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1931 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in batting average in 1931, with .297, .001 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 22 MLB teams is .275.

Led all of MLB in 1931 New York Yankees 155 games
.297 Batting Average .001 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G AVG
1 New York Yankees AL 155 .297
2 Cleveland Indians AL 155 .296
3 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .290
4 New York Giants NL 153 .289
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .287
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .286
7 Washington Senators AL 156 .286
8 Chicago Columbia Giants NNL 26 .283
9 Indianapolis ABCs NNL 59 .283
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 .279
11 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 .276
MLB average .275
12 St. Louis Stars NNL 56 .271
13 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .270
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 .269
15 Detroit Tigers AL 154 .268
16 Louisville White Sox NNL 52 .267
17 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .266
18 Boston Red Sox AL 153 .262
19 Chicago White Sox AL 156 .260
20 Boston Braves NL 156 .258
21 Detroit Stars NNL 55 .254
22 Cleveland Cubs NNL 44 .247

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.