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1945 AL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 1945, with 3.80, 0.09 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.44.

Led the AL in 1945 Detroit Tigers 155 games
3.80 Strikeouts / 9 0.09 clear of St. Louis Browns
# Team G K/9
1 Detroit Tigers 155 3.80
2 St. Louis Browns 154 3.71
3 Washington Senators 156 3.50
4 Philadelphia Athletics 153 3.46
AL average 3.44
5 Cleveland Indians 147 3.43
6 Chicago White Sox 150 3.29
7 Boston Red Sox 157 3.17
8 New York Yankees 152 3.15

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.