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1905 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 1905, with 5.82, 0.83 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.92.

Led all of MLB in 1905 Philadelphia Athletics 152 games
5.82 Strikeouts / 9 0.83 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G K/9
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 152 5.82
2 New York Giants NL 155 4.99
3 Boston Americans AL 153 4.33
4 New York Highlanders AL 152 4.27
5 St. Louis Browns AL 156 4.11
6 Chicago Cubs NL 155 4.01
MLB average 3.92
7 Chicago White Sox AL 158 3.87
8 Detroit Tigers AL 154 3.86
9 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 3.71
10 Cleveland Naps AL 155 3.66
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 3.60
12 Washington Senators AL 154 3.56
13 Boston Beaneaters NL 156 3.47
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 3.33
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 3.32
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 2.74

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.