1938 MLB Walks + Hits / IP by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in walks + hits / ip in 1938, with 1.14, 0.10 ahead of the Homestead Grays. The average across 30 MLB teams is 1.47.

#	Team	League	G	WHIP
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	1.14
2	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	1.24
3	New York Giants	NL	152	1.30
4	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	1.32
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	1.33
6	Boston Bees	NL	153	1.33
7	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	1.34
8	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	1.34
9	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	1.34
10	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	1.35
11	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	1.40
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	1.41
13	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	1.43
14	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	1.44
15	New York Yankees	AL	157	1.45
	MLB average			1.47
16	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	1.48
17	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	1.49
18	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	1.50
19	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	1.50
20	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	1.52
20	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	1.52
22	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	1.55
23	Washington Senators	AL	152	1.56
24	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	1.58
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	1.58
26	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	1.59
27	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	1.64
28	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	1.65
29	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	1.73
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	2.03

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.