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1998 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins shared the lead of all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1998, with 2.84. The average across 30 MLB teams is 3.41.

Led all of MLB in 1998 Houston Astros 162 games
2.84 Walks / 9 Tied with Minnesota Twins
# Team League G BB/9
1 Houston Astros NL 162 2.84
1 Minnesota Twins AL 162 2.84
3 New York Yankees AL 162 2.88
4 Atlanta Braves NL 162 2.92
5 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 3.07
6 San Diego Padres NL 162 3.10
7 Boston Red Sox AL 162 3.16
8 Texas Rangers AL 162 3.26
9 New York Mets NL 162 3.28
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 3.29
11 Oakland Athletics AL 162 3.32
12 Seattle Mariners AL 161 3.34
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.35
14 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 3.36
14 Montreal Expos NL 162 3.36
MLB average 3.41
16 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 3.41
17 San Francisco Giants NL 163 3.42
17 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 3.42
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 3.47
20 Chicago Cubs NL 163 3.50
21 Colorado Rockies NL 162 3.53
22 Kansas City Royals AL 161 3.56
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 3.58
24 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 3.61
25 Chicago White Sox AL 163 3.63
26 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 3.65
27 Detroit Tigers AL 162 3.70
28 Anaheim Angels AL 162 3.93
29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 4.01
30 Florida Marlins NL 162 4.44

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.