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1944 AL Batting Average by Team

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

The Boston Red Sox led the AL in batting average in 1944, with .270, .004 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 8 AL teams is .260.

Led the AL in 1944 Boston Red Sox 156 games
.270 Batting Average .004 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team G AVG
1 Boston Red Sox 156 .270
2 Cleveland Indians 155 .266
3 New York Yankees 154 .265
4 Detroit Tigers 156 .263
5 Washington Senators 154 .261
AL average .260
6 Philadelphia Athletics 155 .257
7 St. Louis Browns 154 .252
8 Chicago White Sox 154 .247

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.