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1909 MLB Strikeout-to-Walk by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led all of MLB in strikeout-to-walk in 1909, with 1.97, 0.08 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1.45.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Chicago White Sox 159 games
1.97 Strikeout-to-Walk 0.08 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G K/BB
1 Chicago White Sox AL 159 1.97
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 1.89
3 Chicago Cubs NL 155 1.87
4 New York Giants NL 158 1.85
5 Cleveland Naps AL 155 1.63
6 St. Louis Browns AL 154 1.62
7 Washington Senators AL 156 1.54
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 1.53
9 Detroit Tigers AL 158 1.47
MLB average 1.45
10 Boston Red Sox AL 152 1.45
11 New York Highlanders AL 153 1.41
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 1.30
13 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 1.12
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 0.94
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 0.90
16 Boston Doves NL 155 0.76

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.