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1945 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Chicago White Sox led the AL in batting average in 1945, with .262, .002 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 8 AL teams is .256.

Led the AL in 1945 Chicago White Sox 150 games
.262 Batting Average .002 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team G AVG
1 Chicago White Sox 150 .262
2 Boston Red Sox 157 .260
2 New York Yankees 152 .260
4 Washington Senators 156 .258
5 Detroit Tigers 155 .256
AL average .256
6 Cleveland Indians 147 .255
7 St. Louis Browns 154 .249
8 Philadelphia Athletics 153 .245

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.