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1937 MLB Walks by Team

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

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in walks in 1937, with 712, 56 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 30 MLB teams is 328.4.

Led all of MLB in 1937 New York Yankees 157 games
712 Walks 56 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G BB
1 New York Yankees AL 157 712
2 Detroit Tigers AL 155 656
3 Boston Red Sox AL 154 601
4 Washington Senators AL 158 591
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 583
6 Cleveland Indians AL 156 570
7 Chicago White Sox AL 154 549
8 Chicago Cubs NL 154 538
9 St. Louis Browns AL 156 514
10 Boston Bees NL 152 485
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 478
12 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 469
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 463
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 437
15 New York Giants NL 152 412
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 385
MLB average 328.4
17 Homestead Grays NN2 58 190
18 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 70 179
19 Chicago American Giants NAL 59 118
20 Washington Elite Giants NN2 61 109
21 Newark Eagles NN2 60 106
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 54 105
23 Cincinnati Tigers NAL 54 102
23 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 102
25 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 50 87
26 St. Louis Stars NAL 36 72
27 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 39 70
28 Indianapolis Athletics NAL 39 68
29 Detroit Stars NAL 39 62
30 Memphis Red Sox NAL 42 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.