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1941 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in batting average in 1941, with .283, .011 ahead of the Washington Senators. The average across 8 AL teams is .266.

Led the AL in 1941 Boston Red Sox 155 games
.283 Batting Average .011 clear of Washington Senators
# Team G AVG
1 Boston Red Sox 155 .283
2 Washington Senators 156 .272
3 New York Yankees 156 .269
4 Philadelphia Athletics 154 .268
AL average .266
5 St. Louis Browns 157 .266
6 Detroit Tigers 155 .263
7 Cleveland Indians 155 .256
8 Chicago White Sox 156 .255

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.