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1894 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The New York Giants led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1894, with 2.95, 0.48 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 12 MLB teams is 2.16.

Led all of MLB in 1894 New York Giants 139 games
2.95 Strikeouts / 9 0.48 clear of St. Louis Browns
# Team League G K/9
1 New York Giants NL 139 2.95
2 St. Louis Browns NL 133 2.47
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 133 2.37
4 Brooklyn Grooms NL 135 2.23
5 Baltimore Orioles NL 129 2.22
6 Chicago Colts NL 136 2.20
MLB average 2.16
7 Louisville Colonels NL 130 2.11
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 132 2.08
9 Cleveland Spiders NL 130 2.03
10 Boston Beaneaters NL 133 2.02
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 134 1.72
12 Washington Senators NL 132 1.54

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.