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1948 AL On-Base Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in on-base percentage in 1948, with .374, .014 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is .349.

Led the AL in 1948 Boston Red Sox 155 games
.374 On-Base Percentage .014 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G OBP
1 Boston Red Sox 155 .374
2 Cleveland Indians 156 .360
3 New York Yankees 154 .356
4 Detroit Tigers 154 .353
4 Philadelphia Athletics 154 .353
AL average .349
6 St. Louis Browns 155 .345
7 Chicago White Sox 154 .329
8 Washington Senators 154 .322

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.