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2012 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 2012, with .338, .001 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 30 MLB teams is .319.

Led all of MLB in 2012 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
.338 On-Base Percentage .001 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G OBP
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .338
2 New York Yankees AL 162 .337
3 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .335
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 .334
5 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 .332
6 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .330
7 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .328
8 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .327
9 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .325
10 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .325
11 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .324
12 Washington Nationals NL 162 .322
13 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .320
14 San Diego Padres NL 162 .319
MLB average .319
15 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .318
16 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 .317
17 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .317
18 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .317
18 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .317
20 New York Mets NL 162 .316
21 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .315
22 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .315
23 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .311
24 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .310
25 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .309
26 Miami Marlins NL 162 .308
27 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .304
28 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .302
28 Houston Astros NL 162 .302
30 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .296

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.