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1929 AL On-Base Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base

The Philadelphia Athletics led the AL in on-base percentage in 1929, with .365, .001 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 8 AL teams is .349.

Led the AL in 1929 Philadelphia Athletics 151 games
.365 On-Base Percentage .001 clear of New York Yankees
# Team G OBP
1 Philadelphia Athletics 151 .365
2 New York Yankees 154 .364
3 Detroit Tigers 155 .360
4 Cleveland Indians 152 .352
4 St. Louis Browns 154 .352
AL average .349
6 Washington Senators 153 .347
7 Boston Red Sox 155 .325
8 Chicago White Sox 152 .325

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.