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1884 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

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The St. Louis Maroons led all of MLB in batting average in 1884, with .292, .011 ahead of the Chicago White Stockings. The average across 33 MLB teams is .237.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAAB
Led all of MLB in 1884 St. Louis Maroons 113 games
.292 Batting Average .011 clear of Chicago White Stockings
# Team League G AVG
1 St. Louis Maroons UA 113 .292
2 Chicago White Stockings NL 112 .281
3 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds UA 103 .271
4 Philadelphia Athletics AA 108 .267
5 New York Metropolitans AA 112 .262
6 Buffalo Bisons NL 114 .262
7 New York Gothams NL 116 .255
8 Boston Beaneaters NL 116 .254
9 Louisville Eclipse AA 110 .254
10 Cincinnati Red Stockings AA 112 .254
11 St. Louis Browns AA 110 .250
12 Altoona Mountain City UA 25 .248
13 Philadelphia Keystones UA 67 .245
14 Baltimore Monumentals UA 105 .245
15 Providence Grays NL 114 .241
16 Columbus Buckeyes AA 110 .240
MLB average .237
17 Cleveland Blues NL 113 .237
18 Washington Nationals UA 112 .237
19 Boston Reds UA 109 .236
20 Philadelphia Quakers NL 113 .234
21 Indianapolis Hoosiers AA 110 .233
22 Baltimore Orioles AA 108 .233
23 Toledo Blue Stockings AA 109 .231
24 Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) UA 92 .231
25 Brooklyn Atlantics AA 109 .225
26 Milwaukee Brewers UA 12 .223
27 Richmond Virginians AA 45 .222
28 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 110 .211
29 Detroit Wolverines NL 114 .208
30 Washington Nationals AA 63 .200
31 Kansas City Cowboys UA 82 .199
32 St. Paul White Caps UA 9 .180
33 Wilmington Quicksteps UA 17 .175

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.