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1962 MLB Walks by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in walks in 1962, with 651, 2 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 20 MLB teams is 546.8.

Led all of MLB in 1962 Detroit Tigers 161 games
651 Walks 2 clear of Minnesota Twins
# Team League G BB
1 Detroit Tigers AL 161 651
2 Minnesota Twins AL 163 649
3 Chicago White Sox AL 162 620
4 New York Mets NL 161 616
5 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 602
6 New York Yankees AL 162 584
7 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 581
8 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 165 572
9 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 556
MLB average 546.8
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 531
11 Boston Red Sox AL 160 525
12 San Francisco Giants NL 165 523
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 516
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 515
15 Chicago Cubs NL 162 504
16 Cleveland Indians AL 162 502
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 498
18 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 493
19 Washington Senators AL 162 466
20 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 432

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.