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1919 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1919, with .381, just ahead of the Cleveland Indians (.3811 to .3807). The average across 16 MLB teams is .348.

Led all of MLB in 1919 Detroit Tigers 140 games
.381 Slugging Percentage Just ahead of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G SLG
1 Detroit Tigers AL 140 .381
2 Cleveland Indians AL 139 .381
3 Chicago White Sox AL 140 .380
4 New York Giants NL 140 .366
5 New York Yankees AL 141 .356
6 St. Louis Browns AL 140 .355
MLB average .348
7 Boston Red Sox AL 138 .344
8 Philadelphia Phillies NL 138 .342
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 140 .342
10 Brooklyn Robins NL 141 .340
11 Washington Senators AL 142 .339
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 140 .334
13 Chicago Cubs NL 140 .332
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 138 .326
15 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 139 .326
16 Boston Braves NL 140 .324

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.