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2000 MLB Batting Average by Team

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

The Colorado Rockies led all of MLB in batting average in 2000, with .294, .006 ahead of the Cleveland Indians. The average across 30 MLB teams is .270.

Led all of MLB in 2000 Colorado Rockies 162 games
.294 Batting Average .006 clear of Cleveland Indians
# Team League G AVG
1 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .294
2 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .288
3 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .288
4 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .286
5 Texas Rangers AL 162 .284
6 Anaheim Angels AL 162 .280
7 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .278
8 Houston Astros NL 162 .278
9 New York Yankees AL 161 .277
10 Detroit Tigers AL 162 .275
11 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .275
12 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 .274
13 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .272
14 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .272
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .270
MLB average .270
16 Minnesota Twins AL 162 .270
16 Oakland Athletics AL 161 .270
18 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .269
19 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .267
20 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 .267
21 Montreal Expos NL 162 .267
22 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .265
23 New York Mets NL 162 .263
24 Florida Marlins NL 161 .262
25 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .257
25 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 161 .257
27 Chicago Cubs NL 162 .256
28 San Diego Padres NL 162 .254
29 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .252
30 Milwaukee Brewers NL 163 .246

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.