1981 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1981, with .275, .002 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 26 MLB teams is .256.

Led all of MLB in 1981 Boston Red Sox 108 games

.275 Batting Average .002 clear of Philadelphia Phillies

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	108	.275
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	107	.273
3	Chicago White Sox	AL	106	.272
4	Texas Rangers	AL	105	.270
5	Kansas City Royals	AL	103	.267
6	Cincinnati Reds	NL	108	.267
7	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	103	.265
8	Cleveland Indians	AL	103	.263
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	110	.262
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	103	.257
11	Houston Astros	NL	110	.257
11	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	109	.257
13	San Diego Padres	NL	110	.256
14	Detroit Tigers	AL	109	.256
15	California Angels	AL	110	.256
	MLB average			.256
16	New York Yankees	AL	107	.252
17	Seattle Mariners	AL	110	.251
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	105	.251
19	San Francisco Giants	NL	111	.250
20	New York Mets	NL	105	.249
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	109	.248
22	Montreal Expos	NL	108	.246
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	107	.243
24	Minnesota Twins	AL	110	.241
25	Chicago Cubs	NL	106	.236
26	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	106	.226

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.