2008 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in batting average in 2008, with .283, .002 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 30 MLB teams is .264.

Led all of MLB in 2008 Texas Rangers 162 games

.283 Batting Average .002 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Texas Rangers	AL	162	.283
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.281
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.280
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	.279
5	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	.278
6	New York Yankees	AL	162	.271
7	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.271
8	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	.270
9	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.269
10	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	AL	162	.268
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	161	.267
12	New York Mets	NL	162	.266
13	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	.266
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.264
15	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	.264
	MLB average			.264
16	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	.263
17	Houston Astros	NL	161	.263
18	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	.263
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.263
20	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.262
21	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	162	.260
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.258
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.255
24	Florida Marlins	NL	161	.254
25	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	162	.253
26	Washington Nationals	NL	161	.251
27	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	162	.251
28	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.250
29	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.247
30	Oakland Athletics	AL	161	.242

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.