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1908 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Strikeouts per nine innings

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1908, with 4.76, 0.55 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.67.

Led all of MLB in 1908 Philadelphia Athletics 157 games
4.76 Strikeouts / 9 0.55 clear of Washington Senators
# Team League G K/9
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 157 4.76
2 Washington Senators AL 155 4.21
3 Chicago Cubs NL 158 4.19
4 New York Giants NL 157 4.18
5 Boston Red Sox AL 155 4.07
6 Chicago White Sox AL 156 3.97
7 St. Louis Browns AL 155 3.91
8 New York Highlanders AL 155 3.85
MLB average 3.67
9 Detroit Tigers AL 154 3.62
10 Brooklyn Superbas NL 154 3.52
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.47
12 Cleveland Naps AL 157 3.46
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 3.08
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 3.00
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 2.82
16 Boston Doves NL 156 2.67

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.