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1960 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 1960, with 5.28, 0.14 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 8 AL teams is 4.87.

Led the AL in 1960 Detroit Tigers 154 games
5.28 Strikeouts / 9 0.14 clear of Baltimore Orioles
# Team G K/9
1 Detroit Tigers 154 5.28
2 Baltimore Orioles 154 5.14
3 Boston Red Sox 154 5.07
4 Cleveland Indians 154 5.02
5 Washington Senators 154 4.96
AL average 4.87
6 New York Yankees 155 4.58
7 Chicago White Sox 154 4.53
8 Kansas City Athletics 155 4.35

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.