1972 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in batting average in 1972, with .274, .014 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 24 MLB teams is .244.

Led all of MLB in 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 155 games

.274 Batting Average .014 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	155	.274
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	.260
3	Atlanta Braves	NL	155	.258
4	Houston Astros	NL	153	.258
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	.257
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	155	.256
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	154	.255
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	.251
9	New York Yankees	AL	155	.249
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	155	.248
11	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	.244
12	Minnesota Twins	AL	154	.244
	MLB average			.244
13	California Angels	AL	155	.242
14	Oakland Athletics	AL	155	.240
15	Chicago White Sox	AL	154	.238
16	Detroit Tigers	AL	156	.237
17	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	156	.236
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	156	.235
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	156	.234
20	Montreal Expos	NL	156	.234
21	Baltimore Orioles	AL	154	.229
22	San Diego Padres	NL	153	.227
23	New York Mets	NL	156	.225
24	Texas Rangers	AL	154	.217

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.