League Leaders Daily Quiz

1926 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The St. Louis Stars led all of MLB in batting average in 1926, with .329, .035 ahead of the Indianapolis ABCs. The average across 32 MLB teams is .274.

Led all of MLB in 1926 St. Louis Stars 85 games
.329 Batting Average .035 clear of Indianapolis ABCs
# Team League G AVG
1 St. Louis Stars NNL 85 .329
2 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 86 .294
3 Washington Senators AL 152 .292
4 Detroit Tigers AL 157 .291
5 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 .290
6 New York Yankees AL 155 .289
7 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .289
8 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .289
8 Detroit Stars NNL 98 .289
8 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 78 .289
11 Hilldale Club ECL 86 .286
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 .286
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 .285
14 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 .282
15 Cuban Stars West NNL 68 .279
16 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .278
17 Harrisburg Giants ECL 49 .278
17 New York Giants NL 151 .278
19 Boston Braves NL 153 .277
20 St. Louis Browns AL 155 .276
MLB average .274
21 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 52 .272
22 Chicago American Giants NNL 82 .270
23 Philadelphia Athletics AL 150 .270
24 Cleveland Elites NNL 49 .266
25 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 .263
26 Cuban Stars East ECL 51 .261
27 Boston Red Sox AL 154 .255
28 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 72 .254
29 Brooklyn Royal Giants ECL 35 .250
30 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 62 .242
31 Newark Stars ECL 11 .227
32 Dayton Marcos NNL 42 .194

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.