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1989 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1989, with .403, .001 ahead of the Minnesota Twins. The average across 26 MLB teams is .375.

Led all of MLB in 1989 Boston Red Sox 162 games
.403 Slugging Percentage .001 clear of Minnesota Twins
# Team League G SLG
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .403
2 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .402
3 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .398
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 .394
5 New York Yankees AL 161 .391
6 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .390
7 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .387
8 California Angels AL 162 .386
9 New York Mets NL 162 .385
10 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .384
11 Chicago White Sox AL 161 .383
12 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .382
13 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .381
14 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .379
MLB average .375
15 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .373
16 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .371
17 San Diego Padres NL 162 .369
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .365
19 Philadelphia Phillies NL 163 .364
20 St. Louis Cardinals NL 164 .363
21 Montreal Expos NL 162 .361
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 164 .359
23 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .351
24 Atlanta Braves NL 161 .350
25 Houston Astros NL 162 .345
26 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 160 .339

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.