1908 MLB Batting Average by Team

The New York Giants led all of MLB in batting average in 1908, with .268, .005 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 16 MLB teams is .239.

Led all of MLB in 1908 New York Giants 157 games

.268 Batting Average .005 clear of Detroit Tigers

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	New York Giants	NL	157	.268
2	Detroit Tigers	AL	154	.263
3	Chicago Cubs	NL	158	.249
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	.247
5	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	.245
6	St. Louis Browns	AL	155	.245
7	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	.244
8	Boston Doves	NL	156	.239
9	Cleveland Naps	AL	157	.239
	MLB average			.239
10	New York Highlanders	AL	155	.236
11	Washington Senators	AL	155	.235
12	Cincinnati Reds	NL	155	.227
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	156	.224
14	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	157	.223
15	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	154	.223
16	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	154	.213

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.