1891 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The New York Giants led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1891, with 4.87, 0.30 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 17 MLB teams is 3.56.

Led all of MLB in 1891 New York Giants 136 games

4.87 Strikeouts / 9 0.30 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	New York Giants	NL	136	4.87
2	St. Louis Browns	AA	139	4.57
3	Milwaukee Brewers	AA	36	3.98
4	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	142	3.89
5	Boston Reds	AA	139	3.87
6	Boston Beaneaters	NL	140	3.81
7	Columbus Solons	AA	138	3.72
8	Washington Statesmen	AA	139	3.70
9	Louisville Colonels	AA	138	3.58
	MLB average			3.56
10	Chicago Colts	NL	137	3.52
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	137	3.35
12	Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	AA	102	3.30
13	Brooklyn Grooms	NL	137	3.04
14	Baltimore Orioles	AA	139	3.02
15	Cincinnati Reds	NL	138	2.90
16	Cleveland Spiders	NL	141	2.89
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	138	2.50

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.