1872 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Strikeouts per nine innings
The Baltimore Canaries led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1872, with 1.34, 0.40 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 11 MLB teams is 0.59.
Led all of MLB in 1872
Baltimore Canaries
58 games
1.34
Strikeouts / 9
0.40 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
| # | Team | League | G | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Canaries | NA | 58 | 1.34 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 47 | 0.94 |
| 3 | New York Mutuals | NA | 56 | 0.81 |
| 4 | Troy Haymakers | NA | 25 | 0.76 |
| 5 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 48 | 0.61 |
| MLB average | 0.59 | |||
| 6 | Cleveland Forest Citys | NA | 22 | 0.50 |
| 7 | Brooklyn Eckfords | NA | 29 | 0.45 |
| 8 | Middletown Mansfields | NA | 24 | 0.43 |
| 9 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 37 | 0.35 |
| 10 | Washington Nationals | NA | 11 | 0.18 |
| 11 | Washington Olympics | NA | 9 | 0.11 |
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.