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1978 NL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Philadelphia Phillies led the NL in walks / 9 in 1978, with 2.46, 0.29 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.26.

Led the NL in 1978 Philadelphia Phillies 162 games
2.46 Walks / 9 0.29 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers
# Team G BB/9
1 Philadelphia Phillies 162 2.46
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 2.75
3 San Francisco Giants 162 2.80
4 San Diego Padres 162 3.03
5 Pittsburgh Pirates 161 3.11
NL average 3.26
6 New York Mets 162 3.28
7 Chicago Cubs 162 3.33
8 Cincinnati Reds 161 3.52
9 Montreal Expos 162 3.56
10 Houston Astros 162 3.61
11 St. Louis Cardinals 162 3.76
12 Atlanta Braves 162 3.90

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.