1970 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Cincinnati Reds led all of MLB in batting average in 1970, with .270, just ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers (.2704 to .2702). The average across 24 MLB teams is .254.

Led all of MLB in 1970 Cincinnati Reds 162 games

.270 Batting Average Just ahead of Los Angeles Dodgers

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.270
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	161	.270
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.270
4	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	.270
5	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.263
6	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	.262
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.262
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.262
9	Houston Astros	NL	162	.259
10	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.259
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.257
	MLB average			.254
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	.253
13	New York Yankees	AL	163	.252
14	California Angels	AL	162	.251
15	New York Mets	NL	162	.250
16	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.249
17	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.249
18	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.246
19	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.244
20	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	163	.242
21	Washington Senators	AL	162	.239
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.238
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	.238
24	Montreal Expos	NL	162	.237

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.