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1990 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1990, with .344, .007 ahead of the Detroit Tigers. The average across 26 MLB teams is .325.

Led all of MLB in 1990 Boston Red Sox 162 games
.344 On-Base Percentage .007 clear of Detroit Tigers
# Team League G OBP
1 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .344
2 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .337
3 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .336
4 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .333
5 Texas Rangers AL 162 .331
6 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .330
7 Baltimore Orioles AL 161 .330
8 California Angels AL 162 .329
9 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .328
10 Kansas City Royals AL 161 .328
11 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .328
12 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .327
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .325
MLB average .325
14 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .324
15 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .324
16 New York Mets NL 162 .323
17 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .323
18 Montreal Expos NL 162 .322
19 San Diego Padres NL 162 .320
20 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .320
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .320
22 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .320
23 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .314
24 Houston Astros NL 162 .313
25 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .311
26 New York Yankees AL 162 .300

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.