League Leaders Daily Quiz

1948 MLB Walks by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in walks in 1948, with 821, 96 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 28 MLB teams is 392.4.

Led all of MLB in 1948 Boston Red Sox 155 games
821 Walks 96 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G BB
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 821
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 725
3 Detroit Tigers AL 154 671
4 Boston Braves NL 154 667
5 Cleveland Indians AL 156 646
6 New York Yankees AL 154 623
7 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 155 604
8 New York Giants NL 155 597
9 Chicago White Sox AL 154 594
10 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 590
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 580
12 St. Louis Browns AL 155 578
13 Washington Senators AL 154 569
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 477
15 Chicago Cubs NL 155 444
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 437
MLB average 392.4
17 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 73 213
18 Newark Eagles NN2 57 183
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 80 166
20 Homestead Grays NN2 62 144
21 New York Cubans NN2 45 124
22 Philadelphia Stars NN2 59 113
23 Indianapolis Clowns NAL 76 105
24 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 78 101
25 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 87 70
26 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 60
27 Chicago American Giants NAL 78 43
28 Memphis Red Sox NAL 91 41

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.