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1877 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Boston Red Caps led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1877, with .370, .016 ahead of the Louisville Grays. The average across 6 MLB teams is .337.

Led all of MLB in 1877 Boston Red Caps 61 games
.370 Slugging Percentage .016 clear of Louisville Grays
# Team League G SLG
1 Boston Red Caps NL 61 .370
2 Louisville Grays NL 61 .354
3 Chicago White Stockings NL 60 .340
MLB average .337
4 Cincinnati Reds NL 58 .329
5 Hartford Dark Blues NL 60 .328
6 St. Louis Brown Stockings NL 60 .302

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.