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1938 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1938, with 2.16, 0.44 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 30 MLB teams is 3.51.

Led all of MLB in 1938 Kansas City Monarchs 68 games
2.16 Walks / 9 0.44 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G BB/9
1 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 68 2.16
2 New York Giants NL 152 2.60
3 Indianapolis ABCs NAL 38 2.64
4 Memphis Red Sox NAL 58 2.76
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 2.82
6 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 2.84
7 Chicago Cubs NL 154 2.93
8 Chicago American Giants NAL 65 2.97
9 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 151 3.01
10 Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 54 3.03
10 Boston Bees NL 153 3.03
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 151 3.06
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 3.08
14 Homestead Grays NN2 52 3.25
15 New York Black Yankees NN2 39 3.35
MLB average 3.51
16 Boston Red Sox AL 150 3.61
17 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 23 3.64
18 Philadelphia Stars NN2 68 3.66
19 New York Yankees AL 157 3.69
20 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 49 3.70
21 Chicago White Sox AL 149 3.76
22 Newark Eagles NN2 52 3.85
23 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 3.94
24 Detroit Tigers AL 155 4.06
25 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 4.07
26 Washington Senators AL 152 4.33
27 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 48 4.51
28 Cleveland Indians AL 153 4.53
29 St. Louis Browns AL 156 4.93
30 Washington Black Senators NN2 21 5.48

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.