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1999 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1999, with 2.94, 0.01 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 30 MLB teams is 3.73.

Led all of MLB in 1999 Boston Red Sox 162 games
2.94 Walks / 9 0.01 clear of Houston Astros
# Team League G BB/9
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 2.94
2 Houston Astros NL 162 2.95
3 Minnesota Twins AL 161 3.08
4 Atlanta Braves NL 162 3.10
5 Texas Rangers AL 162 3.19
6 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 3.33
6 Chicago Cubs NL 162 3.33
8 San Diego Padres NL 162 3.35
9 Oakland Athletics AL 162 3.56
10 Montreal Expos NL 162 3.59
11 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 3.60
12 New York Yankees AL 162 3.63
13 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 3.68
14 Detroit Tigers AL 161 3.69
MLB average 3.73
15 Chicago White Sox AL 162 3.73
16 New York Mets NL 163 3.81
17 Milwaukee Brewers NL 161 3.84
18 Anaheim Angels AL 162 3.92
18 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 3.92
18 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 3.92
21 Cleveland Indians AL 162 3.93
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 3.97
23 San Francisco Giants NL 162 4.05
24 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 4.06
25 Kansas City Royals AL 161 4.07
26 Florida Marlins NL 162 4.11
27 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 4.15
28 Seattle Mariners AL 162 4.29
29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 4.36
30 Colorado Rockies NL 162 4.64

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.