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1906 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Cleveland Naps led the AL in batting average in 1906, with .279, .013 ahead of the New York Highlanders. The average across 8 AL teams is .248.

Led the AL in 1906 Cleveland Naps 157 games
.279 Batting Average .013 clear of New York Highlanders
# Team G AVG
1 Cleveland Naps 157 .279
2 New York Highlanders 155 .266
AL average .248
3 St. Louis Browns 154 .247
4 Philadelphia Athletics 149 .247
5 Detroit Tigers 151 .242
6 Washington Senators 151 .238
7 Boston Americans 155 .237
8 Chicago White Sox 154 .230

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.