1983 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1983, with 6.72, 0.19 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 26 MLB teams is 5.18.

Led all of MLB in 1983 Philadelphia Phillies 163 games

6.72 Strikeouts / 9 0.19 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Team	League	G	K/9
1	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	6.72
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	6.53
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	163	6.15
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	5.83
5	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	5.77
6	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	5.59
7	Houston Astros	NL	162	5.55
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	5.51
9	Montreal Expos	NL	163	5.50
10	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	5.48
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	5.46
12	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	5.43
13	San Diego Padres	NL	163	5.21
14	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	5.20
	MLB average			5.18
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	5.08
16	Texas Rangers	AL	163	5.07
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	4.96
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	4.80
19	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	4.77
20	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	4.68
21	New York Mets	NL	162	4.45
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	4.45
23	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	4.37
24	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	4.26
25	California Angels	AL	162	4.08
26	Kansas City Royals	AL	163	3.71

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.