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1942 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1942, with 4.15, 0.21 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.42.

Led the NL in 1942 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
4.15 Strikeouts / 9 0.21 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G K/9
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 4.15
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 3.94
3 Cincinnati Reds 154 3.93
NL average 3.42
4 Chicago Cubs 155 3.26
4 New York Giants 154 3.26
6 Philadelphia Phillies 151 3.17
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 151 2.84
8 Boston Braves 150 2.79

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.