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1934 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

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

The Newark Dodgers led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1934, with .387, .011 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 24 MLB teams is .338.

Led all of MLB in 1934 Newark Dodgers 33 games
.387 On-Base Percentage .011 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G OBP
1 Newark Dodgers NN2 33 .387
2 Detroit Tigers AL 154 .376
3 Baltimore Black Sox NN2 11 .370
4 New York Yankees AL 154 .364
5 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .352
6 Boston Red Sox AL 153 .350
7 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 153 .350
8 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 67 .348
9 Washington Senators AL 155 .348
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 .344
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .343
MLB average .338
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 149 .338
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .337
14 Chicago White Sox AL 153 .336
15 Nashville Elite Giants NN2 41 .335
16 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .335
17 Chicago Cubs NL 152 .330
18 New York Giants NL 153 .329
19 Boston Braves NL 152 .323
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 54 .318
21 Chicago American Giants NN2 48 .314
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 152 .311
23 Philadelphia Bacharach Giants NN2 25 .299
24 Cleveland Red Sox NN2 25 .288

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.