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1948 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 1948, with 4.43, 0.12 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.53.

Led the AL in 1948 Detroit Tigers 154 games
4.43 Strikeouts / 9 0.12 clear of New York Yankees
# Team G K/9
1 Detroit Tigers 154 4.43
2 New York Yankees 154 4.31
3 Cleveland Indians 156 3.79
AL average 3.53
4 St. Louis Browns 155 3.48
5 Boston Red Sox 155 3.35
6 Philadelphia Athletics 154 3.20
7 Washington Senators 154 2.96
8 Chicago White Sox 154 2.70

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.