1977 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Minnesota Twins led all of MLB in batting average in 1977, with .282, just ahead of the Boston Red Sox (.2816 to .2815). The average across 26 MLB teams is .264.

Led all of MLB in 1977 Minnesota Twins 161 games

.282 Batting Average Just ahead of Boston Red Sox

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	.282
2	Boston Red Sox	AL	161	.282
3	New York Yankees	AL	162	.281
4	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.279
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	.278
6	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.277
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.274
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.274
9	Texas Rangers	AL	162	.270
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.270
11	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	.269
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.266
13	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.266
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.264
	MLB average			.264
15	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	.261
16	Montreal Expos	NL	162	.260
17	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	.258
18	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	.256
19	California Angels	AL	162	.255
20	Houston Astros	NL	162	.254
21	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	.254
22	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.253
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	161	.252
24	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.249
25	New York Mets	NL	162	.244
26	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	.240

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.