1987 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1987, with .278, .002 ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers. The average across 26 MLB teams is .263.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Boston Red Sox 162 games

.278 Batting Average .002 clear of Milwaukee Brewers

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.278
2	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	.276
3	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	.272
4	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.272
5	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	.269
6	New York Mets	NL	162	.268
7	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.266
8	Texas Rangers	AL	162	.266
9	Montreal Expos	NL	162	.265
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.265
11	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	.264
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.264
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	.263
	MLB average			.263
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	.262
15	New York Yankees	AL	162	.262
16	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	.261
17	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.260
18	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.260
19	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.260
20	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	.258
21	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.258
21	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	.258
23	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.254
24	Houston Astros	NL	162	.253
25	California Angels	AL	162	.252
26	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.252

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.