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1956 AL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led the AL in walks / 9 in 1956, with 3.40, 0.22 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 8 AL teams is 4.10.

Led the AL in 1956 Chicago White Sox 154 games
3.40 Walks / 9 0.22 clear of Baltimore Orioles
# Team G BB/9
1 Chicago White Sox 154 3.40
2 Baltimore Orioles 154 3.62
3 Cleveland Indians 155 3.67
AL average 4.10
4 New York Yankees 154 4.25
5 Detroit Tigers 155 4.27
6 Boston Red Sox 155 4.29
7 Kansas City Athletics 154 4.46
8 Washington Senators 155 4.80

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.