1947 MLB On-Base Percentage by Team

The Kansas City Monarchs led all of MLB in on-base percentage in 1947, with .368, .004 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 28 MLB teams is .338.

#	Team	League	G	OBP
1	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	76	.368
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155	.364
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	67	.363
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	158	.353
5	New York Yankees	AL	155	.349
5	Newark Eagles	NN2	84	.349
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	157	.349
8	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	79	.348
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	.347
10	New York Cubans	NN2	62	.347
11	Boston Braves	NL	154	.346
12	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	88	.344
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156	.339
	MLB average			.338
14	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	59	.337
15	New York Giants	NL	155	.335
16	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	156	.333
17	Chicago American Giants	NAL	80	.332
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	.330
19	New York Black Yankees	NN2	52	.330
20	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	79	.328
21	Cleveland Indians	AL	157	.324
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	155	.321
23	Chicago White Sox	AL	155	.321
24	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	.321
25	Homestead Grays	NN2	70	.320
26	St. Louis Browns	AL	154	.320
27	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	NAL	82	.319
28	Washington Senators	AL	154	.313

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.