1939 MLB Walks by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in walks in 1939, with 701, 82 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 29 MLB teams is 338.0.

Led all of MLB in 1939 New York Yankees 152 games

701 Walks 82 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	BB
1	New York Yankees	AL	152	701
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	619
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	591
4	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	579
5	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	564
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	558
7	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	556
8	Washington Senators	AL	153	547
9	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	523
10	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	503
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	500
12	New York Giants	NL	151	498
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	477
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	475
15	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	421
16	Boston Bees	NL	152	366
	MLB average			338.0
17	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	135
18	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	130
18	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	130
20	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	124
21	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	123
22	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	119
23	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	103
24	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	99
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	91
26	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	83
27	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	71
28	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	68
29	New York Cubans	NN2	31	48

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.