1979 MLB Strikeout-to-Walk by Team

The Montreal Expos led all of MLB in strikeout-to-walk in 1979, with 1.81, 0.02 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1.49.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Montreal Expos 160 games

1.81 Strikeout-to-Walk 0.02 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	K/BB
1	Montreal Expos	NL	160	1.81
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1.79
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	1.79
4	Houston Astros	NL	162	1.69
5	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	1.68
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	1.65
7	New York Yankees	AL	160	1.61
8	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1.60
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	1.59
10	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	1.58
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	1.58
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	1.57
13	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1.53
14	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	1.52
14	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1.52
	MLB average			1.49
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	1.47
17	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1.46
18	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1.45
19	California Angels	AL	162	1.43
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1.37
21	New York Mets	NL	163	1.35
22	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1.29
23	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1.19
24	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1.11
25	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	1.09
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1.03

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.