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1894 NL Batting Average by Team

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

The Philadelphia Phillies led the NL in batting average in 1894, with .350, .007 ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. The average across 12 NL teams is .309.

Led the NL in 1894 Philadelphia Phillies 132 games
.350 Batting Average .007 clear of Baltimore Orioles
# Team G AVG
1 Philadelphia Phillies 132 .350
2 Baltimore Orioles 129 .343
3 Boston Beaneaters 133 .331
4 Chicago Colts 136 .313
5 Brooklyn Grooms 135 .312
6 Pittsburgh Pirates 133 .312
NL average .309
7 Cleveland Spiders 130 .303
8 New York Giants 139 .301
9 Cincinnati Reds 134 .296
10 Washington Senators 132 .288
11 St. Louis Browns 133 .286
12 Louisville Colonels 130 .269

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.