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1928 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The St. Louis Stars led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1928, with .522, .072 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is .393.

Led all of MLB in 1928 St. Louis Stars 89 games
.522 Slugging Percentage .072 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G SLG
1 St. Louis Stars NNL 89 .522
2 New York Yankees AL 154 .450
3 New York Lincoln Giants ECL 7 .446
4 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .436
5 Baltimore Black Sox ECL 7 .431
6 New York Giants NL 155 .430
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .425
8 Detroit Stars NNL 89 .424
9 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 .421
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .402
11 Detroit Tigers AL 154 .401
12 Washington Senators AL 155 .394
13 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ECL 7 .394
MLB average .393
14 Cleveland Tigers NNL 79 .393
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .393
16 Cuban Stars East ECL 6 .391
17 Cleveland Indians AL 155 .383
17 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 .383
19 Philadelphia Tigers ECL 5 .376
20 Brooklyn Robins NL 155 .374
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 153 .368
22 Boston Braves NL 153 .367
23 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 80 .363
24 Boston Red Sox AL 154 .361
25 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .357
26 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 99 .350
27 Memphis Red Sox NNL 84 .346
28 Chicago American Giants NNL 94 .339
29 Cuban Stars West NNL 54 .284

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.