League Leaders Daily Quiz

1873 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The New York Mutuals led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1873, with 1.51, 0.59 ahead of the Boston Red Stockings. The average across 9 MLB teams is 0.60.

Led all of MLB in 1873 New York Mutuals 53 games
1.51 Strikeouts / 9 0.59 clear of Boston Red Stockings
# Team League G K/9
1 New York Mutuals NA 53 1.51
2 Boston Red Stockings NA 60 0.92
3 Philadelphia Athletics NA 52 0.78
4 Baltimore Canaries NA 57 0.65
MLB average 0.60
5 Philadelphia Whites NA 53 0.54
6 Elizabeth Resolutes NA 23 0.43
7 Brooklyn Atlantics NA 55 0.29
8 Washington Blue Legs NA 39 0.26
9 Baltimore Marylands NA 6 0.00

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.