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1907 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in batting average in 1907, with .266, .011 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is .245.

Led all of MLB in 1907 Detroit Tigers 153 games
.266 Batting Average .011 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G AVG
1 Detroit Tigers AL 153 .266
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 150 .255
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 .254
4 St. Louis Browns AL 155 .253
5 New York Giants NL 155 .251
6 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .250
7 New York Highlanders AL 152 .249
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 .247
MLB average .245
9 Boston Doves NL 152 .243
10 Washington Senators AL 154 .243
11 Cleveland Naps AL 158 .241
12 Chicago White Sox AL 157 .238
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 149 .236
14 Boston Americans AL 155 .234
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 .232
16 Brooklyn Superbas NL 153 .232

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.