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1969 MLB Walks by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in walks in 1969, with 711, 12 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 24 MLB teams is 559.5.

Led all of MLB in 1969 San Francisco Giants 162 games
711 Walks 12 clear of Houston Astros
# Team League G BB
1 San Francisco Giants NL 162 711
2 Houston Astros NL 162 699
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 658
4 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 634
5 Washington Senators AL 162 630
6 Seattle Pilots AL 163 626
7 Oakland Athletics AL 162 617
8 Minnesota Twins AL 162 599
9 Detroit Tigers AL 162 578
10 New York Yankees AL 162 565
MLB average 559.5
11 Chicago Cubs NL 163 559
12 Chicago White Sox AL 162 552
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 549
14 Cleveland Indians AL 161 535
15 Montreal Expos NL 162 529
16 New York Mets NL 162 527
17 Kansas City Royals AL 163 522
18 California Angels AL 163 516
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 503
20 Atlanta Braves NL 162 485
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 484
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 474
23 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 454
24 San Diego Padres NL 162 423

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.