1930 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Strikeouts per nine innings
The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1930, with 5.80, 0.57 ahead of the Nashville Elite Giants. The average across 24 MLB teams is 3.76.
Led all of MLB in 1930
Kansas City Monarchs
58 games
5.80
Strikeouts / 9
0.57 clear of Nashville Elite Giants
| # | Team | League | G | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 58 | 5.80 |
| 2 | Nashville Elite Giants | NNL | 74 | 5.23 |
| 3 | Birmingham Black Barons | NNL | 91 | 4.73 |
| 4 | St. Louis Stars | NNL | 88 | 4.52 |
| 5 | Detroit Stars | NNL | 80 | 4.48 |
| 5 | Memphis Red Sox | NNL | 68 | 4.48 |
| 7 |
 Philadelphia Athletics
|
AL | 154 | 4.41 |
| 8 | Chicago American Giants | NNL | 89 | 4.40 |
| 9 | Cuban Stars West | NNL | 58 | 4.39 |
| 10 |
 St. Louis Cardinals
|
NL | 154 | 4.17 |
| 11 |
 Chicago Cubs
|
NL | 156 | 3.85 |
| 12 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
AL | 154 | 3.82 |
| 13 |
 New York Yankees
|
AL | 154 | 3.76 |
| MLB average | 3.76 | |||
| 14 |
 Brooklyn Robins
|
NL | 154 | 3.45 |
| 14 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 154 | 3.45 |
| 16 |
 Washington Senators
|
AL | 154 | 3.44 |
| 17 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
AL | 154 | 3.11 |
| 18 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AL | 154 | 3.08 |
| 19 |
 Cleveland Indians
|
AL | 154 | 2.92 |
| 20 |
 Boston Braves
|
NL | 154 | 2.80 |
| 21 |
 Pittsburgh Pirates
|
NL | 154 | 2.60 |
| 22 |
 Philadelphia Phillies
|
NL | 156 | 2.52 |
| 23 |
 Cincinnati Reds
|
NL | 154 | 2.43 |
| 24 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
AL | 154 | 2.36 |
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.