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2004 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Anaheim Angels led all of MLB in batting average in 2004, with .283, .001 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is .266.

Led all of MLB in 2004 Anaheim Angels 162 games
.283 Batting Average .001 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G AVG
1 Anaheim Angels AL 162 .283
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .282
3 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .281
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .278
5 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .276
6 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .275
7 San Diego Padres NL 162 .273
8 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .272
9 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .271
10 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .270
10 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .270
12 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .270
13 New York Yankees AL 162 .268
14 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .268
15 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .268
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .267
17 Houston Astros NL 162 .267
MLB average .266
18 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .266
18 Texas Rangers AL 162 .266
20 Florida Marlins NL 162 .264
21 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .262
22 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 .260
23 Toronto Blue Jays AL 161 .260
24 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .259
25 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 161 .258
26 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .253
27 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .250
28 New York Mets NL 162 .249
29 Montreal Expos NL 162 .249
30 Milwaukee Brewers NL 161 .248

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.