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1943 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

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The Homestead Grays led all of MLB in batting average in 1943, with .329, .041 ahead of the New York Cubans. The average across 29 MLB teams is .257.

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Led all of MLB in 1943 Homestead Grays 34 games
.329 Batting Average .041 clear of New York Cubans
# Team League G AVG
1 Homestead Grays NN2 34 .329
2 New York Cubans NN2 27 .288
3 Philadelphia Stars NN2 45 .285
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 157 .279
5 Chicago American Giants NAL 62 .275
6 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 153 .272
7 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 .262
8 Chicago Cubs NL 154 .261
8 Newark Eagles NN2 32 .261
10 Detroit Tigers AL 155 .261
11 Memphis Red Sox NAL 78 .259
MLB average .257
12 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 50 .257
13 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 .256
13 New York Yankees AL 155 .256
15 Cleveland Indians AL 153 .255
16 Washington Senators AL 153 .254
17 Philadelphia Blue Jays NL 157 .249
18 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 37 .249
19 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 64 .248
20 New York Giants NL 156 .247
21 Chicago White Sox AL 155 .247
22 St. Louis Browns AL 153 .245
23 Boston Red Sox AL 155 .244
24 Cincinnati Clowns NAL 76 .243
25 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 66 .240
26 New York Black Yankees NN2 24 .238
27 Boston Braves NL 153 .233
28 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 .233
29 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars NN2 9 .231

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.