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1909 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1909, with 2.05, 0.09 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 16 MLB teams is 2.70.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
2.05 Walks / 9 0.09 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G BB/9
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 2.05
2 Chicago White Sox AL 159 2.14
3 Detroit Tigers AL 158 2.27
4 Cleveland Naps AL 155 2.30
5 Chicago Cubs NL 155 2.32
6 New York Giants NL 158 2.48
7 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 2.52
8 Boston Red Sox AL 152 2.54
8 St. Louis Browns AL 154 2.54
MLB average 2.70
10 Washington Senators AL 156 2.78
11 New York Highlanders AL 153 2.81
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 3.05
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 3.15
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 3.26
15 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 3.43
16 Boston Doves NL 155 3.57

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.