1979 MLB Walks + Hits / IP by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in walks + hits / ip in 1979, with 1.22, 0.01 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 26 MLB teams is 1.37.

Led all of MLB in 1979 Baltimore Orioles 159 games

1.22 Walks + Hits / IP 0.01 clear of Houston Astros

#	Team	League	G	WHIP
1	Baltimore Orioles	AL	159	1.22
2	Houston Astros	NL	162	1.23
3	Montreal Expos	NL	160	1.26
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	163	1.29
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	1.31
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	1.32
7	Texas Rangers	AL	162	1.32
8	New York Yankees	AL	160	1.33
9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	1.34
10	San Diego Padres	NL	161	1.34
11	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	1.35
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	1.36
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	1.37
	MLB average			1.37
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	160	1.39
15	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1.39
16	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1.40
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	159	1.41
18	New York Mets	NL	163	1.41
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	1.41
19	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1.41
21	California Angels	AL	162	1.42
22	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1.44
23	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	1.45
24	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	1.49
25	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	1.50
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1.58

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.