1988 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1988, with .283, .009 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is .254.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Boston Red Sox 162 games

.283 Batting Average .009 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.283
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	.274
3	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	.268
4	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.263
5	New York Yankees	AL	161	.263
6	California Angels	AL	162	.261
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	163	.261
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.261
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	.260
10	Seattle Mariners	AL	161	.257
11	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	.257
12	New York Mets	NL	160	.257
	MLB average			.254
13	Texas Rangers	AL	161	.252
14	Montreal Expos	NL	163	.251
15	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.250
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.249
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.248
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.248
19	San Diego Padres	NL	161	.247
20	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	160	.247
21	Cincinnati Reds	NL	161	.246
22	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	.244
22	Houston Astros	NL	162	.244
24	Atlanta Braves	NL	160	.243
25	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.240
26	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	.238

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.