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1902 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1902, with 4.01, 0.17 ahead of the Brooklyn Superbas. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.03.

Led all of MLB in 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 141 games
4.01 Strikeouts / 9 0.17 clear of Brooklyn Superbas
# Team League G K/9
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 4.01
2 Brooklyn Superbas NL 141 3.84
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 3.75
4 Boston Beaneaters NL 141 3.74
5 New York Giants NL 141 3.68
6 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 3.37
7 Boston Americans AL 138 3.13
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 3.12
9 Chicago Orphans NL 143 3.11
MLB average 3.03
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 140 2.93
11 Cleveland Bronchos AL 137 2.70
12 Chicago White Sox AL 138 2.55
13 St. Louis Browns AL 139 2.52
14 Washington Senators AL 138 2.24
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 140 1.92
16 Detroit Tigers AL 137 1.85

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.