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1962 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1962, with .341, .003 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 20 MLB teams is .326.

Led all of MLB in 1962 San Francisco Giants 165 games
.341 On-Base Percentage .003 clear of Minnesota Twins
# Team League G OBP
1 San Francisco Giants NL 165 .341
2 Minnesota Twins AL 163 .338
3 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 165 .337
4 New York Yankees AL 162 .337
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 .335
6 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .334
7 Kansas City Athletics AL 162 .332
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .332
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 .330
10 Detroit Tigers AL 161 .330
11 Milwaukee Braves NL 162 .326
MLB average .326
12 Los Angeles Angels AL 162 .325
13 Boston Red Sox AL 160 .324
14 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 .321
15 New York Mets NL 161 .318
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .317
17 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .314
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .312
19 Houston Colt .45's NL 162 .311
20 Washington Senators AL 162 .308

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.