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1916 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

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The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in batting average in 1916, with .264, .003 ahead of the Brooklyn Robins. The average across 16 MLB teams is .248.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAAB
Led all of MLB in 1916 Detroit Tigers 155 games
.264 Batting Average .003 clear of Brooklyn Robins
# Team League G AVG
1 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .264
2 Brooklyn Robins NL 156 .261
3 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .254
4 New York Giants NL 155 .253
5 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .251
6 Cleveland Indians AL 157 .250
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .250
8 Boston Red Sox AL 156 .248
MLB average .248
9 New York Yankees AL 156 .246
10 St. Louis Browns AL 158 .245
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 .243
12 Washington Senators AL 159 .242
13 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 .242
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 .241
15 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .239
16 Boston Braves NL 158 .233

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.