1945 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1945, with 6.22, 0.25 ahead of the New York Cubans. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.92.

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	64	6.22
2	New York Cubans	NN2	27	5.97
3	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	40	5.49
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	43	5.36
5	Homestead Grays	NN2	46	5.12
6	Chicago American Giants	NAL	74	4.67
7	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	68	4.37
8	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	4.27
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	4.10
10	Newark Eagles	NN2	39	3.98
	MLB average			3.92
11	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	3.87
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	3.80
13	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	3.71
14	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	3.62
15	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	3.60
16	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	3.56
17	Washington Senators	AL	156	3.50
18	New York Giants	NL	154	3.47
19	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	3.46
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	147	3.43
21	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	3.36
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	150	3.29
23	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	3.26
24	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	3.17
25	New York Yankees	AL	152	3.15
26	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	2.88
27	Boston Braves	NL	154	2.61
28	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	2.45

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.