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1988 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total bases per at bat

The Minnesota Twins led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1988, with .421, .001 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 26 MLB teams is .378.

Led all of MLB in 1988 Minnesota Twins 162 games
.421 Slugging Percentage .001 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G SLG
1 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .421
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .420
3 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .419
4 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .399
5 Seattle Mariners AL 161 .399
6 New York Mets NL 160 .396
7 New York Yankees AL 161 .395
8 Kansas City Royals AL 161 .391
9 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .387
10 California Angels AL 162 .385
11 Chicago Cubs NL 163 .383
12 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .378
MLB average .378
13 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .375
14 Montreal Expos NL 163 .373
15 Chicago White Sox AL 161 .370
16 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 160 .369
17 Texas Rangers AL 161 .369
18 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .368
19 Cincinnati Reds NL 161 .368
20 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 .359
21 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .355
22 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .352
23 Houston Astros NL 162 .351
23 San Diego Padres NL 161 .351
25 Atlanta Braves NL 160 .348
26 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .337

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.