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1909 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1909, with .353, .010 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is .311.

Led all of MLB in 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 154 games
.353 Slugging Percentage .010 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G SLG
1 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 .353
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .343
3 Detroit Tigers AL 158 .342
4 Boston Red Sox AL 152 .333
5 New York Giants NL 158 .329
6 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 .323
7 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .322
8 Cleveland Naps AL 155 .313
MLB average .311
9 New York Highlanders AL 153 .311
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .309
11 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 .303
12 Brooklyn Superbas NL 155 .297
13 St. Louis Browns AL 154 .279
14 Washington Senators AL 156 .275
15 Chicago White Sox AL 159 .275
16 Boston Doves NL 155 .274

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.