1989 MLB Strikeout-to-Walk by Team

The Kansas City Royals led all of MLB in strikeout-to-walk in 1989, with 2.15, 0.06 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1.76.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Kansas City Royals 162 games

2.15 Strikeout-to-Walk 0.06 clear of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	K/BB
1	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	2.15
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	160	2.09
3	New York Mets	NL	162	2.08
4	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	2.06
5	Montreal Expos	NL	162	2.04
6	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1.94
7	California Angels	AL	162	1.93
8	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1.92
9	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1.87
10	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1.82
11	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	1.78
11	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1.78
	MLB average			1.76
13	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1.75
13	Houston Astros	NL	162	1.75
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	164	1.75
16	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1.73
17	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1.70
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1.70
17	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1.70
20	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1.60
21	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	164	1.53
22	New York Yankees	AL	161	1.51
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	1.47
24	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	1.44
25	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1.39
26	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1.27

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.