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1903 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1903, with 5.43, 0.95 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.65.

Led all of MLB in 1903 Philadelphia Athletics 137 games
5.43 Strikeouts / 9 0.95 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G K/9
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 137 5.43
2 New York Giants NL 142 4.48
3 Detroit Tigers AL 137 4.17
4 Boston Americans AL 141 4.15
5 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 3.78
6 Cleveland Naps AL 140 3.77
7 St. Louis Browns AL 139 3.76
MLB average 3.65
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 141 3.51
9 New York Highlanders AL 136 3.47
10 Washington Senators AL 140 3.32
11 Chicago Cubs NL 139 3.27
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 3.27
13 Brooklyn Superbas NL 139 3.23
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 139 3.11
15 Chicago White Sox AL 138 2.85
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 139 2.83

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.