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1953 AL Walks / 9 by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Walks per nine innings

The Washington Senators led the AL in walks / 9 in 1953, with 3.20, 0.11 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 8 AL teams is 3.63.

Led the AL in 1953 Washington Senators 152 games
3.20 Walks / 9 0.11 clear of New York Yankees
# Team G BB/9
1 Washington Senators 152 3.20
2 New York Yankees 151 3.31
3 Cleveland Indians 155 3.40
AL average 3.63
4 Detroit Tigers 158 3.72
5 Chicago White Sox 156 3.74
6 Philadelphia Athletics 157 3.79
7 Boston Red Sox 153 3.83
8 St. Louis Browns 154 4.07

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.