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1917 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1917, with 4.19, 0.20 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.59.

Led the NL in 1917 Chicago Cubs 157 games
4.19 Strikeouts / 9 0.20 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team G K/9
1 Chicago Cubs 157 4.19
2 Philadelphia Phillies 154 3.99
3 Boston Braves 157 3.75
4 Brooklyn Robins 156 3.69
NL average 3.59
5 New York Giants 158 3.48
6 St. Louis Cardinals 154 3.24
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 157 3.23
8 Cincinnati Reds 157 3.14

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.