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1948 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1948, with 4.33, 0.11 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 8 NL teams is 3.88.

Led the NL in 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 games
4.33 Strikeouts / 9 0.11 clear of Chicago Cubs
# Team G K/9
1 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 4.33
2 Chicago Cubs 155 4.22
3 St. Louis Cardinals 155 4.18
4 Cincinnati Reds 153 4.01
NL average 3.88
5 Boston Braves 154 3.75
6 Philadelphia Phillies 155 3.65
7 New York Giants 155 3.45
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 3.41

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.