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2009 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 2009, with .478, .024 ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is .418.

Led all of MLB in 2009 New York Yankees 162 games
.478 Slugging Percentage .024 clear of Boston Red Sox
# Team League G SLG
1 New York Yankees AL 162 .478
2 Boston Red Sox AL 162 .454
3 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 .447
4 Texas Rangers AL 162 .445
5 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 .442
6 Colorado Rockies NL 162 .441
7 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 .440
8 Tampa Bay Rays AL 162 .439
9 Minnesota Twins AL 163 .429
10 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 .426
MLB average .418
11 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 .418
12 Cleveland Indians AL 162 .417
13 Detroit Tigers AL 163 .416
14 Florida Marlins NL 162 .416
15 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 .415
16 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 .415
17 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 .412
18 Chicago White Sox AL 162 .412
19 Chicago Cubs NL 161 .407
20 Washington Nationals NL 162 .406
21 Atlanta Braves NL 162 .406
22 Kansas City Royals AL 162 .405
23 Seattle Mariners AL 162 .402
24 Houston Astros NL 162 .400
25 Oakland Athletics AL 162 .397
26 New York Mets NL 162 .394
27 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 .394
28 San Francisco Giants NL 162 .389
29 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 .387
30 San Diego Padres NL 162 .381

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.