1940 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1940, with 7.29, 1.61 ahead of the Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords. The average across 29 MLB teams is 4.28.

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	52	7.29
2	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL	31	5.68
3	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL	50	5.53
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	42	5.48
5	Cleveland Bears	NAL	37	5.16
6	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	57	5.03
7	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	39	4.99
8	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	4.92
9	New York Cubans	NN2	29	4.61
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	4.49
11	Chicago American Giants	NAL	50	4.35
11	Homestead Grays	NN2	41	4.35
13	New York Black Yankees	NN2	28	4.32
	MLB average			4.28
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	47	4.20
15	Washington Senators	AL	154	4.12
16	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	156	4.01
16	New York Giants	NL	152	4.01
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	154	4.00
19	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	45	3.97
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	3.73
21	New York Yankees	AL	155	3.66
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	3.65
23	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	3.56
24	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	3.55
25	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	3.27
26	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	153	3.22
27	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	3.18
28	Boston Bees	NL	152	2.88
28	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	2.88

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.