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1939 MLB On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

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

The Homestead Grays led all of MLB in on-base plus slug. in 1939, with .845, .020 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is .722.

Led all of MLB in 1939 Homestead Grays 51 games
.845 On-Base Plus Slug. .020 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G OPS
1 Homestead Grays NN2 51 .845
2 New York Yankees AL 152 .825
3 Boston Red Sox AL 152 .800
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 .785
5 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .782
6 Newark Eagles NN2 61 .777
7 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 .764
8 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .763
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 .748
10 New York Giants NL 151 .736
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .736
12 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 8 .734
13 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .726
14 Washington Senators AL 153 .726
15 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .723
MLB average .722
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 .722
17 Toledo Crawfords NAL 19 .721
18 St. Louis Browns AL 156 .720
19 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 .718
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 64 .708
21 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 60 .682
22 New York Black Yankees NN2 47 .679
23 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 .669
24 St. Louis Stars NAL 45 .669
25 Boston Bees NL 152 .662
26 Chicago American Giants NAL 63 .661
27 Cleveland Bears NAL 41 .647
28 New York Cubans NN2 31 .619
29 Memphis Red Sox NAL 54 .601

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.