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1899 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Walks per nine innings

The Louisville Colonels and the St. Louis Perfectos shared the lead of all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1899, with 2.15. The average across 12 MLB teams is 2.83.

Led all of MLB in 1899 Louisville Colonels 156 games
2.15 Walks / 9 Tied with St. Louis Perfectos
# Team League G BB/9
1 Louisville Colonels NL 156 2.15
1 St. Louis Perfectos NL 155 2.15
3 Chicago Orphans NL 152 2.23
4 Baltimore Orioles NL 151 2.41
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 2.44
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 2.50
MLB average 2.83
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 2.87
8 Boston Beaneaters NL 153 2.88
9 Washington Senators NL 155 2.92
10 Brooklyn Superbas NL 148 3.28
11 Cleveland Spiders NL 154 3.75
12 New York Giants NL 152 4.39

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.