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1914 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

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

The Indianapolis Hoosiers led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1914, with .349, .001 ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The average across 24 MLB teams is .321.

Led all of MLB in 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers 157 games
.349 On-Base Percentage .001 clear of Philadelphia Athletics
# Team League G OBP
1 Indianapolis Hoosiers FL 157 .349
2 Philadelphia Athletics AL 158 .348
3 Baltimore Terrapins FL 160 .337
4 Detroit Tigers AL 157 .337
5 Chicago Chi-Feds FL 157 .331
6 New York Giants NL 156 .330
7 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 .329
8 Brooklyn Tip-Tops FL 157 .327
9 Kansas City Packers FL 154 .324
10 Boston Braves NL 158 .323
11 Brooklyn Robins NL 154 .323
12 Pittsburgh Rebels FL 154 .321
MLB average .321
13 Boston Red Sox AL 159 .320
14 St. Louis Terriers FL 154 .319
15 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .317
16 New York Yankees AL 157 .315
17 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 .314
18 Washington Senators AL 158 .313
19 Buffalo Buffeds FL 155 .311
20 Cleveland Naps AL 157 .310
21 St. Louis Browns AL 159 .306
22 Cincinnati Reds NL 157 .305
23 Chicago White Sox AL 157 .302
24 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 158 .295

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.