1939 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

The Memphis Red Sox led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1939, with 2.01, 0.53 ahead of the Baltimore Elite Giants. The average across 29 MLB teams is 3.43.

#	Team	League	G	BB/9
1	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	54	2.01
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	2.54
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	157	2.55
4	New York Black Yankees	NN2	47	2.68
5	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	60	2.72
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	2.78
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	153	2.81
8	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	2.97
9	Cincinnati Reds	NL	156	3.20
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	3.24
11	New York Giants	NL	151	3.25
12	Homestead Grays	NN2	51	3.30
13	Boston Bees	NL	152	3.40
	MLB average			3.43
14	Chicago American Giants	NAL	63	3.43
15	St. Louis Stars	NAL	45	3.45
16	New York Cubans	NN2	31	3.55
17	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	64	3.61
18	Boston Red Sox	AL	152	3.62
19	Toledo Crawfords	NAL	19	3.63
20	Cleveland Bears	NAL	41	3.75
21	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	3.78
21	New York Yankees	AL	152	3.78
23	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	153	3.88
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	152	3.93
25	Cleveland Indians	AL	154	3.97
26	Washington Senators	AL	153	4.00
27	Newark Eagles	NN2	61	4.22
28	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	8	4.47
29	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	4.85

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.