most strikeouts by a team in a game from 1920 to 1939

Between the 1920 and 1939 seasons, the Detroit Tigers had the most strikeouts by a team in a game, with 18 strikeouts against the Cleveland Indians on October 2, 1938.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a team in a regular-season game from 1920 to 1939

	TEAM	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Tigers	18	10/2/1938	DET	@	CLE	W 4-1	33	4	7	2	0	0	4	7	1	2	0	42	9	2	1		.212	.366	.273	.639
2	Athletics	17	9/13/1936	PHA	@	CLE	L 2-5	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	9	1	7	0	39	2	0	0		.069	.308	.069	.377
3	Cubs	17	7/30/1933	CHC	@	SLN	L 2-8	34	2	6	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	36	10	4	0	0	.176	.222	.294	.516
4	Cardinals	17	7/20/1925	SLN	@	BKN	L 3-4	34	3	9	0	1	0	3	6	0	1	2	43	11	1	3		.265	.375	.324	.699
5	Red Sox	16	8/25/1937	BSA	@	CLE	L 1-8	28	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	32	4	0	0		.143	.250	.143	.393
6	Braves	16	8/21/1932	BSN	@	SLN	W 7-5	54	7	12	2	2	0	6	4	0	1	0	58	18	4	0		.222	.276	.333	.609
7	Browns	15	8/23/1936	SLA	@	CLE	L 1-4	33	1	6	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	37	8	2	0		.182	.270	.242	.513
8	Phillies	15	9/29/1935	PHN	@	BKN	L 0-2	29	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	.069	.069	.103	.172
9	Dodgers	15	5/26/1932	BKN	@	NYG	W 3-2	44	3	9	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	47	16	3	1		.205	.239	.364	.603
10	Cubs	15	6/17/1928	CHC	@	BKN	L 0-4	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	3	0	0		.107	.167	.107	.274
11	Cubs	15	9/26/1926	CHC	@	BKN	L 1-3	30	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	31	5	1	0		.100	.129	.167	.296
12	Cubs	15	8/23/1924	CHC	vs	BKN	L 5-6	34	5	7	1	1	0	5	5	0	1	0	39	10	2	0		.206	.308	.294	.602
13	Giants	15	5/2/1923	NYG	vs	BKN	W 7-6	45	7	16	2	1	0	7	5	0	1	0	51	20	3	1		.356	.420	.444	.864
14	Dodgers	14	4/21/1939	BKN	@	PHN	N 2-2	42	2	10	1	0	0	2	7	0	2	0	49	11	1	0	0	.238	.347	.262	.609
15	Yankees	14	8/11/1937	NYY	@	BSA	W 8-5	58	8	16	8	1	1	7	8	0	0	0	67	29	10	1		.276	.364	.500	.864
16	Bees	14	9/7/1936	BSN	vs	BKN	W 4-1	30	4	8	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	35	8	0	1	1	.267	.353	.267	.620
17	Athletics	14	6/3/1933	PHA	@	NYY	L 11-17	38	11	11	4	0	0	11	9	1	0	1	48	15	4	0		.289	.438	.395	.832
18	Athletics	14	6/2/1933	PHA	@	NYY	L 4-5	34	4	8	0	0	2	4	5	0	0	0	40	14	2	1		.235	.333	.412	.745
19	Red Sox	14	4/15/1931	BSA	@	NYY	L 7-8	35	7	8	1	0	2	7	4	0	0	0	40	15	3	1		.229	.308	.429	.736
20	Reds	14	6/9/1926	CIN	@	BKN	L 3-4	35	3	7	1	0	1	3	2	0	3	0	38	11	2	1		.200	.243	.314	.558
21	Cubs	14	8/1/1924	CHC	@	BKN	L 0-4	29	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	5	1	1		.103	.133	.172	.306
22	White Sox	14	5/23/1924	CWS	@	WSH	L 0-4	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	1	0	0		.037	.071	.037	.108
23	Yankees	14	7/13/1920	NYY	vs	SLA	L 4-6	36	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	36	11	3	0		.222	.222	.306	.528
24	Tigers	13	6/27/1939	DET	@	CLE	L 0-5	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	.034	.200	.034	.234
25	Dodgers	13	5/17/1939	BKN	@	CHC	N 9-9	71	9	16	3	0	0	7	11	0	1	0	84	19	3	2	1	.225	.329	.268	.597