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1966 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1966, with .329, .003 ahead of the Atlanta Braves. The average across 20 MLB teams is .309.

Led all of MLB in 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games
.329 On-Base Percentage .003 clear of Atlanta Braves
# Team League G OBP
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .329
2 Atlanta Braves NL 163 .326
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 160 .324
4 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .322
5 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .321
6 Houston Astros NL 163 .318
7 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .316
8 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .314
9 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .313
10 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .310
MLB average .309
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 160 .309
12 California Angels AL 162 .303
13 San Francisco Giants NL 161 .303
14 New York Mets NL 161 .301
15 New York Yankees AL 160 .299
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .298
17 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .297
18 Chicago White Sox AL 163 .297
19 Washington Senators AL 159 .295
20 Kansas City Athletics AL 160 .294

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.