1961 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in batting average in 1961, with .273, .002 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 18 MLB teams is .258.

Led all of MLB in 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games

.273 Batting Average .002 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	.273
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	.271
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	.270
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	.266
5	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	.266
6	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	.266
7	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	.264
8	New York Yankees	AL	163	.263
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	.262
	MLB average			.258
10	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	.258
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	.255
12	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	.254
13	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	.254
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	.250
15	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	.248
16	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	.245
17	Washington Senators	AL	161	.244
18	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	.243

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.