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1981 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Montreal Expos led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1981, with 2.47, 0.19 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.18.

Led all of MLB in 1981 Montreal Expos 108 games
2.47 Walks / 9 0.19 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team League G BB/9
1 Montreal Expos NL 108 2.47
2 Kansas City Royals AL 103 2.66
3 New York Yankees AL 107 2.72
4 Houston Astros NL 110 2.73
4 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 110 2.73
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 103 2.77
7 California Angels AL 110 2.99
8 Cleveland Indians AL 103 3.01
9 Atlanta Braves NL 107 3.07
10 Texas Rangers AL 105 3.08
MLB average 3.18
11 Chicago White Sox AL 106 3.21
11 Milwaukee Brewers AL 109 3.21
13 Boston Red Sox AL 108 3.23
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 107 3.25
14 Seattle Mariners AL 110 3.25
16 New York Mets NL 105 3.26
17 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 103 3.31
18 Baltimore Orioles AL 105 3.32
19 Oakland Athletics AL 109 3.35
20 Minnesota Twins AL 110 3.45
21 Detroit Tigers AL 109 3.46
22 San Francisco Giants NL 111 3.50
23 Toronto Blue Jays AL 106 3.56
24 Chicago Cubs NL 106 3.65
25 Cincinnati Reds NL 108 3.66
26 San Diego Padres NL 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.