1974 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Pittsburgh Pirates led all of MLB in batting average in 1974, with .274, .002 ahead of the Texas Rangers. The average across 24 MLB teams is .257.

Led all of MLB in 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 games

.274 Batting Average .002 clear of Texas Rangers

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.274
2	Texas Rangers	AL	161	.272
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.272
4	Minnesota Twins	AL	163	.272
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	.268
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	161	.266
7	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.264
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	.263
9	Houston Astros	NL	162	.263
10	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.261
11	Cincinnati Reds	NL	163	.260
12	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.259
	MLB average			.257
13	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.256
14	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.255
15	California Angels	AL	163	.254
16	Montreal Expos	NL	161	.254
17	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.252
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.251
19	Atlanta Braves	NL	163	.249
20	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.247
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.247
22	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	.244
23	New York Mets	NL	162	.235
24	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.229

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.