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1977 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1977, with 2.38, 0.29 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.28.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Boston Red Sox 161 games
2.38 Walks / 9 0.29 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers
# Team League G BB/9
1 Boston Red Sox AL 161 2.38
2 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.67
3 Texas Rangers AL 162 2.88
4 Detroit Tigers AL 162 2.90
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 2.95
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 2.98
7 Chicago Cubs NL 162 3.00
8 New York Yankees AL 162 3.02
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 3.06
10 Kansas City Royals AL 162 3.07
11 New York Mets NL 162 3.08
12 Minnesota Twins AL 161 3.16
13 Chicago White Sox AL 162 3.21
14 San Francisco Giants NL 162 3.26
MLB average 3.28
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 3.31
16 Houston Astros NL 162 3.35
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 3.41
17 Cleveland Indians AL 161 3.41
19 Oakland Athletics AL 161 3.51
20 Montreal Expos NL 162 3.52
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 3.56
22 California Angels AL 162 3.58
23 Seattle Mariners AL 162 3.63
24 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 3.93
25 San Diego Padres NL 162 4.13
26 Atlanta Braves NL 162 4.37

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.