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1946 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 1946, with 5.75, 0.64 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is 4.25.

Led the AL in 1946 Detroit Tigers 155 games
5.75 Strikeouts / 9 0.64 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G K/9
1 Detroit Tigers 155 5.75
2 Cleveland Indians 156 5.11
3 New York Yankees 154 4.32
4 Boston Red Sox 156 4.30
AL average 4.25
5 Philadelphia Athletics 155 3.77
6 St. Louis Browns 156 3.74
7 Chicago White Sox 155 3.56
8 Washington Senators 155 3.46

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.