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1968 AL Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led the AL in slugging percentage in 1968, with .385, .033 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 10 AL teams is .339.

Led the AL in 1968 Detroit Tigers 164 games
.385 Slugging Percentage .033 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team G SLG
1 Detroit Tigers 164 .385
2 Boston Red Sox 162 .352
3 Baltimore Orioles 162 .352
4 Minnesota Twins 162 .350
5 Oakland Athletics 163 .343
AL average .339
6 Washington Senators 161 .336
7 Cleveland Indians 162 .327
8 California Angels 162 .318
9 New York Yankees 164 .318
10 Chicago White Sox 162 .311

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.