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1971 MLB On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. On-base percentage plus slugging

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in on-base plus slug. in 1971, with .746, .001 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 24 MLB teams is .682.

Led all of MLB in 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games
.746 On-Base Plus Slug. .001 clear of Baltimore Orioles
# Team League G OPS
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .746
2 Baltimore Orioles AL 158 .745
3 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .730
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 .723
5 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .719
6 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .708
7 Oakland Athletics AL 161 .705
8 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .703
9 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .697
10 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .697
11 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .695
11 Minnesota Twins AL 160 .695
13 New York Yankees AL 162 .688
MLB average .682
14 New York Mets NL 162 .669
15 Kansas City Royals AL 161 .666
16 Montreal Expos NL 162 .666
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .666
18 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .648
19 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .643
20 Houston Astros NL 162 .642
21 Washington Senators AL 159 .634
22 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 .633
23 San Diego Padres NL 161 .625
24 California Angels AL 162 .619

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.