1997 MLB Batting Average by Team

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in batting average in 1997, with .291, .003 ahead of the Colorado Rockies. The average across 28 MLB teams is .267.

Led all of MLB in 1997 Boston Red Sox 162 games

.291 Batting Average .003 clear of Colorado Rockies

#	Team	League	G	AVG
1	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	.291
2	Colorado Rockies	NL	162	.288
3	New York Yankees	AL	162	.287
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	.286
5	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	.280
6	Texas Rangers	AL	162	.274
7	Chicago White Sox	AL	161	.273
8	Anaheim Angels	AL	162	.272
9	San Diego Padres	NL	162	.271
10	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	.270
11	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	.270
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	.268
13	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	.268
	MLB average			.267
14	Kansas City Royals	AL	161	.264
15	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	.263
16	New York Mets	NL	162	.262
17	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	.262
18	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	161	.260
19	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	.260
20	Houston Astros	NL	162	.259
21	Florida Marlins	NL	162	.259
22	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	.258
23	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	.258
24	Montreal Expos	NL	162	.258
25	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	.255
26	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	.255
27	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	.253
28	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	.244

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.