1887 MLB Walks + Hits / IP by Team

The Philadelphia Quakers led all of MLB in walks + hits / ip in 1887, with 1.31, 0.01 ahead of the St. Louis Browns. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1.43.

Led all of MLB in 1887 Philadelphia Quakers 128 games

1.31 Walks + Hits / IP 0.01 clear of St. Louis Browns

#	Team	League	G	WHIP
1	Philadelphia Quakers	NL	128	1.31
2	St. Louis Browns	AA	137	1.32
3	New York Giants	NL	129	1.32
4	Chicago White Stockings	NL	127	1.33
5	Cincinnati Red Stockings	AA	135	1.35
6	Louisville Colonels	AA	137	1.35
7	Detroit Wolverines	NL	127	1.36
8	Pittsburg Alleghenys	NL	125	1.38
9	Washington Nationals	NL	126	1.39
10	Baltimore Orioles	AA	141	1.40
11	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	137	1.40
	MLB average			1.43
12	Boston Beaneaters	NL	127	1.47
13	Brooklyn Grays	AA	138	1.52
14	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	127	1.58
15	New York Metropolitans	AA	138	1.65
16	Cleveland Blues	AA	133	1.77

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.