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1962 NL Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The San Francisco Giants led the NL in slugging percentage in 1962, with .441, .024 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 10 NL teams is .393.

Led the NL in 1962 San Francisco Giants 165 games
.441 Slugging Percentage .024 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team G SLG
1 San Francisco Giants 165 .441
2 Cincinnati Reds 162 .417
3 Milwaukee Braves 162 .403
4 Los Angeles Dodgers 165 .400
5 Pittsburgh Pirates 161 .394
6 St. Louis Cardinals 163 .394
NL average .393
7 Philadelphia Phillies 161 .390
8 Chicago Cubs 162 .377
9 New York Mets 161 .361
10 Houston Colt .45's 162 .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.