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1906 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Cleveland Naps led all of MLB in batting average in 1906, with .279, .013 ahead of the New York Highlanders. The average across 16 MLB teams is .246.

Led all of MLB in 1906 Cleveland Naps 157 games
.279 Batting Average .013 clear of New York Highlanders
# Team League G AVG
1 Cleveland Naps AL 157 .279
2 New York Highlanders AL 155 .266
3 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .262
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 .261
5 New York Giants NL 152 .255
6 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .247
7 Philadelphia Athletics AL 149 .247
MLB average .246
8 Detroit Tigers AL 151 .242
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .241
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .238
11 Washington Senators AL 151 .238
12 Boston Americans AL 155 .237
13 Brooklyn Superbas NL 153 .236
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .236
15 Chicago White Sox AL 154 .230
16 Boston Beaneaters NL 152 .226

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.