1942 MLB Batting Average by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Hits per at bat
The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in batting average in 1942, with .286, .009 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 28 MLB teams is .252.
Led all of MLB in 1942
Kansas City Monarchs
50 games
.286
Batting Average
.009 clear of Boston Red Sox
| # | Team | League | G | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Monarchs | NAL | 50 | .286 |
| 2 |
 Boston Red Sox
|
AL | 152 | .277 |
| 3 | Memphis Red Sox | NAL | 62 | .272 |
| 4 |
 New York Yankees
|
AL | 154 | .269 |
| 5 |
 St. Louis Cardinals
|
NL | 156 | .268 |
| 6 | Homestead Grays | NN2 | 34 | .266 |
| 7 | Newark Eagles | NN2 | 35 | .265 |
| 8 |
 Brooklyn Dodgers
|
NL | 155 | .265 |
| 9 | Birmingham Black Barons | NAL | 48 | .261 |
| 10 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AL | 151 | .259 |
| 11 | Philadelphia Stars | NN2 | 41 | .258 |
| 12 |
 Washington Senators
|
AL | 151 | .258 |
| 13 | Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes | NAL | 65 | .254 |
| 14 |
 Chicago Cubs
|
NL | 155 | .254 |
| 15 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 154 | .254 |
| 16 | Baltimore Elite Giants | NN2 | 38 | .254 |
| 17 |
 Cleveland Indians
|
AL | 156 | .253 |
| MLB average | .252 | |||
| 18 |
 Philadelphia Athletics
|
AL | 154 | .249 |
| 19 |
 Detroit Tigers
|
AL | 156 | .247 |
| 20 |
 Chicago White Sox
|
AL | 148 | .246 |
| 21 |
 Pittsburgh Pirates
|
NL | 151 | .245 |
| 22 |
 Boston Braves
|
NL | 150 | .240 |
| 23 | Chicago American Giants | NAL | 44 | .236 |
| 24 | New York Black Yankees | NN2 | 28 | .233 |
| 25 |
 Philadelphia Phillies
|
NL | 151 | .232 |
| 26 |
 Cincinnati Reds
|
NL | 154 | .231 |
| 27 | New York Cubans | NN2 | 22 | .221 |
| 28 | Jacksonville Red Caps | NAL | 37 | .203 |
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.