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1909 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 1909, with 4.75, 0.16 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.79.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Philadelphia Athletics 153 games
4.75 Strikeouts / 9 0.16 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G K/9
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 4.75
2 New York Giants NL 158 4.59
3 Chicago Cubs NL 155 4.34
4 Washington Senators AL 156 4.28
5 Chicago White Sox AL 159 4.21
6 St. Louis Browns AL 154 4.12
7 New York Highlanders AL 153 3.98
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 3.96
9 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 3.86
MLB average 3.79
10 Cleveland Naps AL 155 3.76
11 Boston Red Sox AL 152 3.67
12 Detroit Tigers AL 158 3.35
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 3.15
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 3.05
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 2.84
16 Boston Doves NL 155 2.72

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.