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1945 MLB Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Strikeouts per nine innings

Luis Tiant led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1945 with 8.68, 0.62 ahead of Dave Barnhill (8.06). It was one of 4 times Luis Tiant led in strikeouts / 9.

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Luis Tiant Led all of MLB in 1945 Luis Tiant New York Cubans
8.68 Strikeouts / 9 0.62 clear of Dave Barnhill
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# Player Team K/9 W L ERA IP
1 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant NYC 8.68 4 1 3.47 46.2
2 Dave Barnhill Dave Barnhill NYC 8.06 2 3 3.70 41.1
3 Jim LaMarque Jim LaMarque KCM 7.02 7 2 3.16 91.0
4 Booker McDaniel KCM 6.90 9 5 3.18 152.2
5 Barney Morris Barney Morris NYC 6.48 2 2 1.73 41.2
6 Roy Partlow Roy Partlow PS 6.37 8 4 2.63 113.0
7 Bill Byrd Bill Byrd BEG 6.27 11 5 3.10 130.2
8 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser DET 6.09 25 9 1.81 313.1
9 Bill Ricks Bill Ricks PS 5.94 4 2 2.60 72.2
10 Tom Glover BEG 5.76 4 4 5.62 65.2
11 Preacher Roe Preacher Roe PIT 5.67 14 13 2.87 235.0
12 Archie Hinton BEG 5.52 2 2 5.32 44.0
13 Don Newcombe Don Newcombe NE 5.37 3 3 2.60 55.1
14 Roy Welmaker HG 5.31 12 2 2.59 135.2
15 Wilmer Harris Wilmer Harris PS 5.27 2 8 6.06 68.1
16 Andy Porter Andy Porter BEG 5.02 8 2 2.94 95.0
17 Van Mungo Van Mungo NY1 4.97 14 7 3.20 183.0
18 Pete Sunkett PS 4.97 3 1 4.97 41.2
19 Hal Gregg Hal Gregg BRO 4.92 18 13 3.47 254.1
20 Hilton Smith Hilton Smith KCM 4.91 6 4 3.27 77.0
21 Gentry Jessup Gentry Jessup CAG 4.90 6 4 3.19 79.0
22 Patricio Scantlebury Patricio Scantlebury NYC 4.89 4 1 2.90 49.2
23 Neck Stanley Neck Stanley NBY 4.83 5 7 3.35 91.1
24 Johnny Hutchings Johnny Hutchings BSN 4.82 7 6 3.75 185.0
25 Ray Prim CHN 4.79 13 8 2.40 165.1
26 Jack Kramer Jack Kramer SLA 4.62 10 15 3.36 193.0
27 Johnny Niggeling Johnny Niggeling WS1 4.58 7 12 3.16 176.2
28 Nels Potter Nels Potter SLA 4.55 15 11 2.47 255.1
29 Henry Miller Henry Miller PS 4.47 4 3 2.72 46.1
30 Bill Voiselle Bill Voiselle NY1 4.45 14 14 4.49 232.1
31 Bobo Newsom Bobo Newsom PHA 4.44 8 20 3.29 257.1
32 Garnett Blair Garnett Blair HG 4.40 5 1 0.96 47.0
33 Leniel Hooker Leniel Hooker NE 4.35 2 6 3.15 60.0
34 Thornton Lee Thornton Lee CHA 4.26 15 12 2.44 228.1
35 George Mack NBY 4.21 3 5 7.19 51.1
36 Blix Donnelly Blix Donnelly SLN 4.11 8 10 3.52 166.1
37 Allie Reynolds Allie Reynolds CLE 4.08 18 12 3.20 247.1
38 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard WS1 4.00 17 7 2.12 216.0
39 Russ Christopher Russ Christopher PHA 3.96 13 13 3.17 227.1
40 Al Gettel Al Gettel NYA 3.90 9 8 3.90 154.2
41 Claude Passeau Claude Passeau CHN 3.89 17 9 2.46 227.0
42 Roger Wolff Roger Wolff WS1 3.89 20 10 2.12 250.0
43 Tex Shirley SLA 3.77 8 12 3.63 183.2
44 Bill Bevens Bill Bevens NYA 3.72 13 9 3.67 184.0
45 Paul Derringer Paul Derringer CHN 3.62 16 11 3.45 213.2
46 Steve Gromek Steve Gromek CLE 3.62 19 9 2.55 251.0
47 Harry Brecheen Harry Brecheen SLN 3.60 15 4 2.52 157.1
48 Al Benton Al Benton DET 3.57 13 8 2.02 191.2
49 Dizzy Trout Dizzy Trout DET 3.54 18 15 3.14 246.1
50 Dick Barrett Dick Barrett PHI 3.40 8 20 5.38 190.2
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