1898 NL Strikeout-to-Walk by Team

The Cleveland Spiders led the NL in strikeout-to-walk in 1898, with 1.10, 0.05 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 12 NL teams is 0.84.

#	Team	G	K/BB
1	Cleveland Spiders	156	1.10
2	Baltimore Orioles	153	1.05
3	New York Giants	156	0.95
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	0.95
5	Boston Beaneaters	152	0.92
6	Chicago Orphans	152	0.89
	NL average		0.84
7	Washington Senators	155	0.82
8	Philadelphia Phillies	150	0.81
9	St. Louis Browns	154	0.77
10	Cincinnati Reds	157	0.65
11	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	149	0.62
12	Louisville Colonels	154	0.58

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.