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1908 AL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 1908, with 4.76, 0.55 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.98.

Led the AL in 1908 Philadelphia Athletics 157 games
4.76 Strikeouts / 9 0.55 clear of Washington Senators
# Team G K/9
1 Philadelphia Athletics 157 4.76
2 Washington Senators 155 4.21
3 Boston Red Sox 155 4.07
AL average 3.98
4 Chicago White Sox 156 3.97
5 St. Louis Browns 155 3.91
6 New York Highlanders 155 3.85
7 Detroit Tigers 154 3.62
8 Cleveland Naps 157 3.46

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.