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1938 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

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The Homestead Grays led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1938, with .480, .034 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 30 MLB teams is .383.

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Led all of MLB in 1938 Homestead Grays 52 games
.480 Slugging Percentage .034 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G SLG
1 Homestead Grays NN2 52 .480
2 New York Yankees AL 157 .446
3 Boston Red Sox AL 150 .434
4 Cleveland Indians AL 153 .434
5 Washington Senators AL 152 .416
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .411
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 .407
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 151 .406
9 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 68 .402
10 St. Louis Browns AL 156 .397
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 .396
12 New York Giants NL 152 .396
13 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 .390
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 .388
15 Philadelphia Stars NN2 68 .385
16 Newark Eagles NN2 52 .383
MLB average .383
17 Chicago White Sox AL 149 .383
18 Pittsburgh Crawfords NN2 49 .381
19 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .377
20 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 151 .367
21 New York Black Yankees NN2 39 .362
22 Indianapolis ABCs NAL 38 .359
23 Memphis Red Sox NAL 58 .358
24 Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 54 .355
25 Chicago American Giants NAL 65 .344
26 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 23 .336
27 Boston Bees NL 153 .333
28 Philadelphia Phillies NL 151 .333
29 Washington Black Senators NN2 21 .325
30 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 48 .294

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.