League Leaders Daily Quiz

1958 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 1958, with 5.62, 0.27 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 8 NL teams is 5.05.

Led the NL in 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 games
5.62 Strikeouts / 9 0.27 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team G K/9
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 154 5.62
2 St. Louis Cardinals 154 5.35
3 Chicago Cubs 154 5.32
4 Milwaukee Braves 154 5.06
NL average 5.05
5 San Francisco Giants 154 5.02
6 Philadelphia Phillies 154 5.01
7 Cincinnati Redlegs 154 4.58
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 4.47

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.