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1986 MLB Slugging Percentage by Team

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

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in slugging percentage in 1986, with .430, just ahead of the Cleveland Indians (.4303 to .4298). The average across 26 MLB teams is .395.

Led all of MLB in 1986 New York Yankees 162 games
.430 Slugging Percentage Just ahead of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G SLG
1 New York Yankees AL 162 .430
2 Cleveland Indians AL 163 .430
3 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .428
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 .428
5 Toronto Blue Jays AL 163 .427
6 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .424
7 Boston Red Sox AL 161 .415
8 California Angels AL 162 .404
9 New York Mets NL 162 .401
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 .400
11 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .399
12 Chicago Cubs NL 160 .398
MLB average .395
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .395
14 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .390
15 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .390
16 San Diego Padres NL 162 .388
17 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .387
18 Milwaukee Brewers AL 161 .386
19 Atlanta Braves NL 161 .381
20 Houston Astros NL 162 .381
21 Montreal Expos NL 161 .379
22 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .375
23 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .374
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .370
25 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .363
26 St. Louis Cardinals NL 161 .327

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.