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1951 AL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 1951, with 4.37, 0.14 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.74.

Led the AL in 1951 New York Yankees 154 games
4.37 Strikeouts / 9 0.14 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team G K/9
1 New York Yankees 154 4.37
2 Boston Red Sox 154 4.23
3 Cleveland Indians 155 4.15
4 Detroit Tigers 154 3.88
AL average 3.74
5 Chicago White Sox 155 3.63
6 St. Louis Browns 154 3.61
7 Washington Senators 154 3.13
8 Philadelphia Athletics 154 2.90

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.