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1885 MLB Walks / 9 Leaders

Walks per nine innings

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Jim Whitney led the majors in walks / 9 with 0.75 in 1885, 0.25 ahead of Jack Lynch (1.00). It stands 91st among all single seasons in MLB history.

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Jim Whitney Led all of MLB in 1885 Jim Whitney Boston Beaneaters
0.75 Walks / 9 0.25 clear of Jack Lynch
Showing Walks / 9 and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team BB/9 W L ERA IP
1 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 0.75 18 32 2.98 441.1
2 Jack Lynch Jack Lynch NY4 1.00 23 21 3.61 379.0
3 Guy Hecker Guy Hecker LS2 1.01 30 23 2.17 480.0
4 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 1.06 40 13 2.07 482.1
5 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN +1 1.06 16 26 3.99 372.1
6 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews PH4 1.21 30 17 2.43 422.1
7 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 1.40 53 16 1.85 623.0
8 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 1.41 11 9 1.86 179.1
9 Jumbo McGinnis Jumbo McGinnis SL4 1.53 6 6 3.38 112.0
10 Larry McKeon CN2 1.55 20 13 2.86 290.0
11 Ed Morris Ed Morris PT1 1.56 39 24 2.35 581.0
12 Ed Cushman Ed Cushman NY4 +1 1.62 11 21 3.01 278.0
13 Charlie Sweeney Charlie Sweeney SL5 1.64 11 21 3.93 275.0
14 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 1.68 28 21 2.20 445.2
15 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 1.72 14 24 3.14 330.0
16 John Harkins John Harkins BR3 1.72 14 20 3.75 293.0
17 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 1.80 26 20 2.22 405.0
18 Adonis Terry Adonis Terry BR3 1.81 6 17 4.26 209.0
19 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI 1.84 26 23 2.21 440.0
20 Pete Conway Pete Conway BFN 1.89 10 17 4.67 210.0
21 Hardie Henderson Hardie Henderson BL2 1.95 25 35 3.19 539.1
22 Will White Will White CN2 1.96 18 15 3.53 293.1
23 Henry Porter Henry Porter BR3 2.00 33 21 2.78 481.2
24 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 2.03 33 14 2.63 407.2
25 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CHN +1 2.14 21 7 2.43 252.0
26 Dupee Shaw PRO 2.23 23 26 2.57 399.2
27 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 2.29 32 13 1.57 400.0
28 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN 2.32 22 27 2.88 434.1
29 Pete Meegan PT1 2.34 7 8 3.39 146.0
30 Bob Emslie Bob Emslie BL2 +1 2.39 3 14 4.71 135.2
31 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 2.40 44 11 1.66 492.0
32 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle SL5 2.45 16 24 2.75 366.2
33 Tom Lovett Tom Lovett PH4 2.47 7 8 3.70 138.2
34 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 2.51 12 25 3.03 330.0
35 Al Mays LS2 2.58 6 11 2.76 150.0
36 Bill Vinton Bill Vinton PHI +1 2.59 7 9 2.80 132.0
37 Bill Mountjoy CN2 +1 2.83 12 11 3.75 206.2
38 Norm Baker LS2 2.86 13 12 3.40 217.0
39 Doug Crothers NY4 2.86 7 11 5.08 154.0
40 Billy Serad Billy Serad BFN 2.98 7 21 4.10 241.1
41 Pete Wood Pete Wood BFN 2.99 8 15 4.44 198.2
42 John Kirby John Kirby SL5 3.06 5 8 3.55 129.1
43 Ed Bagley NY4 3.76 4 9 4.93 115.0