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1951 NL Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Brooklyn Dodgers led the NL in slugging percentage in 1951, with .435, .017 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 8 NL teams is .389.

Led the NL in 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 games
.435 Slugging Percentage .017 clear of New York Giants
# Team G SLG
1 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 .435
2 New York Giants 157 .418
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 .397
4 Boston Braves 155 .394
NL average .389
5 St. Louis Cardinals 155 .382
6 Philadelphia Phillies 154 .375
7 Chicago Cubs 155 .364
8 Cincinnati Reds 155 .351

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.