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1932 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Homestead Grays led all of MLB in batting average in 1932, with .298, .006 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 34 MLB teams is .265.

Led all of MLB in 1932 Homestead Grays 29 games
.298 Batting Average .006 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team League G AVG
1 Homestead Grays EWL 29 .298
2 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .292
3 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 .290
4 Washington Pilots EWL 34 .288
5 New York Yankees AL 156 .286
6 Cleveland Indians AL 153 .285
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 .285
8 Washington Senators AL 154 .284
9 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 .283
10 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .278
11 New York Giants NL 154 .276
12 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .276
13 Cleveland Stars EWL 17 .275
14 Baltimore Black Sox EWL 40 .274
15 Detroit Tigers AL 153 .273
16 Chicago American Giants NSL 43 .273
17 Monroe Monarchs NSL 48 .273
18 Detroit Wolves EWL 25 .272
19 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 .269
20 Chicago White Sox AL 152 .267
21 Pollock's Cuban Stars EWL 22 .265
22 Boston Braves NL 155 .265
MLB average .265
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .263
24 Indianapolis ABCs NSL 40 .259
25 Little Rock Grays NSL 15 .254
26 Birmingham Black Barons NSL 19 .253
27 Nashville Elite Giants NSL 46 .253
28 Montgomery Grey Sox NSL 47 .252
29 Boston Red Sox AL 154 .251
30 Louisville Black Caps NSL 40 .249
31 Memphis Red Sox NSL 50 .245
32 Hilldale Club EWL 27 .242
33 Atlanta Black Crackers NSL 22 .192
34 Newark Browns EWL 4 .169

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.