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1929 MLB On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. On-base percentage plus slugging

The New York Lincoln Giants led all of MLB in on-base plus slug. in 1929, with .895, .050 ahead of the Detroit Stars. The average across 29 MLB teams is .766.

Led all of MLB in 1929 New York Lincoln Giants 68 games
.895 On-Base Plus Slug. .050 clear of Detroit Stars
# Team League G OPS
1 New York Lincoln Giants ANL 68 .895
2 Detroit Stars NNL 69 .845
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .843
4 St. Louis Stars NNL 88 .840
5 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 79 .836
6 Baltimore Black Sox ANL 70 .834
7 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .826
8 New York Yankees AL 154 .816
9 Philadelphia Athletics AL 151 .815
10 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .813
11 Hilldale Club ANL 78 .803
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 .794
13 New York Giants NL 152 .793
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .792
15 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 .783
16 Cleveland Indians AL 152 .767
MLB average .766
17 Homestead Grays ANL 66 .757
18 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .733
19 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ANL 66 .733
20 Cuban Stars East ANL 58 .723
21 Washington Senators AL 153 .723
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .715
23 Boston Braves NL 154 .710
24 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 89 .697
25 Boston Red Sox AL 155 .691
26 Chicago White Sox AL 152 .688
27 Chicago American Giants NNL 86 .676
28 Cuban Stars West NNL 46 .658
29 Memphis Red Sox NNL 73 .612

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.