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1978 MLB On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

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

The Milwaukee Brewers led all of MLB in on-base plus slug. in 1978, with .771, .011 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is .702.

Led all of MLB in 1978 Milwaukee Brewers 162 games
.771 On-Base Plus Slug. .011 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G OPS
1 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .771
2 Boston Red Sox AL 163 .760
3 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .740
4 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .730
5 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .728
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 .727
7 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 .722
8 New York Yankees AL 163 .718
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .716
10 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .714
11 Texas Rangers AL 162 .713
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 .705
13 Cleveland Indians AL 159 .702
MLB average .702
14 California Angels AL 162 .700
15 Chicago White Sox AL 161 .696
16 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .692
17 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .692
18 Montreal Expos NL 162 .685
19 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .677
20 Seattle Mariners AL 160 .673
21 San Diego Padres NL 162 .669
22 Houston Astros NL 162 .668
23 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 .667
24 New York Mets NL 162 .666
25 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .662
26 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .654

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.