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1949 MLB Walks by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Bases on balls drawn

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in walks in 1949, with 835, 52 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is 626.7.

Led all of MLB in 1949 Boston Red Sox 155 games
835 Walks 52 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G BB
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 835
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 783
3 Detroit Tigers AL 155 748
4 New York Yankees AL 155 729
5 Chicago White Sox AL 154 702
6 Boston Braves NL 157 684
7 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 156 638
8 St. Louis Browns AL 155 631
MLB average 626.7
9 New York Giants NL 156 613
10 Cleveland Indians AL 154 601
11 Washington Senators AL 154 593
12 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 569
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 548
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 528
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 429
16 Chicago Cubs NL 154 396

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.