2006 NL Strikeouts / 9 by Team

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in strikeouts / 9 in 2006, with 7.82, 0.59 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 16 NL teams is 6.71.

Led the NL in 2006 Chicago Cubs 162 games

7.82 Strikeouts / 9 0.59 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	G	K/9
1	Chicago Cubs	162	7.82
2	Milwaukee Brewers	162	7.23
3	New York Mets	162	7.15
4	Houston Astros	162	7.11
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	7.01
6	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	6.87
7	Florida Marlins	162	6.83
8	San Diego Padres	162	6.75
	NL average		6.71
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	6.65
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	6.58
11	Cincinnati Reds	162	6.56
12	Atlanta Braves	162	6.55
13	San Francisco Giants	161	6.24
14	St. Louis Cardinals	161	6.11
15	Washington Nationals	162	6.02
16	Colorado Rockies	162	5.92

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.