1945 MLB Walks + Hits / IP by Team

The Cleveland Buckeyes led all of MLB in walks + hits / ip in 1945, with 1.22, 0.01 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 28 MLB teams is 1.39.

#	Team	League	G	WHIP
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	68	1.22
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	1.23
3	Washington Senators	AL	156	1.24
4	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	64	1.29
5	New York Yankees	AL	152	1.30
6	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	66	1.31
7	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	1.31
8	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	1.31
9	New York Cubans	NN2	27	1.31
10	Homestead Grays	NN2	46	1.32
11	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	1.32
12	Cleveland Indians	AL	147	1.36
13	Chicago American Giants	NAL	74	1.37
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	40	1.39
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	150	1.39
	MLB average			1.39
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	1.39
17	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	1.40
18	New York Giants	NL	154	1.41
19	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	1.41
20	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	1.45
21	Newark Eagles	NN2	39	1.45
22	Boston Braves	NL	154	1.46
23	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	43	1.47
24	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	1.47
25	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	76	1.54
26	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	68	1.58
27	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	154	1.59
28	New York Black Yankees	NN2	33	1.64

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.