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1968 MLB Walks / 9 by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in walks / 9 in 1968, with 2.11, 0.10 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 20 MLB teams is 2.82.

Led all of MLB in 1968 San Francisco Giants 163 games
2.11 Walks / 9 0.10 clear of Atlanta Braves
# Team League G BB/9
1 San Francisco Giants NL 163 2.11
2 Atlanta Braves NL 163 2.21
3 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 2.28
4 Chicago Cubs NL 163 2.43
5 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 2.57
6 Minnesota Twins AL 162 2.60
6 New York Yankees AL 164 2.60
8 New York Mets NL 163 2.61
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 2.62
10 Chicago White Sox AL 162 2.76
MLB average 2.82
11 Detroit Tigers AL 164 2.94
11 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 2.94
13 Houston Astros NL 162 2.98
14 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 3.11
15 Oakland Athletics AL 163 3.12
16 Washington Senators AL 161 3.23
17 Boston Red Sox AL 162 3.25
17 California Angels AL 162 3.25
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 3.32
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 3.46

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.