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1939 MLB Walks Allowed by Team

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

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in walks allowed in 1939, with 739, 137 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 29 MLB teams is 338.0.

Led all of MLB in 1939 St. Louis Browns 156 games
739 Walks Allowed 137 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G BB
1 St. Louis Browns AL 156 739
2 Cleveland Indians AL 154 602
2 Washington Senators AL 153 602
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 579
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 579
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 574
7 New York Yankees AL 152 567
8 Boston Red Sox AL 152 543
9 Boston Bees NL 152 513
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 499
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 498
12 New York Giants NL 151 477
13 Chicago White Sox AL 155 454
14 Chicago Cubs NL 156 430
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 423
16 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 399
MLB average 338.0
17 Newark Eagles NN2 61 159
17 Philadelphia Stars NN2 64 159
19 Chicago American Giants NAL 63 138
20 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 60 133
21 Homestead Grays NN2 51 108
22 Cleveland Bears NAL 41 100
23 St. Louis Stars NAL 45 92
24 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 8 89
25 New York Black Yankees NN2 47 77
26 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 71
27 New York Cubans NN2 31 68
28 Toledo Crawfords NAL 19 67
29 Memphis Red Sox NAL 54 63

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.