1875 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base
The Boston Red Stockings led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1875, with .327, .029 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 13 MLB teams is .244.
Led all of MLB in 1875
Boston Red Stockings
82 games
.327
On-Base Percentage
.029 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
| # | Team | League | G | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Red Stockings | NA | 82 | .327 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Athletics | NA | 77 | .298 |
| 3 | Hartford Dark Blues | NA | 86 | .267 |
| 4 | Chicago White Stockings | NA | 69 | .266 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Whites | NA | 70 | .257 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Centennials | NA | 14 | .250 |
| 7 | St. Louis Brown Stockings | NA | 70 | .249 |
| MLB average | .244 | |||
| 8 | New York Mutuals | NA | 71 | .241 |
| 9 | New Haven Elm Citys | NA | 47 | .224 |
| 10 | St. Louis Red Stockings | NA | 19 | .213 |
| 11 | Brooklyn Atlantics | NA | 44 | .199 |
| 12 | Washington Nationals | NA | 28 | .198 |
| 13 | Keokuk Westerns | NA | 13 | .182 |
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.