
		San Diego (vs New York)		05-29-1971
		San Francisco (vs Houston)		09-05-1971
Most In A Doubleheader Both Teams	AL	Cleveland (23) vs Los Angeles (17)	40	09-29-1962
	NL	Philadelphia (26) vs New York (15)	41	09-09-1970
		San Diego (26) vs New York (15)		05-29-1971
		Chicago (21) vs New York (20)		09-15-1971
Most In A Game	AL	Seattle (vs Boston)	20	04-29-1986
		Detroit (vs Boston)		09-18-1996
	NL	Houston (vs Chicago)	20	06-06-1998
Most In A Game Both Teams	AL	Texas (18) vs Seattle (13)	31	07-13-1997
	NL	Houston (20) vs Chicago (10)	30	05-06-1998
Most Consecutive From Start of Game	AL	Texas (vs Chicago)	7	05-28-1986
	NL	Cleveland (vs New York)	9	08-28-1884
Strikeout Records Set by Major League Baseball Teams

On April 22, 1970, the New York Mets struck out the last San Diego Padres batter during the sixth inning. In the seventh, eighth, and ninth inning their pitchers struck out three consecutive batters in each inning. These ten consecutive strikeouts are the most ever during any game.

On August 28, 1926, the Cleveland Indians only had one batter strike out during both ends of a doubleheader. Their opponent, the Boston Red Sox, had zero batters strike out during both ends setting the Major League record for fewest strikeouts by BOTH teams in a doubleheader.

Did you know that a baseball team could strike out four batters during a single inning? Read about this unique feat here on Baseball Almanac.

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