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1956 NL On-Base Plus Slug. by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. On-base percentage plus slugging

The Cincinnati Redlegs led the NL in on-base plus slug. in 1956, with .777, .016 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is .722.

Led the NL in 1956 Cincinnati Redlegs 155 games
.777 On-Base Plus Slug. .016 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G OPS
1 Cincinnati Redlegs 155 .777
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 154 .761
3 Milwaukee Braves 155 .745
4 St. Louis Cardinals 156 .732
NL average .722
5 Philadelphia Phillies 154 .709
6 Pittsburgh Pirates 157 .687
7 Chicago Cubs 157 .684
8 New York Giants 154 .682

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.