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1927 NL Batting Average by Team

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

The Pittsburgh Pirates led the NL in batting average in 1927, with .305, .008 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 8 NL teams is .282.

Led the NL in 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 games
.305 Batting Average .008 clear of New York Giants
# Team G AVG
1 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 .305
2 New York Giants 155 .297
3 Chicago Cubs 153 .284
NL average .282
4 Philadelphia Phillies 155 .280
5 Boston Braves 155 .279
6 St. Louis Cardinals 153 .279
7 Cincinnati Reds 153 .278
8 Brooklyn Robins 154 .253

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.