1944 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1944, with 6.01, 0.90 ahead of the Memphis Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.76.

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	71	6.01
2	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	99	5.11
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	44	4.92
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	49	4.91
5	New York Cubans	NN2	38	4.31
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	74	4.14
7	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	74	4.11
8	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	77	4.07
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	157	4.02
10	Newark Eagles	NN2	46	3.97
11	New York Black Yankees	NN2	32	3.85
12	Homestead Grays	NN2	43	3.83
	MLB average			3.76
13	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	3.74
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	3.65
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	157	3.44
15	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	3.44
17	New York Yankees	AL	154	3.42
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	3.38
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	155	3.32
20	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	83	3.30
21	New York Giants	NL	155	3.29
22	Washington Senators	AL	154	3.28
23	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	3.20
23	Philadelphia Blue Jays	NL	154	3.20
25	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	3.11
26	Boston Braves	NL	155	2.94
27	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	158	2.88
28	Cincinnati Reds	NL	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.