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1985 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The San Diego Padres led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1985, with 2.75, 0.03 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.31.

Led all of MLB in 1985 San Diego Padres 162 games
2.75 Walks / 9 0.03 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G BB/9
1 San Diego Padres NL 162 2.75
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 2.78
3 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.84
4 Kansas City Royals AL 162 2.85
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 2.92
6 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 3.01
7 New York Mets NL 162 3.11
8 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 3.13
9 Montreal Expos NL 161 3.14
10 California Angels AL 162 3.17
11 Texas Rangers AL 161 3.19
12 Chicago Cubs NL 162 3.24
12 New York Yankees AL 161 3.24
MLB average 3.31
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 3.32
15 Boston Red Sox AL 163 3.33
16 Houston Astros NL 162 3.35
17 Detroit Tigers AL 161 3.44
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 3.46
19 Chicago White Sox AL 163 3.53
20 San Francisco Giants NL 162 3.56
21 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 3.58
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 3.64
23 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.71
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 3.76
25 Atlanta Braves NL 162 3.96
26 Seattle Mariners AL 162 4.00

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.