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2001 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Colorado Rockies led all of MLB in batting average in 2001, with .292, .004 ahead of the Seattle Mariners. The average across 30 MLB teams is .264.

Led all of MLB in 2001 Colorado Rockies 162 games
.292 Batting Average .004 clear of Seattle Mariners
# Team League G AVG
1 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .292
2 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .288
3 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .278
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 .276
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .272
6 Houston Astros NL 162 .271
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .270
8 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .268
9 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .267
10 New York Yankees AL 161 .267
11 Boston Red Sox AL 161 .266
12 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .266
13 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .266
MLB average .264
14 Florida Marlins NL 162 .264
14 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .264
16 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .263
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .262
18 Anaheim Angels AL 162 .261
19 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .261
20 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .261
21 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .260
22 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .260
23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 .258
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .255
25 Montreal Expos NL 162 .253
26 San Diego Padres NL 162 .252
27 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .251
28 New York Mets NL 162 .249
29 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .248
30 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .247

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.