League Leaders Daily Quiz

1891 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Boston Reds led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1891, with .380, .004 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 17 MLB teams is .343.

Led all of MLB in 1891 Boston Reds 139 games
.380 Slugging Percentage .004 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G SLG
1 Boston Reds AA 139 .380
2 Philadelphia Athletics AA 142 .376
3 Milwaukee Brewers AA 36 .361
4 New York Giants NL 136 .360
5 Chicago Colts NL 137 .358
6 Boston Beaneaters NL 140 .356
7 St. Louis Browns AA 139 .354
8 Brooklyn Grooms NL 137 .345
9 Baltimore Orioles AA 139 .345
MLB average .343
10 Cleveland Spiders NL 141 .339
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 138 .335
12 Washington Statesmen AA 139 .330
13 Louisville Colonels AA 138 .324
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 .322
15 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers AA 102 .320
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 137 .318
17 Columbus Solons AA 138 .309

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.