1958 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Los Angeles Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1958, with 5.62, 0.27 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 16 MLB teams is 4.99.

Led all of MLB in 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 games

5.62 Strikeouts / 9 0.27 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	5.62
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	5.35
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	5.32
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	5.28
5	New York Yankees	AL	155	5.20
6	Milwaukee Braves	NL	154	5.06
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	5.02
7	San Francisco Giants	NL	154	5.02
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	5.01
	MLB average			4.99
10	Washington Senators	AL	156	4.98
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	4.92
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	4.86
13	Kansas City Athletics	AL	156	4.63
14	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	154	4.58
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	4.53
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	4.47

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.