1989 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1989, with .277, .001 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is .254.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Boston Red Sox 162 games

.277 Batting Average .001 clear of Minnesota Twins

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.277
2	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	.276
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	.271
4	New York Yankees	AL	161	.269
5	Texas Rangers	AL	162	.263
6	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.261
7	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.261
7	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.261
9	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	.260
10	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	.259
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	164	.258
12	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	.257
13	California Angels	AL	162	.256
	MLB average			.254
14	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.252
15	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.251
16	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.250
17	Montreal Expos	NL	162	.247
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.247
19	New York Mets	NL	162	.246
20	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.245
21	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	163	.243
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.242
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	164	.241
24	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	160	.240
25	Houston Astros	NL	162	.239
26	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	.235

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.