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1911 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. How often a batter reaches base

The New York Giants led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1911, with .358, .001 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 16 MLB teams is .336.

Led all of MLB in 1911 New York Giants 154 games
.358 On-Base Percentage .001 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G OBP
1 New York Giants NL 154 .358
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 152 .357
3 Detroit Tigers AL 154 .355
4 Boston Red Sox AL 153 .350
5 New York Highlanders AL 153 .344
6 Chicago Cubs NL 157 .341
7 Boston Rustlers NL 156 .340
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 159 .337
9 St. Louis Cardinals NL 158 .337
10 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .336
MLB average .336
11 Cleveland Naps AL 156 .333
12 Washington Senators AL 154 .330
13 Philadelphia Phillies NL 153 .329
14 Chicago White Sox AL 154 .325
15 St. Louis Browns AL 152 .307
16 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 .301

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.