league average batting average each decade 1910 to 2020

	LEAGUE	DECADE	AVG	G	W%	W	L	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	NL	1910s	.256	12,078	.500	5,944	5,944	399,449	47,083	102,119	14,900	5,903	2,406	39,968	33,813	3,159	43,355	13,734		449,777	136,043	23,209	13,356				.319	.341	.659
2	AL	1910s	.255	12,084	.500	5,950	5,950	396,357	47,518	101,056	14,661	5,742	1,581	39,388	37,114	3,523	45,509	14,561		451,702	131,944	21,984	14,708				.324	.333	.657
3	FL	1910s	.259	2,486	.500	1,220	1,220	81,510	9,894	21,105	3,248	1,178	545	8,475	7,260	589	9,422	2,950		92,206	28,344	4,971	2,847				.324	.348	.672
4	NL	1920s	.285	12,316	.500	6,128	6,128	425,862	58,123	121,332	19,377	6,016	5,210	52,748	34,242	2,364	34,306	7,294		475,846	168,371	30,603	13,378				.342	.395	.737
5	AL	1920s	.286	12,330	.500	6,129	6,129	422,082	60,394	120,584	21,492	5,960	4,684	54,564	40,159	2,824	34,926	7,134		480,746	168,048	32,136	15,681				.352	.398	.750
6	NL	1930s	.277	12,320	.500	6,117	6,117	430,725	56,915	119,263	20,820	4,733	6,304	52,974	34,608	1,968	40,361	4,143		475,806	168,461	31,857	8,505			1,013	.333	.391	.725
7	AL	1930s	.280	12,302	.500	6,102	6,102	430,705	64,562	120,787	22,419	5,354	7,138	60,110	45,278	1,699	41,297	5,504		485,782	175,328	34,911	8,100			933	.351	.407	.758
8	NL	1940s	.260	12,392	.500	6,140	6,140	425,214	52,887	110,494	18,267	3,745	6,635	48,992	41,846	1,802	43,096	4,253		476,604	156,156	28,647	7,742			8,957	.329	.367	.696
9	AL	1940s	.260	12,360	.500	6,137	6,137	422,747	53,700	109,926	18,321	4,249	6,323	49,806	45,963	1,594	44,703	4,639		477,642	155,714	28,893	7,338			9,793	.335	.368	.703
10	NL	1950s	.260	12,376	.500	6,161	6,161	422,678	55,168	109,966	17,522	3,680	11,344	51,684	41,807	2,282	55,366	3,874	2,353	474,659	168,880	32,546	5,838	2,054	2,185	9,803	.329	.400	.728
11	AL	1950s	.259	12,372	.500	6,154	6,154	420,811	54,881	108,808	17,066	3,383	9,516	51,525	46,402	2,506	53,418	3,550	2,537	478,059	161,188	29,965	6,310	2,030	1,446	10,318	.334	.383	.717
12	NL	1960s	.252	15,782	.500	7,870	7,870	536,292	63,693	135,199	20,495	4,144	12,272	59,086	46,629	3,462	90,838	6,774	4,323	597,287	200,798	36,911	7,149	3,755	5,858	11,487	.314	.374	.688
13	AL	1960s	.245	16,140	.500	8,052	8,052	544,040	65,293	133,448	20,713	3,617	13,897	60,868	53,417	3,529	91,593	6,597	3,705	612,170	203,086	38,227	7,219	3,965	4,541	11,878	.315	.373	.688
14	NL	1970s	.256	19,346	.500	9,666	9,666	657,643	80,006	168,178	27,095	4,757	13,931	74,331	64,191	3,533	102,689	12,243	6,321	739,986	246,580	45,783	9,366	5,253	7,871	14,600	.323	.375	.698
15	AL	1970s	.257	20,266	.500	10,129	10,129	685,820	84,629	176,254	27,878	4,470	15,612	79,138	66,579	4,155	101,052	12,341	7,404	770,783	259,908	47,960	8,420	5,809	5,572	15,988	.324	.379	.703
16	NL	1980s	.254	18,774	.500	9,374	9,374	637,029	76,682	162,041	27,792	4,342	13,352	71,603	60,167	2,915	104,524	16,890	7,618	714,169	238,573	45,486	8,793	5,265	7,597	13,325	.319	.375	.694
17	AL	1980s	.263	21,900	.500	10,941	10,941	748,779	98,148	196,825	33,965	4,799	19,590	92,326	70,997	4,340	113,623	14,369	7,278	837,526	299,158	58,354	6,853	6,557	5,427	17,568	.328	.400	.727
18	NL	1990s	.261	21,441	.501	10,735	10,700	731,312	96,569	190,915	35,293	4,535	19,459	90,896	70,935	5,835	135,946	16,625	7,396	824,006	293,655	59,287	9,833	6,091	6,713	15,257	.329	.402	.730
19	AL	1990s	.268	21,747	.499	10,852	10,887	747,643	105,411	200,417	37,897	4,103	21,890	99,707	77,161	6,225	129,593	14,755	7,162	843,937	312,190	63,890	5,951	6,957	5,490	17,562	.339	.418	.756
20	NL	2000s	.262	25,909	.497	12,864	13,039	884,617	119,943	231,938	46,892	5,066	27,321	114,197	87,939	9,338	174,795	14,566	6,100	1,000,158	370,925	79,279	11,126	7,138	8,221	20,193	.333	.419	.752
21	AL	2000s	.269	22,673	.504	11,422	11,247	782,601	111,239	210,575	42,214	4,180	24,827	105,993	74,551	8,201	143,951	13,392	5,494	877,205	335,630	71,221	5,071	6,781	4,960	18,346	.336	.429	.765
22	NL	2010s	.252	24,784	.497	12,327	12,455	842,638	106,309	212,496	41,946	4,726	25,151	101,240	77,112	8,570	197,140	13,807	5,349	942,453	339,347	71,823	8,143	5,990	6,075	18,141	.319	.403	.722
23	AL	2010s	.255	23,810	.503	11,969	11,841	814,056	106,910	207,730	41,247	3,825	26,780	101,896	73,624	8,137	182,793	13,440	5,007	906,142	336,967	71,852	4,022	6,303	3,965	18,238	.321	.414	.735
24	NL	2020s	.246	898	.500	449	449	29,399	4,227	7,245	1,402	126	1,161	4,043	3,078	448	7,674	432	144	33,187	12,382	2,689	60	202	127	634	.325	.421	.746
25	AL	2020s	.243	898	.500	449	449	29,631	4,117	7,194	1,421	115	1,143	3,935	3,014	373	7,912	453	148	33,284	12,274	2,679	66	200	75	603	.319	.414	.733