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1944 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 1944, with 4.02, 0.58 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.16.

Led the NL in 1944 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games
4.02 Strikeouts / 9 0.58 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team G K/9
1 St. Louis Cardinals 157 4.02
2 Chicago Cubs 157 3.44
3 New York Giants 155 3.29
4 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 3.20
4 Philadelphia Blue Jays 154 3.20
NL average 3.16
6 Boston Braves 155 2.94
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 158 2.88
8 Cincinnati Reds 155 2.31

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.