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1981 NL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Montreal Expos led the NL in walks / 9 in 1981, with 2.47, 0.26 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 12 NL teams is 3.18.

Led the NL in 1981 Montreal Expos 108 games
2.47 Walks / 9 0.26 clear of Houston Astros
# Team G BB/9
1 Montreal Expos 108 2.47
2 Houston Astros 110 2.73
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 110 2.73
4 St. Louis Cardinals 103 2.77
5 Atlanta Braves 107 3.07
NL average 3.18
6 Philadelphia Phillies 107 3.25
7 New York Mets 105 3.26
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 3.31
9 San Francisco Giants 111 3.50
10 Chicago Cubs 106 3.65
11 Cincinnati Reds 108 3.66
12 San Diego Padres 110 3.72

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.