League Leaders Daily Quiz

1941 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1941, with .283, .001 ahead of the Memphis Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is .261.

Led all of MLB in 1941 Boston Red Sox 155 games
.283 Batting Average .001 clear of Memphis Red Sox
# Team League G AVG
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 .283
2 Memphis Red Sox NAL 57 .282
3 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 41 .281
4 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 51 .280
5 Homestead Grays NN2 45 .275
6 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 .272
7 Washington Senators AL 156 .272
8 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 .272
9 Newark Eagles NN2 37 .269
10 New York Yankees AL 156 .269
11 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 .268
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 .268
13 St. Louis Browns AL 157 .266
14 New York Cubans NN2 29 .265
15 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .263
MLB average .261
16 New York Giants NL 156 .260
17 Cleveland Indians AL 155 .256
18 Chicago White Sox AL 156 .255
19 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 56 .254
20 Chicago American Giants NAL 42 .253
21 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .253
22 Boston Braves NL 156 .251
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 154 .247
24 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars NAL 43 .244
25 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 .244
26 Philadelphia Stars NN2 43 .235
27 New York Black Yankees NN2 33 .230
28 Jacksonville Red Caps NAL 41 .228

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.