League Leaders Daily Quiz

1890 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total bases per at bat

The New York Giants led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1890, with .405, .001 ahead of the Boston Reds. The average across 25 MLB teams is .348.

Led all of MLB in 1890 New York Giants 132 games
.405 Slugging Percentage .001 clear of Boston Reds
# Team League G SLG
1 New York Giants PL 132 .405
2 Boston Reds PL 133 .404
3 Philadelphia Athletics PL 132 .393
4 Cleveland Infants PL 131 .386
5 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders PL 133 .374
6 St. Louis Browns AA 138 .370
7 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL 129 .369
8 Pittsburgh Burghers PL 131 .367
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 133 .364
10 Chicago Pirates PL 138 .361
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 134 .361
12 Chicago Colts NL 139 .356
13 New York Giants NL 135 .354
14 Louisville Colonels AA 134 .350
MLB average .348
15 Toledo Maumees AA 134 .348
16 Boston Beaneaters NL 134 .341
17 Buffalo Bisons PL 134 .337
18 Columbus Solons AA 140 .335
19 Syracuse Stars AA 127 .329
20 Rochester Broncos AA 133 .316
21 Philadelphia Athletics AA 132 .315
22 Cleveland Spiders NL 136 .299
23 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 .294
24 Brooklyn Gladiators AA 100 .293
25 Baltimore Orioles AA 38 .289

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.