1946 MLB Walks / 9 by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Walks per nine innings
The Birmingham Black Barons led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1946, with 2.39, 0.58 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 28 MLB teams is 3.54.
Led all of MLB in 1946
Birmingham Black Barons
66 games
2.39
Walks / 9
0.58 clear of Cincinnati Reds
| # | Team | League | G | BB/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham Black Barons | NAL | 66 | 2.39 |
| 2 |
 Cincinnati Reds
|
NL | 156 | 2.97 |
| 3 | Newark Eagles | NN2 | 64 | 2.99 |
| 4 | Baltimore Elite Giants | NN2 | 58 | 3.08 |
| 5 |
 Boston Braves
|
NL | 154 | 3.14 |
| 6 | Kansas City Monarchs | NAL | 67 | 3.18 |
| 6 |
 St. Louis Cardinals
|
NL | 156 | 3.18 |
| 8 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
AL | 155 | 3.19 |
| 9 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
AL | 156 | 3.23 |
| 10 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
AL | 155 | 3.28 |
| 11 |
 Chicago Cubs
|
NL | 155 | 3.40 |
| 12 | Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns | NAL | 69 | 3.52 |
| 13 |
 Washington Senators
|
AL | 155 | 3.53 |
| MLB average | 3.54 | |||
| 14 |
 Pittsburgh Pirates
|
NL | 155 | 3.55 |
| 15 |
 Philadelphia Phillies
|
NL | 155 | 3.56 |
| 16 | Philadelphia Stars | NN2 | 56 | 3.57 |
| 17 | New York Black Yankees | NN2 | 46 | 3.62 |
| 18 |
 New York Yankees
|
AL | 154 | 3.65 |
| 19 | Homestead Grays | NN2 | 58 | 3.73 |
| 19 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AL | 156 | 3.73 |
| 21 | Chicago American Giants | NAL | 80 | 3.79 |
| 22 | Cleveland Buckeyes | NAL | 68 | 3.80 |
| 23 |
 Philadelphia Athletics
|
AL | 155 | 3.87 |
| 24 | New York Cubans | NN2 | 50 | 4.08 |
| 25 | Memphis Red Sox | NAL | 76 | 4.11 |
| 26 |
 Cleveland Indians
|
AL | 156 | 4.21 |
| 27 |
 Brooklyn Dodgers
|
NL | 157 | 4.26 |
| 28 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 154 | 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.