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1911 NL Batting Average by Team

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

The New York Giants led the NL in batting average in 1911, with .280, .013 ahead of the Boston Rustlers. The average across 8 NL teams is .260.

Led the NL in 1911 New York Giants 154 games
.280 Batting Average .013 clear of Boston Rustlers
# Team G AVG
1 New York Giants 154 .280
2 Boston Rustlers 156 .267
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 .262
4 Cincinnati Reds 159 .261
5 Chicago Cubs 157 .260
NL average .260
6 Philadelphia Phillies 153 .259
7 St. Louis Cardinals 158 .252
8 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 .237

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.