1962 MLB Batting Average by Team

The San Francisco Giants led all of MLB in batting average in 1962, with .278, .007 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 20 MLB teams is .258.

Led all of MLB in 1962 San Francisco Giants 165 games

.278 Batting Average .007 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	San Francisco Giants	NL	165	.278
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	163	.271
3	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.270
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	165	.268
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161	.268
6	New York Yankees	AL	162	.267
7	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	.263
8	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	.260
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	.260
10	Boston Red Sox	AL	160	.258
	MLB average			.258
11	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	.257
12	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.253
13	Milwaukee Braves	NL	162	.252
14	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	.250
15	Washington Senators	AL	162	.250
16	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.248
17	Detroit Tigers	AL	161	.248
18	Houston Colt .45's	NL	162	.247
19	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.245
20	New York Mets	NL	161	.240

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.