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1997 AL Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Toronto Blue Jays led the AL in walks / 9 in 1997, with 3.10, 0.01 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 14 AL teams is 3.50.

Led the AL in 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 162 games
3.10 Walks / 9 0.01 clear of Minnesota Twins
# Team G BB/9
1 Toronto Blue Jays 162 3.10
2 Minnesota Twins 162 3.11
3 New York Yankees 162 3.26
4 Kansas City Royals 161 3.31
5 Texas Rangers 162 3.41
6 Milwaukee Brewers 161 3.42
7 Detroit Tigers 162 3.44
8 Baltimore Orioles 162 3.47
AL average 3.50
9 Cleveland Indians 161 3.63
10 Chicago White Sox 161 3.64
11 Seattle Mariners 162 3.72
12 Anaheim Angels 162 3.74
13 Boston Red Sox 162 3.79
14 Oakland Athletics 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.