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2010 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Texas Rangers led the AL in batting average in 2010, with .276, .002 ahead of the Kansas City Royals. The average across 14 AL teams is .260.

Led the AL in 2010 Texas Rangers 162 games
.276 Batting Average .002 clear of Kansas City Royals
# Team G AVG
1 Texas Rangers 162 .276
2 Kansas City Royals 162 .274
3 Minnesota Twins 162 .273
4 Detroit Tigers 162 .269
5 Boston Red Sox 162 .268
6 Chicago White Sox 162 .268
7 New York Yankees 162 .267
AL average .260
8 Baltimore Orioles 162 .259
9 Oakland Athletics 162 .256
10 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 162 .248
11 Cleveland Indians 162 .248
11 Toronto Blue Jays 162 .248
13 Tampa Bay Rays 162 .247
14 Seattle Mariners 162 .236

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.