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1939 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

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

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The New York Yankees led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1939, with .374, .004 ahead of the Homestead Grays. The average across 29 MLB teams is .339.

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Led all of MLB in 1939 New York Yankees 152 games
.374 On-Base Percentage .004 clear of Homestead Grays
# Team League G OBP
1 New York Yankees AL 152 .374
2 Homestead Grays NN2 51 .370
3 Boston Red Sox AL 152 .363
4 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 47 .363
5 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .356
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 .354
7 Newark Eagles NN2 61 .350
8 Cleveland Indians AL 154 .350
9 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .349
10 Toledo Crawfords NAL 19 .347
11 Washington Senators AL 153 .346
12 Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers NAL 8 .346
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 .343
14 New York Black Yankees NN2 47 .342
15 New York Giants NL 151 .340
MLB average .339
16 St. Louis Browns AL 156 .339
17 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 .338
18 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 .338
19 Chicago Cubs NL 156 .336
19 Philadelphia Athletics AL 153 .336
21 Philadelphia Stars NN2 64 .332
22 St. Louis Stars NAL 45 .326
23 Cleveland Bears NAL 41 .325
24 Philadelphia Phillies NL 152 .318
25 Chicago American Giants NAL 63 .316
26 Boston Bees NL 152 .314
27 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 60 .313
28 New York Cubans NN2 31 .302
29 Memphis Red Sox NAL 54 .302

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.