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1998 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Seattle Mariners led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1998, with .468, .005 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is .420.

Led all of MLB in 1998 Seattle Mariners 161 games
.468 Slugging Percentage .005 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G SLG
1 Seattle Mariners AL 161 .468
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .463
3 Texas Rangers AL 162 .462
4 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .461
5 New York Yankees AL 162 .460
6 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .453
7 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .448
8 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 .448
9 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .447
10 Chicago White Sox AL 163 .444
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 163 .441
12 Houston Astros NL 162 .436
13 Chicago Cubs NL 163 .433
14 San Francisco Giants NL 163 .421
MLB average .420
15 Anaheim Angels AL 162 .416
16 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .415
17 San Diego Padres NL 162 .409
18 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .402
19 Kansas City Royals AL 161 .399
20 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .397
21 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .396
22 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .395
23 New York Mets NL 162 .394
24 Montreal Expos NL 162 .394
25 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .393
26 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .389
27 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .387
28 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 .385
29 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 .375
30 Florida Marlins NL 162 .373

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.