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1913 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Philadelphia Athletics led all of MLB in batting average in 1913, with .280, .006 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 MLB teams is .259.

Led all of MLB in 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 153 games
.280 Batting Average .006 clear of New York Giants
# Team League G AVG
1 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .280
2 New York Giants NL 156 .274
3 Brooklyn Superbas NL 152 .270
4 Boston Red Sox AL 151 .269
5 Cleveland Naps AL 155 .268
6 Detroit Tigers AL 153 .265
6 Philadelphia Phillies NL 159 .265
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 .263
9 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 .261
MLB average .259
10 Chicago Cubs NL 155 .257
11 Boston Braves NL 154 .256
12 Washington Senators AL 155 .253
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 153 .247
14 New York Yankees AL 153 .237
14 St. Louis Browns AL 155 .237
16 Chicago White Sox AL 153 .236

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.