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1938 NL On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. On-base percentage plus slugging

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in on-base plus slug. in 1938, with .738, .005 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 8 NL teams is .704.

Led the NL in 1938 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
.738 On-Base Plus Slug. .005 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team G OPS
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 .738
2 Cincinnati Reds 151 .733
3 New York Giants 152 .730
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 152 .728
5 Chicago Cubs 154 .715
6 Brooklyn Dodgers 151 .706
NL average .704
7 Philadelphia Phillies 151 .645
8 Boston Bees 153 .642

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.