Daily quiz

1972 AL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led the AL in walks / 9 in 1972, with 2.59, 0.05 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 12 AL teams is 3.10.

Led the AL in 1972 Baltimore Orioles 154 games
2.59 Walks / 9 0.05 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team G BB/9
1 Baltimore Orioles 154 2.59
2 Kansas City Royals 154 2.64
3 Oakland Athletics 155 2.65
4 New York Yankees 155 2.75
5 Chicago White Sox 154 2.80
6 Minnesota Twins 154 2.86
7 Detroit Tigers 156 3.01
AL average 3.10
8 Milwaukee Brewers 156 3.14
9 Boston Red Sox 155 3.33
10 Cleveland Indians 156 3.41
11 Texas Rangers 154 4.01
12 California Angels 155 4.05

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.