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1900 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Brooklyn Superbas led all of MLB in batting average in 1900, with .293, .002 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 8 MLB teams is .279.

Led all of MLB in 1900 Brooklyn Superbas 141 games
.293 Batting Average .002 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G AVG
1 Brooklyn Superbas NL 141 .293
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 141 .291
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 141 .290
4 Boston Beaneaters NL 142 .283
MLB average .279
5 New York Giants NL 141 .279
6 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 140 .272
7 Cincinnati Reds NL 144 .266
8 Chicago Orphans NL 146 .260

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.