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1941 AL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 1941, with 4.54, 0.51 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.59.

Led the AL in 1941 Detroit Tigers 155 games
4.54 Strikeouts / 9 0.51 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G K/9
1 Detroit Tigers 155 4.54
2 Cleveland Indians 155 4.03
3 New York Yankees 156 3.80
4 Boston Red Sox 155 3.77
AL average 3.59
5 Chicago White Sox 156 3.58
6 Washington Senators 156 3.52
7 St. Louis Browns 157 2.94
8 Philadelphia Athletics 154 2.54

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.