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1973 NL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Chicago Cubs led the NL in walks / 9 in 1973, with 2.74, 0.04 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.32.

Led the NL in 1973 Chicago Cubs 161 games
2.74 Walks / 9 0.04 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers
# Team G BB/9
1 Chicago Cubs 161 2.74
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 2.78
3 St. Louis Cardinals 162 2.99
4 New York Mets 161 3.01
4 San Francisco Giants 162 3.01
6 Cincinnati Reds 162 3.16
NL average 3.32
7 San Diego Padres 162 3.45
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 3.50
9 Atlanta Braves 162 3.54
9 Houston Astros 162 3.54
11 Philadelphia Phillies 162 3.93
12 Montreal Expos 162 4.22

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.