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2013 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led the AL in batting average in 2013, with .283, .006 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 15 AL teams is .256.

Led the AL in 2013 Detroit Tigers 162 games
.283 Batting Average .006 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team G AVG
1 Detroit Tigers 162 .283
2 Boston Red Sox 162 .277
3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 162 .264
4 Texas Rangers 163 .262
5 Kansas City Royals 162 .260
6 Baltimore Orioles 162 .260
7 Tampa Bay Rays 163 .257
AL average .256
8 Cleveland Indians 162 .255
9 Oakland Athletics 162 .254
10 Toronto Blue Jays 162 .253
11 Chicago White Sox 162 .249
12 New York Yankees 162 .242
13 Minnesota Twins 162 .242
14 Houston Astros 162 .240
15 Seattle Mariners 162 .237

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.