Daily quiz

1972 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1972, with 2.59, 0.05 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 24 MLB teams is 3.16.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Baltimore Orioles 154 games
2.59 Walks / 9 0.05 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team League G BB/9
1 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 2.59
2 Kansas City Royals AL 154 2.64
3 Oakland Athletics AL 155 2.65
4 Chicago Cubs NL 156 2.71
5 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 155 2.75
5 New York Yankees AL 155 2.75
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 2.76
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 2.77
9 Chicago White Sox AL 154 2.80
10 Minnesota Twins AL 154 2.86
11 Detroit Tigers AL 156 3.01
12 New York Mets NL 156 3.09
13 Milwaukee Brewers AL 156 3.14
MLB average 3.16
14 Houston Astros NL 153 3.24
15 San Francisco Giants NL 155 3.29
16 Boston Red Sox AL 155 3.33
17 Atlanta Braves NL 155 3.35
18 Cleveland Indians AL 156 3.41
18 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 3.41
20 Philadelphia Phillies NL 156 3.45
21 Montreal Expos NL 156 3.72
22 San Diego Padres NL 153 3.96
23 Texas Rangers AL 154 4.01
24 California Angels AL 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.