1946 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Memphis Red Sox led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1946, with 7.06, 0.77 ahead of the Birmingham Black Barons. The average across 28 MLB teams is 4.44.

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	7.06
2	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	6.29
3	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	69	5.76
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	5.75
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	5.58
6	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	67	5.51
7	Newark Eagles	NN2	64	5.23
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	5.11
9	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	56	4.98
10	New York Cubans	NN2	50	4.76
11	Homestead Grays	NN2	58	4.46
	MLB average			4.44
12	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	58	4.40
13	New York Yankees	AL	154	4.32
14	Boston Red Sox	AL	156	4.30
15	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	4.25
16	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	4.11
17	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	3.93
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	3.91
19	New York Giants	NL	154	3.86
20	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	155	3.77
21	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	3.74
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	3.56
23	Boston Braves	NL	154	3.49
24	Washington Senators	AL	155	3.46
25	New York Black Yankees	NN2	46	3.28
26	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	3.22
26	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	3.22
28	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	3.01

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.