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1887 MLB Walks Allowed by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases on balls issued

The Cleveland Blues led all of MLB in walks allowed in 1887, with 533, 79 ahead of the Brooklyn Grays. The average across 16 MLB teams is 378.3.

Led all of MLB in 1887 Cleveland Blues 133 games
533 Walks Allowed 79 clear of Brooklyn Grays
# Team League G BB
1 Cleveland Blues AA 133 533
2 Brooklyn Grays AA 138 454
3 Philadelphia Athletics AA 137 433
4 Indianapolis Hoosiers NL 127 431
5 Baltimore Orioles AA 141 418
6 New York Metropolitans AA 138 406
7 Boston Beaneaters NL 127 396
7 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 135 396
MLB average 378.3
9 New York Giants NL 129 373
10 Louisville Colonels AA 137 357
11 Detroit Wolverines NL 127 344
12 Chicago White Stockings NL 127 338
13 St. Louis Browns AA 137 323
14 Philadelphia Quakers NL 128 305
15 Washington Nationals NL 126 299
16 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 125 246

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.