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1889 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Brooklyn Bridegrooms and the Chicago White Stockings shared the lead of all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1889, with 2.97. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.47.

Led all of MLB in 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 138 games
2.97 Walks / 9 Tied with Chicago White Stockings
# Team League G BB/9
1 Brooklyn Bridegrooms AA 138 2.97
1 Chicago White Stockings NL 136 2.97
3 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 134 2.98
4 St. Louis Browns AA 140 3.00
5 Boston Beaneaters NL 133 3.19
6 Baltimore Orioles AA 139 3.20
7 Indianapolis Hoosiers NL 135 3.22
8 Philadelphia Quakers NL 130 3.34
9 Kansas City Cowboys AA 139 3.42
10 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 141 3.44
MLB average 3.47
11 Louisville Colonels AA 140 3.49
12 Philadelphia Athletics AA 138 3.82
13 Cleveland Spiders NL 136 3.92
14 New York Giants NL 131 4.10
15 Columbus Solons AA 139 4.14
16 Washington Nationals NL 127 4.30

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.