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1920 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The St. Louis Browns led all of MLB in batting average in 1920, with .308, .005 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 24 MLB teams is .268.

Led all of MLB in 1920 St. Louis Browns 154 games
.308 Batting Average .005 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G AVG
1 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .308
2 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .303
3 Chicago White Sox AL 154 .295
4 Washington Senators AL 153 .290
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 .289
6 New York Yankees AL 154 .280
7 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 79 .278
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 .277
9 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 .277
10 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .270
11 Boston Red Sox AL 154 .269
12 New York Giants NL 155 .269
MLB average .268
13 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .264
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 153 .263
15 Boston Braves NL 153 .260
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .257
17 St. Louis Giants NNL 72 .255
18 Chicago American Giants NNL 62 .254
19 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 85 .252
20 Philadelphia Athletics AL 156 .252
21 Detroit Stars NNL 63 .252
22 Cuban Stars West NNL 69 .251
23 Dayton Marcos NNL 54 .242
24 Chicago Giants NNL 36 .223

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.