League Leaders Daily Quiz

1941 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The St. Louis-New Orleans Stars led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1941, with 6.98, 0.43 ahead of the Kansas City Monarchs. The average across 28 MLB teams is 4.21.

Led all of MLB in 1941 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars 43 games
6.98 Strikeouts / 9 0.43 clear of Kansas City Monarchs
# Team League G K/9
1 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars NAL 43 6.98
2 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 56 6.55
3 Memphis Red Sox NAL 57 5.84
4 Newark Eagles NN2 37 5.25
5 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 51 5.17
6 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 41 5.02
7 Homestead Grays NN2 45 4.79
8 New York Cubans NN2 29 4.76
9 Detroit Tigers AL 155 4.54
9 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 41 4.54
MLB average 4.21
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 4.19
12 Philadelphia Stars NN2 43 4.09
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 4.07
14 Chicago American Giants NAL 42 4.06
15 Cleveland Indians AL 155 4.03
16 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 3.82
17 New York Yankees AL 156 3.80
18 Boston Red Sox AL 155 3.77
19 New York Giants NL 156 3.66
20 New York Black Yankees NN2 33 3.64
21 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 3.62
22 Chicago Cubs NL 155 3.61
23 Chicago White Sox AL 156 3.58
24 Washington Senators AL 156 3.52
25 St. Louis Browns AL 157 2.94
26 Boston Braves NL 156 2.90
27 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 2.68
28 Philadelphia Athletics AL 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.