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1899 MLB On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. On-base percentage plus slugging

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in on-base plus slug. in 1899, with .758, .007 ahead of the Brooklyn Superbas. The average across 12 MLB teams is .710.

Led all of MLB in 1899 Philadelphia Phillies 154 games
.758 On-Base Plus Slug. .007 clear of Brooklyn Superbas
# Team League G OPS
1 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .758
2 Brooklyn Superbas NL 148 .751
3 Baltimore Orioles NL 151 .741
4 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .726
5 St. Louis Perfectos NL 155 .725
6 Boston Beaneaters NL 153 .722
MLB average .710
7 Louisville Colonels NL 156 .708
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 .705
9 Chicago Orphans NL 152 .696
10 Washington Senators NL 155 .690
11 New York Giants NL 152 .690
12 Cleveland Spiders NL 154 .605

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.