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1944 NL On-Base Percentage by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in on-base percentage in 1944, with .344, .006 ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The average across 8 NL teams is .326.

Led the NL in 1944 St. Louis Cardinals 157 games
.344 On-Base Percentage .006 clear of Pittsburgh Pirates
# Team G OBP
1 St. Louis Cardinals 157 .344
2 Pittsburgh Pirates 158 .338
3 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 .331
4 New York Giants 155 .331
5 Chicago Cubs 157 .328
NL average .326
6 Philadelphia Blue Jays 154 .316
7 Cincinnati Reds 155 .313
8 Boston Braves 155 .308

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.