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1892 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The New York Giants led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1892, with 4.42, 0.60 ahead of the Brooklyn Grooms. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.34.

Led the NL in 1892 New York Giants 152 games
4.42 Strikeouts / 9 0.60 clear of Brooklyn Grooms
# Team G K/9
1 New York Giants 152 4.42
2 Brooklyn Grooms 158 3.82
3 Chicago Colts 146 3.59
4 Boston Beaneaters 152 3.46
NL average 3.34
5 Philadelphia Phillies 155 3.34
6 Washington Senators 153 3.28
7 St. Louis Browns 155 3.20
8 Cleveland Spiders 152 3.18
9 Pittsburgh Pirates 152 3.04
10 Baltimore Orioles 152 3.03
11 Louisville Colonels 154 2.88
12 Cincinnati Reds 155 2.86

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.