League Leaders Daily Quiz

1918 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Washington Senators led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1918, with 3.70, 0.15 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2.87.

Led all of MLB in 1918 Washington Senators 130 games
3.70 Strikeouts / 9 0.15 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team League G K/9
1 Washington Senators AL 130 3.70
2 Chicago Cubs NL 131 3.55
3 Boston Red Sox AL 126 3.15
4 Brooklyn Robins NL 126 3.14
5 Detroit Tigers AL 128 2.90
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 126 2.90
7 New York Yankees AL 126 2.88
MLB average 2.87
8 Cleveland Indians AL 129 2.82
9 St. Louis Browns AL 123 2.80
10 Chicago White Sox AL 124 2.79
11 Boston Braves NL 124 2.74
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 131 2.72
13 New York Giants NL 124 2.67
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 129 2.53
15 Philadelphia Phillies NL 125 2.46
16 Philadelphia Athletics AL 130 2.16

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.