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2011 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Texas Rangers led all of MLB in batting average in 2011, with .283, .003 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is .255.

Led all of MLB in 2011 Texas Rangers 162 games
.283 Batting Average .003 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G AVG
1 Texas Rangers AL 162 .283
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .280
3 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .277
4 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .275
5 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .274
6 New York Mets NL 162 .264
7 New York Yankees AL 162 .263
8 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .261
9 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .258
10 Houston Astros NL 162 .258
11 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .257
12 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 161 .257
13 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .256
14 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .256
MLB average .255
15 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 .253
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .253
17 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .252
18 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .251
19 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .250
20 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .249
21 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .247
22 Florida Marlins NL 162 .247
23 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .244
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .244
25 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 .244
26 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .243
27 Washington Nationals NL 161 .242
28 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .242
29 San Diego Padres NL 162 .237
30 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .233

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.