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1908 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1908, with .347, .014 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is .305.

Led all of MLB in 1908 Detroit Tigers 154 games
.347 Slugging Percentage .014 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G SLG
1 Detroit Tigers AL 154 .347
2 New York Giants NL 157 .333
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .332
4 Chicago Cubs NL 158 .321
5 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 .316
6 Boston Red Sox AL 155 .312
7 St. Louis Browns AL 155 .310
8 Cleveland Naps AL 157 .309
MLB average .305
9 Washington Senators AL 155 .296
10 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .294
11 Boston Doves NL 156 .293
12 Philadelphia Athletics AL 157 .292
13 New York Highlanders AL 155 .292
14 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .283
15 Brooklyn Superbas NL 154 .277
16 Chicago White Sox AL 156 .271

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.