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1979 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1979, with 2.38, 0.42 ahead of the Montreal Expos. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.27.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Milwaukee Brewers 161 games
2.38 Walks / 9 0.42 clear of Montreal Expos
# Team League G BB/9
1 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 2.38
2 Montreal Expos NL 160 2.80
3 Minnesota Twins AL 162 2.82
4 New York Yankees AL 160 2.86
5 Boston Red Sox AL 160 2.91
6 Baltimore Orioles AL 159 2.93
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 163 2.98
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 3.03
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 3.03
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 3.04
11 Houston Astros NL 162 3.13
12 Atlanta Braves NL 160 3.16
13 San Diego Padres NL 161 3.18
14 Chicago Cubs NL 162 3.24
MLB average 3.27
15 Kansas City Royals AL 162 3.33
15 Texas Rangers AL 162 3.33
17 Detroit Tigers AL 160 3.46
17 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 3.46
19 Seattle Mariners AL 162 3.57
20 Cleveland Indians AL 161 3.58
21 California Angels AL 162 3.59
22 San Francisco Giants NL 162 3.62
23 New York Mets NL 163 3.68
24 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 3.77
25 Chicago White Sox AL 159 3.95
26 Oakland Athletics AL 162 4.12

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.