1947 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in batting average in 1947, with .291, just ahead of the Baltimore Elite Giants (.2909 to .2908). The average across 28 MLB teams is .264.

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	.291
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	.291
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	.290
4	New York Cubans	NN2	62	.281
5	Boston Braves	NL	154	.275
6	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	.272
6	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	.272
8	New York Yankees	AL	155	.271
9	New York Giants	NL	155	.271
10	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	.270
11	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	.268
12	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	.267
13	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	.265
	MLB average			.264
14	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	.264
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	.261
16	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	.259
17	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	.259
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	.259
19	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	.258
20	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	.258
21	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	.256
22	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	.255
23	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	.253
24	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	.253
25	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	.252
26	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	.248
27	Washington Senators	AL	154	.241
28	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	.241

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.