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1988 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The New York Mets led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1988, with 2.53, 0.07 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 26 MLB teams is 3.10.

Led all of MLB in 1988 New York Mets 160 games
2.53 Walks / 9 0.07 clear of San Francisco Giants
# Team League G BB/9
1 New York Mets NL 160 2.53
2 San Francisco Giants NL 162 2.60
3 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 2.71
4 San Diego Padres NL 161 2.73
5 Cleveland Indians AL 162 2.77
6 Minnesota Twins AL 162 2.85
7 Montreal Expos NL 163 2.89
8 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.91
9 Houston Astros NL 162 2.92
10 Kansas City Royals AL 161 2.93
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 160 2.93
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 2.97
13 Chicago Cubs NL 163 3.01
13 New York Yankees AL 161 3.01
15 Detroit Tigers AL 162 3.09
MLB average 3.10
16 Boston Red Sox AL 162 3.11
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 3.12
18 Atlanta Braves NL 160 3.26
19 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 3.28
20 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 3.32
21 Chicago White Sox AL 161 3.33
22 Oakland Athletics AL 162 3.34
23 California Angels AL 162 3.51
24 Seattle Mariners AL 161 3.52
25 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.94
26 Texas Rangers AL 161 4.09

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.