what mlb team has the highest overall batting average in mlb history

The Baltimore Orioles have the highest batting average by a team, with an average of .298.

	TEAM	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	Orioles	.298	1,294	.579	730	530	45,361	8,530	13,521	1,814	865	218	6,940	4,345	992	2,952	2,993		51,317	17,719	2,897	619				.372	.391	.763
2	Infants	.285	131	.423	55	75	4,804	849	1,370	213	94	27	701	509	49	345	180		5,362	1,852	334					.360	.386	.745
3	Orioles	.285	276	.435	118	153	9,349	1,476	2,666	381	218	57	1,231	786	106	797	396		10,459	3,654	656	218				.347	.391	.738
4	Giants	.284	132	.565	74	57	4,913	1,018	1,393	204	97	66	793	486	31	364	231		5,430	1,989	367					.352	.405	.757
5	Reds	.278	269	.659	174	90	9,515	2,020	2,647	386	176	106	1,548	1,303	109	499	859		10,927	3,703	668					.371	.389	.761
6	Athletics	.278	132	.519	68	63	4,855	941	1,350	187	113	49	761	431	51	321	203		5,337	1,910	349					.343	.393	.737
7	Ward's Wonders	.277	133	.576	76	56	4,887	964	1,352	186	93	34	748	502	42	369	272		5,431	1,826	313					.349	.374	.723
8	Senators	.272	1,265	.366	454	788	43,645	6,912	11,886	1,615	787	357	5,764	4,269	575	3,492	1,975		48,963	16,146	2,759	474				.345	.370	.715
9	Outlaw Reds	.271	105	.657	69	36	3,786	703	1,027	118	63	26		147		482			3,933	1,349	207						.356
10	Athletics	.271	60	.237	14	45	2,387	378	646	79	35	7	249	27		36			2,414	816	121						.342
11	Rockies	.269	5,305	.455	2,413	2,892	182,050	26,091	49,016	9,688	1,358	5,984	24,823	16,624	1,674	39,843	3,203	1,428	203,806	79,372	17,030	2,034	1,424	1,216	4,021	.334	.436	.770
12	Spiders	.269	1,802	.469	827	938	63,232	10,057	17,006	2,308	961	292	8,238	5,871	580	3,144	2,800		70,233	22,112	3,561	550				.337	.350	.686
13	Dark Blues	.268	129	.619	78	48	5,022	770	1,348	159	53	6		69					5,091	1,631	218						.325
14	Peppers	.268	312	.551	168	137	10,273	1,347	2,757	440	170	50	1,116	908	72	1,160	457		11,678	3,687	660	425				.332	.359	.691
15	Tip-Tops	.268	310	.480	147	159	10,256	1,309	2,750	430	160	78	1,134	877	92	1,223	469		11,516	3,734	668	291				.331	.364	.695
16	Red Sox	.267	19,586	.518	10,110	9,393	670,236	91,464	178,721	33,577	5,634	14,852	84,848	67,552	4,927	97,552	9,817	2,611	756,761	268,122	54,063	10,633	3,413	3,020	11,702	.337	.400	.737
17	Cardinals	.265	20,891	.513	10,645	10,115	714,398	93,410	189,635	32,173	7,069	13,090	85,435	64,904	5,343	100,052	15,148	3,653	799,863	275,216	52,332	12,011	3,207	3,798	10,305	.330	.385	.715
18	Yankees	.265	19,299	.569	10,940	8,271	657,586	93,763	174,362	28,991	5,522	17,685	87,158	69,484	4,987	97,007	11,867	2,866	745,011	267,452	52,198	9,607	3,347	2,886	10,828	.338	.407	.745
19	Guardians	.264	19,598	.513	10,000	9,507	667,719	88,470	176,478	31,512	5,523	14,154	81,801	63,420	4,919	96,589	12,125	3,433	750,983	261,498	51,189	11,507	3,418	2,580	10,644	.331	.392	.723
20	Grays	.264	130	.516	65	61	4,925	619	1,300	143	50	15		82					5,007	1,588	208						.322
21	Browns	.264	1,233	.644	781	432	43,777	7,933	11,555	1,658	602	304	4,657	3,473	353	436	2,307		47,743	15,329	2,564					.325	.350	.675
22	Tigers	.264	19,621	.503	9,823	9,705	669,002	90,088	176,581	29,949	6,349	14,867	82,992	66,331	4,538	98,814	11,369	2,967	754,067	263,829	51,165	11,016	3,180	2,462	10,846	.333	.394	.727
23	Pirates	.264	138	.547	75	62	4,968	886	1,311	200	95	31	705	492	43	410	276		5,503	1,794	326					.335	.361	.697
24	Pirates	.263	22,085	.500	10,970	10,975	756,407	98,224	198,952	32,733	8,961	12,487	87,685	65,129	5,631	101,782	15,854	3,314	843,034	287,068	54,181	12,576	3,168	3,718	10,229	.325	.380	.704
25	Giants	.263	22,008	.534	11,673	10,172	750,986	101,658	197,364	31,720	7,082	15,847	91,088	69,013	5,768	101,511	16,615	3,174	840,560	290,789	54,649	11,702	3,091	4,042	10,330	.328	.387	.716

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36

Alvarez

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Abrams

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

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148

Arraez

142

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Run Leaders

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88

Olson

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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ERA Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	50	.597
Phillies	66	58	.532	8.0
Marlins	63	61	.508	11.0
Nationals	60	66	.476	15.0
Mets	56	69	.448	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	76	48	.613
Cubs	72	52	.581	4.0
Cardinals	62	61	.504	13.5
Reds	59	63	.484	16.0
Pirates	60	65	.480	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	50	.597
Padres	66	58	.532	8.0
Diamondbacks	66	59	.528	8.5
Giants	51	72	.415	22.5
Rockies	49	74	.398	24.5

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Rays	74	49	.602
Yankees	68	55	.553	6.0
Red Sox	66	57	.537	8.0
Orioles	61	63	.492	13.5
Blue Jays	61	64	.488	14.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	64	58	.525
Tigers	60	63	.488	4.5
Twins	60	64	.484	5.0
Guardians	60	64	.484	5.0
Royals	50	74	.403	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	61	.508
Rangers	61	63	.492	2.0
Mariners	58	66	.468	5.0
Angels	49	75	.395	14.0
Athletics	48	75	.390	14.5