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1947 AL Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The New York Yankees led the AL in slugging percentage in 1947, with .407, .022 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is .364.

Led the AL in 1947 New York Yankees 155 games
.407 Slugging Percentage .022 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G SLG
1 New York Yankees 155 .407
2 Cleveland Indians 157 .385
3 Boston Red Sox 157 .382
4 Detroit Tigers 158 .377
AL average .364
5 St. Louis Browns 154 .350
6 Philadelphia Athletics 156 .349
7 Chicago White Sox 155 .342
8 Washington Senators 154 .321

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.