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1973 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Total bases per at bat

The Atlanta Braves led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1973, with .427, .020 ahead of the San Francisco Giants. The average across 24 MLB teams is .378.

Led all of MLB in 1973 Atlanta Braves 162 games
.427 Slugging Percentage .020 clear of San Francisco Giants
# Team League G SLG
1 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .427
2 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .407
3 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .405
4 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .401
5 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .393
6 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .390
7 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .389
8 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .389
9 Milwaukee Brewers AL 162 .388
10 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .387
11 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .383
12 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .381
MLB average .378
13 New York Yankees AL 162 .378
14 Houston Astros NL 162 .376
15 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .372
16 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .371
17 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .371
18 Montreal Expos NL 162 .364
19 Texas Rangers AL 162 .361
20 Chicago Cubs NL 161 .357
21 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .357
22 San Diego Padres NL 162 .351
23 California Angels AL 162 .348
24 New York Mets NL 161 .338

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.