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2009 MLB Walks by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases on balls drawn

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in walks in 2009, with 663, 3 ahead of the Colorado Rockies. The average across 30 MLB teams is 554.0.

Led all of MLB in 2009 New York Yankees 162 games
663 Walks 3 clear of Colorado Rockies
# Team League G BB
1 New York Yankees AL 162 663
2 Colorado Rockies NL 162 660
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 659
4 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 642
5 Washington Nationals NL 162 617
6 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 610
7 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 607
8 Atlanta Braves NL 162 602
9 Chicago Cubs NL 161 592
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 589
11 San Diego Padres NL 162 586
12 Minnesota Twins AL 163 585
13 Cleveland Indians AL 162 582
14 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 571
15 Florida Marlins NL 162 568
MLB average 554.0
16 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 548
17 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 547
18 Detroit Tigers AL 163 540
19 Chicago White Sox AL 162 534
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 531
21 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 528
22 Oakland Athletics AL 162 527
23 New York Mets NL 162 526
24 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 517
25 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 499
26 Texas Rangers AL 162 472
27 Kansas City Royals AL 162 457
28 Houston Astros NL 162 448
29 Seattle Mariners AL 162 421
30 San Francisco Giants NL 162 392

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.